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h2co-pilot
07-26-2006, 01:42 PM
Sunday night when we had gotten in our tent. Everyone was sleeping in the campground- all was quiet and a few dying embers were hissing to a slow death.
I layed there trying to get comfortable on the blow-up mattress. You know the deal; both of us moved around a bit then stopped and listened to eachother breathing. Then I wasn't perfectly comfortable but I didn't want to move in case Ken was falling asleep. Then I had to clear my throat. So I decided to clear my throat and move once more at the same time. I was as comfortable as I was going to get -then I realized I had to go to the bathroom- laying there wondering if I could hold it. Then I layed there thinking about going to the bathroom. Finally I got up and he was up too! and we both headed down with the flashlight and settled back into the tent.
Settling again and finally comfortable, we started to drift off. Who knows how much time had passed. And then we heard this
eeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ee
The scariest freaking long hissing shreak I have ever heard! I was up, still, stiff and breathing shallow- searching for another sound or indication of wtf it was. Then about a minute later:
eeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ee
I could practically hear whatever it was breathing. I whispered to Kenny "What is that?!" He said "I dunno!". It was either in the branch above our tent or right on the poles cresting on the top of our tent.:eek:
It went on for an hour. Spiradic and sometimes 5 minutes apart- I would drift off thinking it was gone- and then:
eeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ee
We were both picturing this huge horned monster with blood around it's huge mouth filled with razor sharp teeth.
Then, Fawk! I had to go to the bathroom again. No fukking way was I going out there. I coughed a little to startle it and make it go away- but it didn't move. We lyed there wincing at each shreak. It went on until the first sign of light when we got up. I went pee and it was the best ever.:D
Later we went to the Ranger's station and that particular one had only been there 2 weeks and didn't know what we were talking about- but laughed at us. :D Does anyone have a clue about what it might have been? - our camping neighbors said they thought it was a screech owl but I looked it up and that sounds like your average little hooter. This must have been the nocturnal appalachian monster.;) Maybe a Barn owl but I can't confirm.
HIHUMMER
07-26-2006, 01:47 PM
Lizard Man? (SC joke..nevermind)
See....another reason I don't camp! :eek:
Not sure what you were hearing. Was it
eeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ee
or was it more like
eeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeee
? :)
Sounds like the night when we camped right near a game trail. We didn't know it when we set up. All night I kept badgering the wife, "what was that," and imagined bears getting at our food. The wife was pretty pissed with me for being such a sissy.
No clue what you were hearing.
devilsfan
07-26-2006, 03:56 PM
I've heard something similar to that before - hubby said it was a fox in heat!
(the 4 legged kind, not S or J. ;))
Stacy
CO Hummer
07-26-2006, 04:02 PM
I'm thinking...... Deep South, Squeal, like a pig. You do the math.
PARAGON
07-26-2006, 04:10 PM
I'm thinking...... Deep South, Squeal, like a pig. You do the math.Deep South?????? It's at the same parallel as Denver. That's not a Deep South thing, it's a mountains thing.:D
DennisAJC
07-26-2006, 04:43 PM
I'm waiting for Klaus to insert the appropriate picture.:D
CO Hummer
07-26-2006, 04:46 PM
I'm waiting for Klaus to insert the appropriate picture.:D
You know it's coming! :D
DennisAJC
07-26-2006, 04:47 PM
Sunday night when we had gotten in our tent. Everyone was sleeping in the campground- all was quiet and a few dying embers were hissing to a slow death.
I layed there trying to get comfortable on the blow-up mattress. You know the deal; both of us moved around a bit then stopped and listened to eachother breathing. Then I wasn't perfectly comfortable but I didn't want to move in case Ken was falling asleep. Then I had to clear my throat. So I decided to clear my throat and move once more at the same time. I was as comfortable as I was going to get -then I realized I had to go to the bathroom- laying there wondering if I could hold it. Then I layed there thinking about going to the bathroom. Finally I got up and he was up too! and we both headed down with the flashlight and settled back into the tent.
Settling again and finally comfortable, we started to drift off. Who knows how much time had passed. And then we heard this
eeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ee
The scariest freaking long hissing shreak I have ever heard! I was up, still, stiff and breathing shallow- searching for another sound or indication of wtf it was. Then about a minute later:
eeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ee
I could practically hear whatever it was breathing. I whispered to Kenny "What is that?!" He said "I dunno!". It was either in the branch above our tent or right on the poles cresting on the top of our tent.:eek:
It went on for an hour. Spiradic and sometimes 5 minutes apart- I would drift off thinking it was gone- and then:
eeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ee
We were both picturing this huge horned monster with blood around it's huge mouth filled with razor sharp teeth.
Then, Fawk! I had to go to the bathroom again. No fukking way was I going out there. I coughed a little to startle it and make it go away- but it didn't move. We lyed there wincing at each shreak. It went on until the first sign of light when we got up. I went pee and it was the best ever.
Later we went to the Ranger's station and that particular one had only been there 2 weeks and didn't know what we were talking about- but laughed at us. Does anyone have a clue about what it might have been? - our camping neighbors said they thought it was a screech owl but I looked it up and that sounds like your average little hooter. This must have been the nocturnal appalachian monster. Maybe a Barn owl but I can't confirm.
This is why I feel camping on our next outing together is A MUST.:D
Oh the fun we would have.:D
h2co-pilot
07-26-2006, 04:53 PM
If you listen to the scream in this page it is close to what I heard.
http://www.bocn.org/factfile_detail.asp?id=27
or this one:
http://www.naturesongs.com/cobo3JM.wav
prolly a barn owl.
