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Man Documents A Strange Noise Coming From Outside The Forest, Asks What The Hell It Is
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Man Documents A Strange Noise Coming From Outside The Forest, Asks What The Hell It Is

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Have you ever a fox scream? It is one of the most hideous and creepy noises you’re ever likely to hear, particularly if you’re alone somewhere remote at night.  This video, captured in Witset (Moricetown), British Columbia, is obviously an animal of some sort, perhaps in distress. It seems to have captured people’s imagination somehow, with thousands sharing and commenting on what the sound might be.

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Hardly the most exciting video going, is it? Nevertheless, it got the ball rolling with endless “it’s bigfoot” and “I stepped on Lego” jokes.

Image credits: Rumble Viral

The most popular explanation seemed to be that it was an elk or moose, but I guess we will never know.

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What do you think? Is it the mating call of a randy moose? A trapped bobcat? Or something more sinister? Let us know your guesses in the comments below.

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Here’s what people had to say

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I'm a Visual Editor at Bored Panda since 2017. I've searched through a multitude of images to create over 2000 diverse posts on a wide range of topics. I love memes, funny, and cute stuff, but I'm also into social issues topics. Despite my background in communication, my heart belongs to visual media, especially photography. When I'm not at my desk, you're likely to find me in the streets with my camera, checking out cool exhibitions, watching a movie at the cinema or just chilling with a coffee in a cozy place

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Leo Domitrix
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, the first video/audio reminds me of a very angry black bear I heard as a kid. When teh sound bounces around? It gets downright weird(er). Foxes in mating season can make you think the worst of the universe. But to me, having to listen through static and the rest? Impossible to be certain. I've heard tress "singing", in fact. (Wind in pines in a certain way) that at a distance you'd swear is a monster but ... nope. Just Mama Nature. I think we're so citified we've forgotten (collectively) what Naure sounds like. And I suspect some of these are manmade. Ever hear frozen metal swaying in a high wind? You get some *weird* noises.

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Jenica Thomas
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have heard many animals scream growing up in the country. Rabbits, deer, fox. Bobcats and coyotes make some eerie noises as well. Just because something is typically quiet doesn't mean it won't desperately make noise when hurt. Nothing will make you shoot out of bed much faster than hearing this in the middle of the night.

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THEPS
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I heard an animal being eaten alive once. It was night and the animal was screaming and then it had a gurgling type scream like its throat was full of blood and then silence. Being the animal lover that I am, I ran toward the sound but then I stopped because I realized there was nothing I could do and whatever animal was eating it, has to eat . Plus I didn't know what kind of animal it was that was eating it . Could have been a coyote and I didn't want to get attacked.

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Kathy Baylis
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So sorry you heard that. As an animal lover myself, it would break my heart and keep me from sleeping much more that night. The rational side of me knows it happens; if it doesn’t, then the other animal starves. It’s just the sound itself, and every emotion it conveys; fear, pain, suffering, desperation. Then death. Incredibly difficult and heart wrenching to hear. Hope you’re OK now.

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WillemPenn
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a wolverine. And it's pissed. Perhaps caught in a snap trap.

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Daria B
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Have you ever a fox scream? It is one of the most hideous and creepy noises you’re ever likely to hear, (...)" So... What does the fox say? (Ehehe, sorry I had to)

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Ava Ford
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a Fox they make screaming noises not only in mating season but also when they are in danger or trying to communicate. The sudden scream with a tinge of cracking is usually a Fox. And (don't get me wrong) thus is the same noise Minecraft foxes make when you are far enough away at night.

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XxInstantKarmaxX
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm going for either a screaming mountain lion/fox or a rabid bigfoot

jo91150 avatar
Joanne Hudson
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident - research sound waves created in nature. Sounds heard all over the world.

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Daddyz BabyyCakez
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it jus me or does anybody else see the really creepy face in the trees???

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Ssv
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It might just be me, but the instant I heard it I thought of Black Metal vocals. Might just be someone practicing shrieking... in the cold winter woods. Very kvlt. But then, Black Metal vocals are pretty animalistic, so it would make sense if it would indeed be an animal. But the pitch isn't exactly very elk-ish (00:37 has some reminiscence of elk call) So I do think it's a person shrieking for some weird reason. It did remind me of Corpus Christii's "Outro". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsiODQqIjlA

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WillemPenn
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dog goes "woof" Cat goes "meow" Bird goes "tweet" And mouse goes "squeek" Cow goes "moo" Frog goes "croak" And the elephant goes "toot" Ducks say "quack" And fish go "blub" And the seal goes "ow ow ow" But there's one sound That no one knows What does the fox say?

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Dl B
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All you have to do is search youtube for Elk in heat calling. It is the same sound.

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Mr. Re-in-act-ment
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honey this house may be built on a burial ground but it's the wind outside I swear.

johnlouis avatar
John Louis
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The opening of the song HUSH by Deep Purple. Or the sound I make when I hear another Bigfoot conspiracy theory.

