Edit: I think it’s a crazy raccoon.
A little before 6 a.m., Shane and I heard a crazy sound.
Some sort of animal was making a major racket outside, and since the weather was nice and we slept with the windows open, we certainly heard the thing.
It was the first time I heard it. Shane has heard it three times now and on one occasion, he tried to record it with his cell phone, but it didn’t work.
I have no idea what it could possibly be, but I’ll do my best to describe it:
It’s probably a large rodent or some other unflying, two or four-legged creature. It sounded like someone threw him in a washing machine, turned on the spin cycle, and let him free. When he made his sound, it sounded like a crazy, rabid animal who wants to scare the pants off anyone who dared get near him. Parts of his noise almost sounded like a turkey or a flustered chicken.
He carried on with his ruckus for less than a minute this time. In the past, Shane estimates that he was louder and carried on for a few minutes before fading into the night.
Maybe some unfortunate turtle wandered by this creature’s home and startled it awake. I can just picture a surprised little turtle, flipped onto its back and taking cover from such a freak show.
Its noise reminded me of an attacked creature taking its last few breaths, but after I heard it for more than a few seconds, I realized that it wasn’t dying–it was just being what it is, whatever that may be.
We’re truly baffled at what sort of an animal would sound like that.
If we lived in a tropical rainforest or even in the desert, I wouldn’t be as surprised to hear it. But we live in the city. There is nothing rural about where we live. The small patch of trees behind our apartment provide enough shade and protection for birds and small animals, but it’s not the wilderness. And we’re not close to the zoo, so I’m pretty certain nothing has escaped and wandered our way.
I’m just going to chalk this thing up as yet another crazy sound we’ve only heard in Pittsburgh.
I know we’ll probably never find out what it is. I hope I don’t ever encounter that crazy thing.
Yikes, that sounds pretty terrifying! That’s so odd though that it’s not the first mysterious sound you’ve heard there. I guess if you move somewhere far away from where you’ve always lived, they have things you may not even know about. But I hope that weird mutant animal doesn’t return! Too weird.
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Thats crazy! We have a little dog who sets off an alarm in our ears whenever she thinks a stray cat has wandered into the yard. Pretty terrifying to be woken up by a growling and barking dog at 2am!! Hopefully Mr. Raccoon will find a new place to live!
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