DennisAJC
07-26-2006, 05:03 PM
If you listen to the scream in this page it is close to what I heard.
http://www.bocn.org/factfile_detail.asp?id=27
prolly a barn owl.
The first one sounds like a Klingon phaser.
The second Blair Witch
And the third sounds like Kenny blowing the inflatable matress.:D
I didn't know WTH it was.
Later, while that thing was still yelling at us, there was some rustling around the neighboring camp site. So we've got a 3 horned monster above us getting ready to eat us, and a black bear 40 ft away ready for the left overs.:eek: :mad:
CO Hummer
07-26-2006, 05:35 PM
This is why I feel camping on our next outing together is A MUST.:D
Oh the fun we would have.:D
All I can think of when I read this is..........
"THOSE AREN'T PILLOWS!"
PARAGON
07-26-2006, 06:05 PM
If you listen to the scream in this page it is close to what I heard.
http://www.bocn.org/factfile_detail.asp?id=27
or this one:
http://www.naturesongs.com/cobo3JM.wav
prolly a barn owl.are you sure it wasn't the mating call of a Mountain Lion ;)
Sewie
07-26-2006, 06:10 PM
Maybe it was mothman!!! :eek: You're lucky to be alive. :D
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/DP5/mothman.jpg
DennisAJC
07-26-2006, 06:14 PM
Or it could be the girl in the next campsite getting the "Shocker".:D
PARAGON
07-26-2006, 06:15 PM
Maybe it was mothman!!! :eek: You're lucky to be alive. :D
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/DP5/mothman.jpgThat kind of looks like Shaggy..... well without all of the wings, feathers, abs, those red eyes and that beak looking thing...... but other than that it's the spitting image.
f5fstop
07-26-2006, 09:47 PM
http://www.owlpages.com/sounds/Tyto-alba-1.mp3
http://www.owlpages.com/sounds/Tyto-alba-3.mp3
I wans't there, but these dudes get quite noisy at night, and they hiss and screech versus other owls that hoot.
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/lib/pgc/owls/barn_owl.jpg
PARAGON
07-26-2006, 10:16 PM
http://www.owlpages.com/sounds/Tyto-alba-1.mp3
http://www.owlpages.com/sounds/Tyto-alba-3.mp3
I wans't there, but these dudes get quite noisy at night, and they hiss and screech versus other owls that hoot.
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/lib/pgc/owls/barn_owl.jpgmust be those fleas all over their feathers ;) :D
I'm starting to think it was the Barn Owl. I've been checking other sounds of different animals in the Shenendoah and that's the only one that sounds close.
Klaus
07-26-2006, 11:42 PM
I'm waiting for Klaus to insert the appropriate picture.:D
:eek: :D
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h2co-pilot
07-26-2006, 11:46 PM
X2 :D
The tyto alba is the barn owl.
Klaus
07-26-2006, 11:56 PM
Sorry? Work can be such an inconvenience! :(
:D
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Wisha Haddan H3
07-26-2006, 11:57 PM
You sure it wasn't Bully13 on the rubicon? :D
http://www.elcovaforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=276189#post276189
Sewie
07-27-2006, 01:27 AM
You sure it wasn't Bully13 on the rubicon? :D
http://www.elcovaforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=276189#post276189
He wasn't on the Rubicon. ;)
[twas the wifey in his truck]
westhillsat
07-27-2006, 06:14 AM
Then, Fawk! I had to go to the bathroom again. No fukking way was I going out there. I coughed a little to startle it and make it go away- but it didn't move. We lyed there wincing at each shreak. It went on until the first sign of light when we got up. I went pee and it was the best ever.:D
X2 on not wanting to go out there after listening to the sound clips you posted :eek:
Can just picture the blood dripping out of the monsters mouth from its last victim :( :eek:
Damn owl :mad:
If I'd have known it was a damn owl I'd have gone out for a beer and a smoke.
But I didn't know, so I hid in the tent like a p ussy.:o ;)
westhillsat
07-27-2006, 06:36 AM
I woulda dug a new hole to China :o ;)
Or tremblingly unzipped the tent door knowing certain death lurked above and ran like shheeet to the truck...
Agriv8r
07-27-2006, 02:16 PM
thats why camping is best at the Hilton:D
CO Hummer
07-27-2006, 02:20 PM
But I didn't know, so I hid in the tent like a p ussy.:o ;)
Haha. You're ultra secure from a vicious attack when you stand behing a sheet of nylon. :D :D
PARAGON
07-27-2006, 02:32 PM
Haha. You're ultra secure from a vicious attack when you stand behing a sheet of nylon. :D :D:D :D :D
Haha. You're ultra secure from a vicious attack when you stand behing a sheet of nylon. :D :DI know. Isn't that stupid. Atleast it couldn't SEE us.
Wisha Haddan H3
07-27-2006, 06:54 PM
He wasn't on the Rubicon. ;)
[twas the wifey in his truck] LMAO
It was prolly Johnny the camper next door putting the wood to his old lady and trying to keep it quiet.
fourfourto
07-28-2006, 02:15 AM
Did you camp near a old graveyard ? :eek: :D
:D LMAO! Why didn't you just screeeeeeeeech back?!
:D LMAO! Why didn't you just screeeeeeeeech back?!Skeeerrred.
But next time I'm gonna' kick it's feathery, skeeerrry arse!:mad: Maybe...;)
Ipedog
07-28-2006, 05:18 PM
Skeeerrred.
But next time I'm gonna' kick it's feathery, skeeerrry arse!:mad: Maybe...;)
Magnified! ;)
Gots to hate them skeeerrry things dat go bump screeeetch argh ahhhoooooggggaaaa in the night! ;) :p
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