What could this animal be?????????????

[goosehead]

fisher cats do not live in NC

 

[Buxton Ducks]

We had a mystery screamer last winter! After searching through google for hours I discovered it was an eastern screech owl and it was a very rare sound for them to make but it was exactly like I heard. Believe it or not porcupines make loud quarreling noises and raccoons make all sorts of screams and squeels too. I am a very knowledgeable outdoorsman and this owl baffled and scared the crap out of me at the same time! Good luck and keep everybody locked up at night.

 

[Yessur Ebob]

Possibly a mountain lion?

 

[ChicksNherps]

Fishers' are not "commonly" found in North Carolina anymore, but it is possible to have one there. They used to reach all the way down to north carolina and over to oregon, and now are spotty, but not "impossible" to find. I would definitely go with Fisher, that is the only thing I can think of that would make a sound so scary (besides sasquach

)

 

[coolcanoechic]

Did it sound like this?
http://soundbible.com/1075-Fisher-Cat.html

We have Fisher cats in our woods and when they are mating ( usually in June ) they sound like something is screaming bloody murder out there.
I'll see if I can find a recording of that.

 

[Cetawin]

fisher cats do not live in NC

Correct but there are plenty of Weasels, mink and bobcat and the often overlooked high pitched screaming cougar aka mountain lion. They sound like a woman or young girl screaming. Had them all over crossing through our front yard back in Oregon..very eerie sound.

 

[Cetawin]

Fishers' are not "commonly" found in North Carolina anymore, but it is possible to have one there. They used to reach all the way down to north carolina and over to oregon, and now are spotty, but not "impossible" to find. I would definitely go with Fisher, that is the only thing I can think of that would make a sound so scary (besides sasquach

)

Yes they are in Oregon becauswe in the late 90's some moron rocket scientist thought it would be good to re-establish them to kill porcupine which they claimed were overpopulated but funny in 6 years I never saw the first porci dead or alive in the State!
I am banking on a cougar or mating aged bobcat.

 

[goosehead]

Did it sound like this?
http://soundbible.com/1075-Fisher-Cat.html

We have Fisher cats in our woods and when they are mating ( usually in June ) they sound like something is screaming bloody murder out there.
I'll see if I can find a recording of that.

No thats not its longer than that

 

[goosehead]

Correct but there are plenty of Weasels, mink and bobcat and the often overlooked high pitched screaming cougar aka mountain lion. They sound like a woman or young girl screaming. Had them all over crossing through our front yard back in Oregon..very eerie sound.

I don't think minks live here and I'm not shore about weasels.

Thanks for the info

 

[Mike Winters]

Bigfoot. mountain lions in heat sound like a woman screaming