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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The sounds that foxes make when they are in distress is truly bone-chilling. They honestly sound like the screeching Nazgul in the Lord of the Rings movies.

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Nicholas Zaal
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am on the Bored Panda cellphone app and there is nowhere in this story where I can hear the sounds.

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Jo Chrisco
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That sound is me (an extremely a**l person) wondering why you forgot the word "heard" in the first sentence.

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Vincent Jay
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4 years ago

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That sound reminds me of a girl I used to know. She would make that same noise when ..... uh ...... never mind.

leodomitrix avatar
Leo Domitrix
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, the first video/audio reminds me of a very angry black bear I heard as a kid. When teh sound bounces around? It gets downright weird(er). Foxes in mating season can make you think the worst of the universe. But to me, having to listen through static and the rest? Impossible to be certain. I've heard tress "singing", in fact. (Wind in pines in a certain way) that at a distance you'd swear is a monster but ... nope. Just Mama Nature. I think we're so citified we've forgotten (collectively) what Naure sounds like. And I suspect some of these are manmade. Ever hear frozen metal swaying in a high wind? You get some *weird* noises.

jenicathomas avatar
Jenica Thomas
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have heard many animals scream growing up in the country. Rabbits, deer, fox. Bobcats and coyotes make some eerie noises as well. Just because something is typically quiet doesn't mean it won't desperately make noise when hurt. Nothing will make you shoot out of bed much faster than hearing this in the middle of the night.

sbagci avatar
THEPS
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I heard an animal being eaten alive once. It was night and the animal was screaming and then it had a gurgling type scream like its throat was full of blood and then silence. Being the animal lover that I am, I ran toward the sound but then I stopped because I realized there was nothing I could do and whatever animal was eating it, has to eat . Plus I didn't know what kind of animal it was that was eating it . Could have been a coyote and I didn't want to get attacked.

snorincats avatar
Kathy Baylis
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So sorry you heard that. As an animal lover myself, it would break my heart and keep me from sleeping much more that night. The rational side of me knows it happens; if it doesn’t, then the other animal starves. It’s just the sound itself, and every emotion it conveys; fear, pain, suffering, desperation. Then death. Incredibly difficult and heart wrenching to hear. Hope you’re OK now.

Load More Replies...
wproctor avatar
WillemPenn
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a wolverine. And it's pissed. Perhaps caught in a snap trap.

dariab_1 avatar
Daria B
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Have you ever a fox scream? It is one of the most hideous and creepy noises you’re ever likely to hear, (...)" So... What does the fox say? (Ehehe, sorry I had to)

iuliacorina2 avatar
84avaford avatar
Ava Ford
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a Fox they make screaming noises not only in mating season but also when they are in danger or trying to communicate. The sudden scream with a tinge of cracking is usually a Fox. And (don't get me wrong) thus is the same noise Minecraft foxes make when you are far enough away at night.

isabellaszick2 avatar
XxInstantKarmaxX
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm going for either a screaming mountain lion/fox or a rabid bigfoot

jo91150 avatar
Joanne Hudson
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident - research sound waves created in nature. Sounds heard all over the world.

daddyzbabyycakez avatar
Daddyz BabyyCakez
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it jus me or does anybody else see the really creepy face in the trees???

ninni080123 avatar
Ssv
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It might just be me, but the instant I heard it I thought of Black Metal vocals. Might just be someone practicing shrieking... in the cold winter woods. Very kvlt. But then, Black Metal vocals are pretty animalistic, so it would make sense if it would indeed be an animal. But the pitch isn't exactly very elk-ish (00:37 has some reminiscence of elk call) So I do think it's a person shrieking for some weird reason. It did remind me of Corpus Christii's "Outro". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsiODQqIjlA

wproctor avatar
WillemPenn
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dog goes "woof" Cat goes "meow" Bird goes "tweet" And mouse goes "squeek" Cow goes "moo" Frog goes "croak" And the elephant goes "toot" Ducks say "quack" And fish go "blub" And the seal goes "ow ow ow" But there's one sound That no one knows What does the fox say?

dlb avatar
Dl B
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All you have to do is search youtube for Elk in heat calling. It is the same sound.

mr_re-in-act-ment avatar
Mr. Re-in-act-ment
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honey this house may be built on a burial ground but it's the wind outside I swear.

johnlouis avatar
John Louis
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The opening of the song HUSH by Deep Purple. Or the sound I make when I hear another Bigfoot conspiracy theory.

klynch4 avatar
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The sounds that foxes make when they are in distress is truly bone-chilling. They honestly sound like the screeching Nazgul in the Lord of the Rings movies.

nicholaszaal avatar
Nicholas Zaal
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am on the Bored Panda cellphone app and there is nowhere in this story where I can hear the sounds.

jchrisco avatar
Jo Chrisco
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That sound is me (an extremely a**l person) wondering why you forgot the word "heard" in the first sentence.

elextech avatar
Vincent Jay
Community Member
4 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

That sound reminds me of a girl I used to know. She would make that same noise when ..... uh ...... never mind.

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