What makes this sound?

Sirita_88 · 05-24-2008, 01:51 AM

I have been hearing this noise, and I am starting to worry about my horses since they are turned out at night now. It is a scream, almost like a child screaming and it screams in a sequence, never just once like "scream...Scream....scream...scream...". I thought it might be some kind of bird but tonight I heard it outside my window trotting around. I think it could be a bobcat or some other type of cat. What do you guys think? I could really use some help!

tallyho · 05-24-2008, 04:52 AM

Well, I know that barn owls make a noise like someone screaming.....a pretty bloodcurdling scream. We had one a few years back, and it used to scare the bejabbers out of me taking the dogs out at night. Could it be an owl in a tree nearby, or do you certainly hear it walking around?

QHLuver · 05-24-2008, 05:09 AM

I know fox will make a sound like a baby crying. We used to have a "monster" that would come almost everynight around our place that would sound more like lady screaming. It would come up through the corn field and along the pasture almost everynight screaming the entire way, never once bothered the horses. We eventually found out it was a small bobcat.

BabyMay · 05-24-2008, 05:25 AM

I just googled it and it said that a red fox can sound like a lady screaming or also an owl. It also mentioned pumas.

Thekidsmum · 05-24-2008, 05:32 AM

A yowie?

mymaxx · 05-24-2008, 07:12 AM

Look around your place for tracks. I know from first hand experience that a cougar/panther sounds just like a person screaming. I had one follow me and my horse once.

BarnBum54 · 05-24-2008, 07:19 AM

i was out fourweheeling with my firnds at a park and that night in the woods we heard "screaming" but we asked the park ranger and he said it was a bobcat

breburtch · 05-24-2008, 07:25 AM

there are several animals that make screaming sounds that sound like a persons scream. owls, cougars, foxes, bobcats, a fisher will also do a scream and make whopping noises or laughing sort of sounds when its made a kill. Theres just so many animals out there that make screaming sounds I'd say your best bet would be to look for tracks and take some pictures if possible and then lokk up animal tracks online

99horses · 05-24-2008, 07:46 AM

I have to second the Mountain Lion or Bobcat. We used to hear one screaming down behind my uncles corn field and it would raise the hair on the back of your neck, it was creepy.

ToveroMom · 05-24-2008, 06:57 PM

Peacock possibility..they sound like a woman getting attacked. Sometimes it seems they are even shouting RAPE.
They are heavy too-you can hear them trotting around.

triangle5 · 05-24-2008, 07:08 PM

I second the peacock possibility. When we first moved in here, I thought I was hearing the biggest catfight ever. My mom recognized the sound when she was visiting and told me it was peacocks. This must be breeding season, our neighbor's are making a racket these days.

Iwasbornonahorse · 05-24-2008, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thekidsmum

A yowie?

I don't know what a yowie is but I don't think we have those in the US

Amrwmblds2 · 05-24-2008, 07:20 PM

My first thought was a fisher cat.

Scary!

breburtch · 05-24-2008, 07:28 PM

Yes a fisher is a scary thought there even more viscious and dangeruos then a wild cat would be

lbequ4002 · 05-24-2008, 07:34 PM

there's something that makes that scream too around my mom's house. It worried her so much she got a donkey to help protect the horses.

Thekidsmum · 05-24-2008, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iwasbornonahorse

I don't know what a yowie is but I don't think we have those in the US

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yowie_(cryptid)

You never know.

ToveroMom · 05-25-2008, 01:02 PM

Nothing at that link...

breburtch · 05-25-2008, 01:33 PM

a Yowie is like a bigfoot thing is it not

Bandit · 05-25-2008, 01:37 PM

Add the last ) because the link cuts it off. Its sorta like a big foot.

Which that made me laugh. We had similar screaming here a few nights ago in the woods across the road. I was headed to the barn when it sounded. Scared the

out of me because it sounded so close. Then while I'm trying to look over and see if I can see anything I see this big dark upright shape moving around up by the front of our house. I freaked and ran into the barn. All I could think of is that we had a big foot or some other creep hanging around. LOL. I'm a big chicken when it comes to stuff like that.

Turns out it was a big creep - my husband. He had come out earlier and was checking a gate he wasn't sure if he had closed earlier that day.

knpaints · 05-25-2008, 01:40 PM

Id say cougar..or something like that..
We use to hear that all the time..Went and looked and found all sorts of cat prints in the area we heard them from

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05-24-2008, 01:51 AM
Sirita_88 Long Yearling Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Mt. Juliet, Tennessee Posts: 1,296	What makes this sound? I have been hearing this noise, and I am starting to worry about my horses since they are turned out at night now. It is a scream, almost like a child screaming and it screams in a sequence, never just once like "scream...Scream....scream...scream...". I thought it might be some kind of bird but tonight I heard it outside my window trotting around. I think it could be a bobcat or some other type of cat. What do you guys think? I could really use some help! __________________ Paradise Performance Horses. http://www.freewebs.com/paradiseperformance/index.htm

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tallyho Long Yearling Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Trappe, PA Posts: 1,115	Well, I know that barn owls make a noise like someone screaming.....a pretty bloodcurdling scream. We had one a few years back, and it used to scare the bejabbers out of me taking the dogs out at night. Could it be an owl in a tree nearby, or do you certainly hear it walking around?

