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Duncanpup

(13,738 posts)
Thu May 20, 2021, 03:33 AM May 2021

I think we have a bobcat as a neighbor , first time ever hearing the cry

We live close to michaux state forest it’s rural a very mountainous terrain. On back porch having coffee after work enjoying the birds singing, and I heard this growl or scream several times so I googled bobcat and it sounds the same I’m thinking cool.

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I think we have a bobcat as a neighbor , first time ever hearing the cry (Original Post) Duncanpup May 2021 OP
I've heard it can let out a bloodcurdling scream. Mister Ed May 2021 #1
We had panthers in the woods Haggard Celine May 2021 #2
I took notice Duncanpup May 2021 #3
There are foxes that do that BumRushDaShow May 2021 #11
Wow,I never knew foxes could be so loud. Haggard Celine May 2021 #12
My sis says her local police get 911 calls all the time BumRushDaShow May 2021 #14
Used to have one that... 2naSalit May 2021 #4
Wow cool Duncanpup May 2021 #5
I've seen them, just never saw that one... 2naSalit May 2021 #6
Goldthwait does, indeed, have a distinctive voice. Pah-dum jaxexpat May 2021 #7
I saw one once, on a hill overlooking the PA turnpike. discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2021 #8
That's awesome Duncanpup May 2021 #9
I also saw a peacock walking around an intersection in a Philly suburb. discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2021 #10
My N.J. sightings, 3Hotdogs May 2021 #13
We heard one once, camping with cilla4progress May 2021 #15

Mister Ed

(6,365 posts)
1. I've heard it can let out a bloodcurdling scream.
Thu May 20, 2021, 03:44 AM
May 2021

Where my folks lived, there was a bobcat named Narf. We didn't figure out for years that it was a bobcat. It was just this creature out there in the dark, in the woods and the fields, that could sometimes be heard to go, "narf. narf."

My little brother and his friends, when they were teenagers, would hear it when they were out there doing whatever it was they shouldn't be doing. They didn't know what it was, so they named it Narf.

Sometimes Narf would let out a terrifying scream instead, and scare the pants off them. Eventually, we figured out that Narf was a bobcat, and not some sort of hobgoblin.

Haggard Celine

(17,034 posts)
2. We had panthers in the woods
Thu May 20, 2021, 04:44 AM
May 2021

where I grew up. They would sound just like a woman screaming. Being outside and hearing that sound at night would just about make my blood run cold.

BumRushDaShow

(143,427 posts)
11. There are foxes that do that
Thu May 20, 2021, 06:27 AM
May 2021

I know where my sis is, it's just horrible when they start howling in the middle of the night because it sounds like a "help help help".

Haggard Celine

(17,034 posts)
12. Wow,I never knew foxes could be so loud.
Thu May 20, 2021, 06:48 AM
May 2021

It sounds like a dog that's being abused. I wouldn't like to hear that at night, either.

BumRushDaShow

(143,427 posts)
14. My sis says her local police get 911 calls all the time
Thu May 20, 2021, 07:13 AM
May 2021

when the foxes are out and people aren't familiar with their "scream". She has a black lab who obviously senses them and will suddenly start barking at them (from inside) in the middle of the night.

2naSalit

(93,098 posts)
4. Used to have one that...
Thu May 20, 2021, 05:28 AM
May 2021

Liked to take a dump right near my cabin on occasion. I saw it's leavings and tracks but never saw it.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,593 posts)
8. I saw one once, on a hill overlooking the PA turnpike.
Thu May 20, 2021, 06:11 AM
May 2021

Not sure if it was a bobcat or a lynx. Just sitting watching traffic.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,593 posts)
10. I also saw a peacock walking around an intersection in a Philly suburb.
Thu May 20, 2021, 06:20 AM
May 2021

I tried to get it out of the road so it wouldn't get hit. The bird wasn't having any of it.
Also had a house cat, Big Dennis. Measured him once, 22 inch waist.

3Hotdogs

(13,482 posts)
13. My N.J. sightings,
Thu May 20, 2021, 06:49 AM
May 2021

Bobcats.
rattlesnakes,
deer
beaver
copperheads,
porcupine. ---- all in Sussex County


deer
mink. -
Otter - Sussex County and Burlington County.

Fox and kits in my daughter's yard in Hunterdon County. Also deer.

There is a mountain lion that is reported to be roaming in the Pine Barrens.

Oh, and l mention the deer?

cilla4progress

(25,968 posts)
15. We heard one once, camping with
Thu May 20, 2021, 11:20 AM
May 2021

the horses.

I couldn't believe it didn't freak them out!

Yes - a scream that kind of sounds like a garbled, high pitch (woman's?) scream!

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