Scary noises in the woods?

[Bushwhacker]

No!

I had just opened my window last night to have a look at the stars, when there was an almighty racket coming from the woods.
I grabbed my (very dim) torch and my cameraphone and jumped out through the window to go and watch the proceedings.

Anyway, if you ever hear anything like this when you're out camping, don't be alarmed. It's just a couple of badgers having a scrap. They were really going for it, a proper 'sett-to', if you will!

[video=youtube;B7jfw31H2Gg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7jfw31H2Gg[/video]

 

[copper_head]

That would be somewhat disconcerting, thanks for posting

Still not as eerie as mating fox's though!

 

[Bushwhacker]

Is my video link working for anyone else? Just clicked it and can't hear the sound on the computer I'm on.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Not for me. I just get a notice, "Application not found".

 

[Bushwhacker]

Not for me. I just get a notice, "Application not found".

Rectified now. See first post

 

[crosslandkelly]

Rectified now. See first post

Got it now, cheers. That's quite a noise they make.

 

[S.C.M.]

they kinda sound like cats fighting...the resemblance is faint though, I admit

 

[slowworm]

Speaking of scary, here's some of my camping companions!

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Sounds like mini werewolves having a disagreement.

Quite cute really

 

[Imagedude]

You've heard nothing until you've heard me laying cable in the dead of night after a fortnight of army rations.

 

[Bushwhacker]

Speaking of scary, here's some of my camping companions!

Velociraptors! :aargh4:

 

[nuggets]

You've heard nothing until you've heard me laying cable in the dead of night after a fortnight of army rations.

That and the sound of a red deer bellowing in rut is un-nerving the first time you hear it in a dark wood - :yikes::yikes::yikes:

 

[Gray]

Sounds like SWMBO after a bottle of red, having a go at me for having kit lying around all over the place. When I say kit, I dont mean Kit copper head, I mean my camping kit. Lol

 

[Shewie]

I heard the same sounds once in deepest darkest Wales, I thought it was Mr Fenna having a dodgy nightmare until I realised I'd hung my hammock over a badger sett.

 

[Elen Sentier]

You've heard nothing until you've heard me laying cable in the dead of night after a fortnight of army rations.

does it happen when you're in a hammock too (thinking of Gelncoe )

 

[unijaw]

I actually camped in the woods for the first time on Thursday near Westbury, Wiltshire. I heard a few pheasants and then silence for the entire night. There was a very soft patter of something falling on my tarp i never worked out what it was but I assumed it was from the tree as it was coming from directly above. It was some sort of pine tree. The morning after I snuck incredibly close to a trio of deer. The nearby road was loud enough for me to get very close they only saw me when a fourth one walked from the other side of the path and spotted me. Good fun! I think I would have identified this as badgers although I would have likely shat myself had I heard this the other night. A very useful upload thanks for sharing.

 

[Dobloz]

Anyway, if you ever hear anything like this when you're out camping, don't be alarmed. It's just a couple of badgers having a scrap. They were really going for it, a proper 'sett-to', if you will!

as *they* (who are 'they' anyway???!) say " knowledge dispels fear..."

yeh, right.

'course it does - where's me big stick! :viking:

 

[Bushwhacker]

as *they* (who are 'they' anyway???!) say " knowledge dispels fear..."

yeh, right.

'course it does - where's me big stick! :viking:

Uh, yeah. Lol. What? Lol

Lol

 

[Dobloz]

sorry Bushwhacker,

i didn't intend to cause any confusion or upset with my comment i'm new here and still getting to know everyone

just had one of *those* 'moments' when i read "...do not be alarmed" - i remembered, as a kid i was camping with a pal, we were about 8, and we were woken up by terrifying 'monster' noises.

we were told by my pal's uncle "don't worry, it was only a couple of foxes." :yikes:

ha! don't worry?! only foxes?! so i found a big stick and spent the remaining hours on watch duty, ready to send off the 'foxes' or what ever they were! :viking:

and i've heard the phrase 'knowledge dispels fear' spoken of by lots of people, usually said like this - " they say 'knowledge dispels fear' "
hence my reference to *they* - who ever 'they' are - i always wonder who is this group of people called 'they' ?

and only when i trust the knowledge - or even better, when by experience i learn to trust the knowledge - does it help to dispell fear.
at least that is how it is for me !

thanks for sharing the vid and your experiences!

austin

 

[mr walloping]

I hear wild boar sometimes as there is a wild boar farm next to a farm i use and there are descendants from escapees roaming around.Myself and friends have found a couple of wild boar jaw bones as well.