What's out there?! Scary noises curious & nervous

[cmom]

Screech Owls can scream out

This would be my guess too. If you have a game camera, put it up and see what's lurking in the dark.

 

[jreardon1918]

Lots of crazy scary sounds. I will go with a Fisher cat. Get a game camera. They will wander by it at some point. Then you will know what you are dealing with.

 

[CluckerFamily]

Lots of crazy scary sounds. I will go with a Fisher cat. Get a game camera. They will wander by it at some point. Then you will know what you are dealing with.

I just found a youtube video on this! I change my idea of the bobcat! That is the sound I heard!!
Fisher Cats on Youtube Link

 

[tripletfeb]

I'm thinking bobcat. Those suckers can SCREAM!

 

[Purlsnponies]

My cats don't appreciate me watching these videos....

 

[Birdsong 82]

Never heard of a fisher cat in my area. Not sure what those are. I will put a game camera up if I can pinpoint it better. I ran toward that side when I heard it because starting but that is the side of the property with acres of wooded area

 

[CluckerFamily]

Never heard of a fisher cat in my area. Not sure what those are. I will put a game camera up if I can pinpoint it better. I ran toward that side when I heard it because starting but that is the side of the property with acres of wooded area

They are in the weasel family.
Virginia DNR

 

[MTchicks16]

Sounds like a bobcat, it’s a sound you never forget. Like a young girl being murdered type scream.

 

[jreardon1918]

If I am to believe Google, the Fisher Cat does not range in the Virginia area.

 

[cmom]

This is a word map of weasel's range of which the fisher cat is a member.
https://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/carnivores/weasel_least.html