Yeah try having one live next door in an abandoned house...😂 He's pretty freaking cool though for real. He don't bother anything and comes to eat the cat food left over from the strays that hang out.😂
Not really. We as humans find any sound at night in the woods alone is a possible threat. We created fire or figured it out at least. Wild predators are scared of fire, we are not. In the dark and alone in in a wilderness setting can really scare the shit out of us. Our minds are geared a certain way with blind eyes in the dark and heightened hearing. But what is there in the dark was there during the day. Ergo a fire at night is so comforting in a wilderness situation and a gun really makes you feel better. Bobcats do not attack humans but bears and panthers may. But even a cricket letting loose in the dark next to you is scary.
@ajduplahd Skinwalker huh? Someone's been watching a lot of Discovery and Travel Channel. I ain't sayin' there are not Cryptids out there but... as much time as a spend alone in the wild. I have never seen one. Funny thing was one night camping with a subdued fire and covered two groups of "squatch" hunters that never saw metered whooping at each other and knocking on trees. But I do believe there are actual Cryptids out there. I just believe they are smart enough to stay away from idiots. Just like I was with the two groups of Bigfoot Hunters.
Would make a real Saskwatc head turn...🙀🙀🙀.....could definitely scare an alien 👽👽👽. Why did Mother Nature empower them with a voice like that ?? Wonder what a baby bobcat sounds like ???
My cat got out once and crossed the street. I was outside standing under the carport calling my cat. All of a sudden my cat darted past me, right behind him was a bobcat, he stopped chasing my cat and stopped next to me, looked up at me, slowly turned and trotted away. It was at that point I realized what it was. My cat never escaped and went that far again.
We live on the eastern edge, of Duluth MN. Sometimes they store rail cars across the street, and leave a gap. For walking trails. One winter morning, I was out in the porch. Looking south toward the rail cars. A bobcat was walking in the gap. I yelled to it. What are you doing here. It turns its head, and started talking cat talk to me. Like a house cat sometimes does. He seemed surprised, and amused, that I'd talk to it. Then turned and walked into the woods, on the south side of the tracks...
I was in a remote part of Wyoming hiking down to a hi mountain lake and I heard this screaming that just freaked me out I had no idea what it was but promptly left . Some time later I was in Colorado in a wilderness area and heard the same thing and saw two Bob Cats going at it and the sound was unreal. Thanks for the video
@@assortedanimalsonline Thank you for the info on Bob Cats I really enjoyed this video, mostly because my husband and I own whats called a "PIXIE BOB " which is a hybrid of a domestic cat and a BobCat, gosh we really love this beautiful cat, she is not the warm and fuzzie type of cat, she cannot tolerate being picked up. She had a litter of kittens, my husband and I agreed that we would NOT keep any of them, and I was serious about it, but one of the kittens was solid black with only one quarter sized white under his chin. (now he is the warm fuzzie type, actually a gentle giant, (he is huge,so very sweet) My husband and I have never had a cat until a couple of yrs ago. Three cats were dropped off here at our house (out in the woods it was from the humane society) the one cat was a female and was a "catch and release" with her ear clipped. There was not much we could do but allow her to be with us, and she was terrified of everything she was so traumatized it took a long time before we could even pet her, but she is still with us. We thought she would like to have a cat companion, so when these Pixie Bob kittens became available we got one of the kittens. We absolutely adore her, and her coat is beautiful which is considered the Tuxedo. Anyway, this kitten we got as a companion to the original cat (catch and released cat) This kitten tormented this poor cat, and instead of being a comfort for her, this kitten drove her crazy, and the kitten just wanted to play. Giving this gift to her turned out to do the opposite for her. This poor cat felt displaced. I'm sorry to go on, and on but we are at least maintaining here , and feeding all these cats is not cheap. We only give them wet food once a day, dry food is always available. Do any of you prepare your own cat food?
I have lived in the forests and mountains all my life and heard lots of predators. I think many wildcat vocalizations are mistakenly thought to be Bigfoot, LOL. I have listened to many so-called Bigfoot audios that were, in my opinion, elk, moose, Bobcats, cougars, coyotes, and even pine squirrels...
@@mustanghildago4540 Morehead's Sierra recordings sound more like sasquatch or something I don't recognize, but not a bobcat, LOL. I have heard similar sounds in the Idaho wilderness north of Stanley, Idaho.
My bf and I were cat fishing in southern MN once and heard a terrifying whooping cry across the river. We were certain we heard a wendigo. It was around 3am, and we were so afraid. It’s now obvious we heard a bobcat😂
Woke up at 4am from a bobcat screaming at my cat who was outside. Luckily it didn’t harm him. Creeped me out and couldn’t go back to sleep for a long time
I had one nearly climb into a ground blind with me.He climbed a nearby tree and started making the sound shown in #1....Scared the crap out of me..A sound I won't forget.
Wow! I never knew they could make so many strange sounds. They sound louder, scarier, more chilling than a mountain lion, right? Is that their defense because they are a smaller wildcat?
Someone has pointed out to me one time, that even though bobcats are smaller, they make those really deep growling noises, but meanwhile, a cougar is much bigger and more dangerous, but it makes these little birdlike chirps that don't seem very scary at all. I went up the mountain into the woods one time a few years ago, and I heard a noise that sounded a lot like the very first growl, that very deep, scary sound. It scared the crap out of me, and I was looking all around, in every direction, trying to see where it came from, looking up and down and in the trees, and I never saw a single thing at all.
