Things that Screech in the Night
Man, have we got an interesting one for you today! There we were last night, watching a cheesy movie when arghhh! What on earth was that sound? I grabbed the little Mino Flip camera and stuck it in a screened window and let it just record. Obviously, there was no video to speak of, but the mic still worked. Later, a little creativity stripped the audio out of the recording and turned it into the following MP3...
Is that creepy or what?
I'm thinking that's the sound of a couple of muskrats fighting. I say this because the racket sort of mimics this. I know, I know... the sounds are different. But listen in the background for the "cooing". My guess is that the difference in the main has to do with fighting vs. courting etc. Mrs. CCA on the other hand wonders about possums, martens, or maybe a fisher cat. Both of us have searched the Web for those possible Steven Tylers of the natural world that could have produced such a caterwaul. We've listened to owls, foxes, raccoons, flying squirrels... all for naught.
Anywho, that's quite an unnerving racket for 10:44 PM on a Sunday. I've only heard that a couple times before, and it offers a real impetus to double check the locks on the doors.
I'll keep you posted on this one. And should anybody out there know what sort of beastie would have the pipes for this sort of thing, please let us all know!
Shaken by the feeders,
CapeCodAlan
P.S. Remind me sometime, and I'll re-tell you the true tale of the night the wife and I ran across the "Beast From Hinkley's Pond"!
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Comments
CCA,
The only problem I had with the mysterious sound is, after hearing the tape, I continued to hear the sounds in my mind's ear the rest of the day. Puzzling, to say the least.
I haven't a clue as to what it is, but I tend to agree that it sounds more like a four-legged critter than a bird.
Are you going to bring out the "infra-red" camera or night vision? LOL.
Thanks for the tips from your last post. Unfortunately, it wouldn't work very well in the confines of an airplane cockpit.
Cheers,
Harry "Gipper" Morris
Posted by: Harry Morris | September 3, 2009 8:16 AM