creepy noises in the woods

[Peter_t]

i spent last night on my own in the woods. i was feeling quite content and thinking apart from a couple of deer earlier it was very quiet. then...

[size=+3]CAAAAWWWWLLL! CAAAAWWWWLLL! CAAAAAAWWWWLLL!!![/size] over and over again

i leapt out of my skin, being in the middle of a fairly large forest with no fire or knife, just a bivi bag to hide in

it sounded like it was moving around and must have kept on going for nearly 20 minutes by which time i'd calmed down and it went away.




any ideas what it could have been? i talked to my mate and he reckoned it was a fox? sounded mike a monster sized bird to me lol


pete

 

[JonathanD]

Most probably a fox, but Barn owls have an eery cry too.

 

[dwardo]

Barn owls can be pretty shocking, especially just at the nodding off point whilst sat in the tree above you

 

[Peter_t]

i don't think it was an owl, it was more of a throaty sound.

pete

 

[Cobweb]

It's mating season... could've been the local Chav's calling for their orange females?

On a more serious note, sounds like a deer

 

[John Fenna]

Or it couold be starving Welshmen begging for soup.......

 

[ged]

i spent last night on my own in the woods... it was very quiet. then...[size=+1]CAAAAWWWWLLL! CAAAAWWWWLLL! CAAAAAAWWWWLLL!!![/size] i talked to my mate and he reckoned it was a fox?

You were probably in the fox's territory.

http://www.jubileegroup.co.uk/JOS/misc/fox_territory_call.mp3

There's also the mating call but I think it's a little too late for that (they're bringing up the new kits now)

http://www.jubileegroup.co.uk/JOS/misc/fox_mating_call.mp3

There are .wav files on there as well if you can't play mp3s

 

[Peter_t]

cheers ged, it sounded a little more sinister last night though
so if i was in the fox's territory was it making those noises at me?

pete

 

[ged]

...it sounded a little more sinister last night though

It sounds more sinister when you don't know what it is. It's bad enough when you do.

so if i was in the fox's territory was it making those noises at me?

No, the fox wasn't making a noise at you, just letting all the other foxes know what's what. They might look cute but they're little sods, the dominant ones will give the underlings a pretty hard time.

If the fox had seen you he would have scarpered. In our woods, the thing that's feared most is man.

 

[wanderingblade]

Softie.

 

[poddle]

Muntjac also make similar noises, just not as thoaty

http://www.nickpenny.com/muntjaccall050508.mp3

This one is similar to a fox as well, much more throaty. This time of year Munties can be very vocal

http://www.nickpenny.com/muntjacdeer310508.mp3

 

[Juraj]

Slightly off topic, sorry, but could you please tell me where in East Sussex you found 'fairly large forest'?

 

[malente]

Slightly off topic, sorry, but could you please tell me where in East Sussex you found 'fairly large forest'?

From Wikitravel.org:

Sussex is the most Forested county in England and lost in Friston Forest or Ashdown Forest (although much of it is open land) it is easy to believe. often the only thing breaking the horizon is trees or the Downs.

Didn't know that either!

 

[poddle]

Surprisingly, Surrey is also supposed to be the most wooded.

 

[william#]

it does sound like a fox to me

though it could of been my gf over the weekend we went out and she rather guzzled to much cidar and got a bit loud

i think there should be tranquilizer guns available when in the woods with people drinking

lol

 

[poddle]

William, how can it sound like fox to you when you never heard it?

 

[william#]

i meant by the description

and its a creepy sound that still gives me a shock sometimes in the woods

 

[poddle]

Better bloke than me William if you can tell the sound of a fox or a muntjac by typed words on a screen.

 

[william#]

well i dont know for sure tbh just sounds most likely

its gona be one of three if i was in my bivi and i hear that shrill i pick one turn over and go back to sleep

 

[Tengu]

Well, if it `was` Ashdown forest....

Well, it could be anything.

100 Aker Wood is full of homosexualy frustrated soft toys.