GooseJuice
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Hey everyone, long time lurker, first time poster here.
I’d like to preface this by saying I’m not the superstitious type, just an inquisitive mind looking for some guidance.
I’m trying to identify some sounds I heard while scouting for elk on the evening of 9/22/24. I was on the northwest side of the mountains. The forest was alive with the typical sounds of birds etc, and out of the blue I hear a series of sounds that I am entirely unfamiliar with. The best way I could describe them would be a set of low to high pitched “whooping” or sort of a “honk” sound. The thing that was strange, is that It was absolutely monstrous, like it sounded like it was happening everywhere around me. This happened for about 10 ish seconds maybe, and after that the forest went dead silent.
I’ve been around the mountains a lot, grew up the same as I’m sure you all have with hunting, fly fishing, backpacking etc, and have spent a lot of time around livestock as well. Ive never heard anything like it in my life, and I can tell you it sent shivers down my spine. I can say for certain that it was not a bird (unless it was some type of pterodactyl brought back from the dead).
I intend to return to the area and explore if I can determine what the cause was the following weekend, but I was just curious if any of you have experienced something similar, or if you have any idea as to the nature of the sounds. I’ll try to record the sound (and maybe catch some footage) of what I find.
I’d like to preface this by saying I’m not the superstitious type, just an inquisitive mind looking for some guidance.
I’m trying to identify some sounds I heard while scouting for elk on the evening of 9/22/24. I was on the northwest side of the mountains. The forest was alive with the typical sounds of birds etc, and out of the blue I hear a series of sounds that I am entirely unfamiliar with. The best way I could describe them would be a set of low to high pitched “whooping” or sort of a “honk” sound. The thing that was strange, is that It was absolutely monstrous, like it sounded like it was happening everywhere around me. This happened for about 10 ish seconds maybe, and after that the forest went dead silent.
I’ve been around the mountains a lot, grew up the same as I’m sure you all have with hunting, fly fishing, backpacking etc, and have spent a lot of time around livestock as well. Ive never heard anything like it in my life, and I can tell you it sent shivers down my spine. I can say for certain that it was not a bird (unless it was some type of pterodactyl brought back from the dead).
I intend to return to the area and explore if I can determine what the cause was the following weekend, but I was just curious if any of you have experienced something similar, or if you have any idea as to the nature of the sounds. I’ll try to record the sound (and maybe catch some footage) of what I find.