05-24-2008, 05:09 AM
QHLuver Weanling Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 164	I know fox will make a sound like a baby crying. We used to have a "monster" that would come almost everynight around our place that would sound more like lady screaming. It would come up through the corn field and along the pasture almost everynight screaming the entire way, never once bothered the horses. We eventually found out it was a small bobcat.

05-24-2008, 05:25 AM
BabyMay Coming two Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,891	I just googled it and it said that a red fox can sound like a lady screaming or also an owl. It also mentioned pumas.

05-24-2008, 05:32 AM
Thekidsmum Weanling Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sunny Australia Posts: 242	A yowie?

05-24-2008, 07:12 AM
mymaxx Started Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hastings, FLA Posts: 2,324	Look around your place for tracks. I know from first hand experience that a cougar/panther sounds just like a person screaming. I had one follow me and my horse once. __________________ http://www.freewebs.com/rpmaxx/

05-24-2008, 07:19 AM
BarnBum54 Halter broke Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Dirtroads, Hicktown Posts: 136	i was out fourweheeling with my firnds at a park and that night in the woods we heard "screaming" but we asked the park ranger and he said it was a bobcat __________________ Proud 0wner of: Sky, A Beautful pony. Equinox, A geourgous Arab.

05-24-2008, 07:25 AM
breburtch Coming two Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ennismore, Ontario Posts: 1,902	there are several animals that make screaming sounds that sound like a persons scream. owls, cougars, foxes, bobcats, a fisher will also do a scream and make whopping noises or laughing sort of sounds when its made a kill. Theres just so many animals out there that make screaming sounds I'd say your best bet would be to look for tracks and take some pictures if possible and then lokk up animal tracks online

05-24-2008, 07:46 AM
99horses Greenbroke Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,224	I have to second the Mountain Lion or Bobcat. We used to hear one screaming down behind my uncles corn field and it would raise the hair on the back of your neck, it was creepy. __________________ Janet I'm your huckleberry.-Doc Holliday

05-24-2008, 06:57 PM
ToveroMom Pasture Pet Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cleveland TX Posts: 15,299	Peacock possibility..they sound like a woman getting attacked. Sometimes it seems they are even shouting RAPE. They are heavy too-you can hear them trotting around. __________________ "In America,anyone can be President. That is one of the chances you take" Adlai Stevenson

05-24-2008, 07:08 PM
triangle5 Weanling Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mariposa, CA Posts: 254	I second the peacock possibility. When we first moved in here, I thought I was hearing the biggest catfight ever. My mom recognized the sound when she was visiting and told me it was peacocks. This must be breeding season, our neighbor's are making a racket these days. __________________ No one can make you feel inferior without your consent-Eleanor Roosevelt www.wildwillowranch.com

05-24-2008, 07:20 PM
Amrwmblds2 Long Yearling Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,378	My first thought was a fisher cat. Scary! __________________ www.NewEnglandWarmbloods.com Breeding and Training Quality Sporthorses

05-24-2008, 07:28 PM
breburtch Coming two Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ennismore, Ontario Posts: 1,902	Yes a fisher is a scary thought there even more viscious and dangeruos then a wild cat would be

05-24-2008, 07:34 PM
lbequ4002 Yearling Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Central AL Posts: 775	there's something that makes that scream too around my mom's house. It worried her so much she got a donkey to help protect the horses.

05-25-2008, 01:02 PM
ToveroMom Pasture Pet Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cleveland TX Posts: 15,299	Nothing at that link... __________________ "In America,anyone can be President. That is one of the chances you take" Adlai Stevenson

05-25-2008, 01:33 PM
breburtch Coming two Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ennismore, Ontario Posts: 1,902	a Yowie is like a bigfoot thing is it not

05-25-2008, 01:37 PM
Bandit Coming two Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central Kentucky Posts: 1,789	Add the last ) because the link cuts it off. Its sorta like a big foot. Which that made me laugh. We had similar screaming here a few nights ago in the woods across the road. I was headed to the barn when it sounded. Scared the out of me because it sounded so close. Then while I'm trying to look over and see if I can see anything I see this big dark upright shape moving around up by the front of our house. I freaked and ran into the barn. All I could think of is that we had a big foot or some other creep hanging around. LOL. I'm a big chicken when it comes to stuff like that. Turns out it was a big creep - my husband. He had come out earlier and was checking a gate he wasn't sure if he had closed earlier that day. __________________

05-25-2008, 01:40 PM
knpaints Yearling Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 945	Id say cougar..or something like that.. We use to hear that all the time..Went and looked and found all sorts of cat prints in the area we heard them from __________________ Kris~