The Gang of Five
Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Fridge => Topic started by: F-14 Ace on April 07, 2015, 11:30:54 PM
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So, what are the scariest sounds you've ever heard? These are the sounds that nightmares are made of.
Anyway, here's mine.
Behold, the hellish, demonic yowl of a pissed off cougar. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS1-4NlhUlc)
There is a reason these things are nicknamed "mountain screamers". Make no mistake. Cougars are beautiful animals and if you should ever happen to see one in the wild, (preferably from a safe distance) consider yourself fortunate to get to see such a majestic creature in its natural habitat. With that said, the unholy yowls that these things emit is truly something else.
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Cougars definitely sound eerie. I've never heard one in person, thankfully, and I hope I never do. I live in California, and cougars are, supposedly, all over the state. Still glad I've never heard or seen one, though. :o
One of the eeriest sounds I've ever heard (well, does hearing them online count?) came from a video someone posted on YouTube. They claimed that it was a sasquatch, and although I think it's highly unlikely that they exist (just my opinion...), the sound is still pretty scary regardless. The people who caught the audio filmed about 15 minutes of it, I think.
On occasion, you can hear what sounds like dogs in the background. But I have no idea what the continuous roaring could be. o__o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTsdbKUwenI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTsdbKUwenI)
Aside from that, there was one time several years ago in April that I woke up at 4:00 AM to a long, snarling sound that came from the ravine near my house. It sounded like a huge cat, and my first thought was "cougar." Oh my gosh, it was scary...I lied in bed with my eyes wide open, still as a statue, trying to figure out what on earth was making that noise. Another one soon followed after that sounded like a wounded cow, and I thought maybe a cougar had killed one on the ranch in the valley. The howling and moaning went on for a long time, and it actually wasn't until years later that I found out the noise had come from mating bobcats.
Super creepy!
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Several sounds that are terrifying to me are the horn of the Tripods in War of the Worlds by Steven Spielberg. It sounded like the roar of a predator that had just found its prey. I have a fear of noises when I sleep, so I always have a fan on. I cannot sleep in silence. :unsure: