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Well, now I'm awake
I was outside just now to turn off the chickens' night light, and I do not lie, I heard something off in the woods, quite nearby, that sounded EXACTLY LIKE THIS. And then it did it AGAIN.
I can guess what it was. I know we have a lynx around here. I've seen it up close in the yard. (And let me tell you, it scared the bejeezus out of the dog; he didn't even know cats came in that size! I wasn't too comfortable myself.) But, seriously, that sounded like the frame of the horror movie right before Our Heroine turns around and shrieks and blood splatters all over the wall.
I think Our Heroine is staying inside the rest of the night.
I can guess what it was. I know we have a lynx around here. I've seen it up close in the yard. (And let me tell you, it scared the bejeezus out of the dog; he didn't even know cats came in that size! I wasn't too comfortable myself.) But, seriously, that sounded like the frame of the horror movie right before Our Heroine turns around and shrieks and blood splatters all over the wall.
I think Our Heroine is staying inside the rest of the night.
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Yeah, I do actually love living somewhere that things like this happen. Though it takes on a sort of horror movie feeling when I'm all alone outside in the dark.
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I mean, yeah, I think you and the doggy had the right idea, getting inside and staying there. but still - lynx!! (we likely have bobcats in Massachusetts, but no one ever sees them...) I envy your backyard greatly!
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Although I am loling at the thought of you going through sound effects until you could find the perfect one :-) (And wondering whether the dogs had a reaction to that too...)
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We call that phenomenon "millions of years of evolution, at your service." Big cats have been major predators on primates for pretty much as long as there have been cats and primates, so yeah: I'm sure that the RL version made all the hair on your body stand up.
I hope the chickens are protected!
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We live in a suburb of Los Angeles right near some foothills and we get the coyotes howling at night and sometimes they sound like they are right behind the neighbor's house. It's an eerie sound, especially out in the dark by oneself. And especially after having heard something getting killed in the driveway (assume it was a raccoon or possum) and having to clean up the aftermath... talk about a horror movie. Yuck!
I've been told a mountain lion ambled through once, but I've yet to have that pleasure -- thank goodness.
Needless to say, our cats are permanent indoor kitties! (And I'm not real fond of going out at night by myself...)
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*grin* ♥
That. That would be absolutely terrifying to hear in the dark and - yeah. Staying inside, good idea. But - lynx!! Awesome.
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I'm taking it you're not expecting to be bravely protected by the big butch dog, then?!! *bg* Hope the chickens are okay.
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Thanks for the snowflake btw.
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No; the dogs completely ignore any sounds from the computer and TV, even other dogs barking. They seem to know that it's just humans doing silly human things. *g*
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I quite agree about the evolutionary response! It's not often that you get treated to a genuine "fight or flight" experience.
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That would be terrifying.
I was out in my folks' back yard one night feeding the neighborhood stray cat that used to come around, and now bear in mind that this is very much a midtown neighborhood, very populous and near major thoroughfares. So I'm petting the cat while he eats, and suddenly there's the sound from the bushes, a rustle and then this vocalization, not quite a bark, not quite not a bark -- I knew it had to be one of the foxes that lives in the far end of their yard under a thicket of bushes. It's a freaky sound to start with, but it was also very clearly the sound of "get out of my territory" (possibly combined with "I need to eat that cat"), and that is very damned freaky. Even just coming from a little fox.
I did not go in and let the fox eat the cat, but the fox kept bitching about it the entire time I was out there.
Grrr. MY YARD, FOX.
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(Your icon! *meep*)
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*g*
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