They are truly a beautiful animal ! When I was a boy me and another boy camped up in the hills in Washington co. Mo , some time in the night a bobcat screaming awakes Oh o boy did et ever scare the hell out if us !
We live in rural Middle Tn. hear them all the time, few months back we had one screeching under our bedroom window! One of the high schools here has bobcat as their mascot.
This video is great. I play it when I don't want the cat going outside. The growls scare her every time. She walks away from the door, looks out the window, and lies down. Thank you.
These sounds remind me of a story so horrific and terrible it brings tears to my eyes and shivers down my spine to this very day - just over 20 years ago this very week I met my X - wife ........
I camp in north Ga a lot, especially around Warwoman Rd. (great trout fishing around there) There's a big hill east of Clayton, that's nicknamed "Screamer Mountain" for this very reason. Most nights, you can hear these cries, plus a few others kinds.... mostly your ' selection #1 ' . Scariest ones I heard one night, sounded like a pair of them either fighting or screwing... ... I didn't even THINK about trying to venture out to find out what they were doing ? and I carry a .454 with me 24/7 up there !!
Interesting! I camp east of there closer to the Chatooga River and came across a bobcat during a hot July day bushwacking up a ridge. I was probably 5 feet from it and it darted off like a proverbial bat out of hell! Didn't make a sound but startled us for sure. I'll remember that first sound in this video for future reference - I didn't think a bobcat's growl could go that low. Amazing creatures!
@@KENFEDOR22 Wow! Never seen one during the day. I spend a lotta time around Sarah's Creek, and hear 'em at night. TBH, I 'm more afraid of surprising a bear, than surprising a cat. I guess it's a good thing that there's more cats than bears up there !!
just got back from a hunting trip when one crossed my path in the rain, and I got to within 8ft; from him and watched him for 10 min. He just sat there looking at me and never moved. He was not scared and never left, after ten minutes I decided to leave. I have never seen one this close, I was even talking to him, but he just sat there, and he was not nervous. A very beautiful animal that is rare to see in the woods in northern Ontario, and to be able to get this close is almost impossible. I only wished that I had my camera.
I bet! When I lived in Colorado, we had a thing at school called out door lab, we went to a camp in the mountains for two weeks. I was walking away from our group, and I heard what I believe was a mountain lion! 🐾 had me sticking to the rules for the rest of the trip!
Very interesting , I just read that as of 2022 there are about 5000 BOBCATS in the state of Illinois including in some suburbs , never knew now I'm glad I do !!
Some years back my bio-dad's cat had a staring/hissing match with a bobcat, he was in California at the time and was on the second floor, that bobcat was somehow, sitting on the roof outside a second floor window, having a full on screaming match with this tiny little house cat, like the cat was incredibly small despite being full grown, also this cat had it so when he'd put his two front legs together the pattern on him was that of a heart. Story checked out too, bio-dad had a pic of the window screen torn to shreds, lucky he was living in military housing cause- that would have been a very pretty penny otherwise.
Now wait…. Y’all know, you ALL know that these sounds are not bobcats but it’s a bigfoot family arguing who gets to make the ‘tree knocking’ sounds tonight!!!
Back in the early ‘90’s, I was about 14 yrs old I was partying with a group of friends in a 5th wheel trailer. The trailer was parked on my friend’s parent’s property, a couple of acres in the desert. The trailer was located a good distance from the main house and it had electricity but no running water. It was late, midnight or so, and after a few drinks I decide to got the bathroom outside behind a bush as we were not allowed to go into the house cuz we would disturb his parents. So I go outside, take 2 steps then freeze because I hear a low cat type growl, it was a mix of the example 1 & 2 together. It stopped me dead in my tracks. A very large cat was standing on top of a dirt mound about 15 feet away from me. I could see that it was some type of huge cat by it’s outline due to the full moon that night. I stopped, then backed up slowly to the door I had just come out of and without turning around, opened the door and quickly went back inside. I don’t know if it was a bobcat or a cougar but it was literally one of the scariest moments of my life. I will never forget it.
That is definitely something that would have stuck with me as well! I love being in nature, but sometimes you gotta back your way outta situations! Thanks for sharing.🐾
Darkest of night -- Sunrise -- High Noon -- Sunset. So many of us, do not know the sounds of the WOODS. This is their playground -- Hunting ground -- Sanctuary. Native Americans knew more than nearly all who hike the woods today. The perils of not knowing.
Either a bobcat or a fox made the most ungodly noises that to this day I hope it wasn't a female person yelling for help bc it sounded like a human being. I was debating on calling the police at 1am but then it stopped and I couldn't see anything out my window. Anyways, just never thought animal that is normally silent could yell like that.
In 2007, the Disney World resort I was staying in had a lot of bunny’s that were attracting Bob cats. I saw some in the evenings but they kept their distance.
Sound very similar to the Panthers we used to have lots around here in Mizzurah,,which they are pretty much nocturnal also,,have only seen one Black Panther in the daylight hours in my 59 years,,,if you ever do,,,up close,,, you'll never forget it,,,buck fever all over again,,,😳😬🤫😱
It's very sad that they're aren't as many mating pairs around here in Mizzurah Ozarks as they're used to be,,70's,,,80's,,,any given night,,sit in the porch swing and hear em scream,, answering back and forth across the Highway,,,just gave you the chill's,,we as young boy's would prove our bravery to each other by going out in the dark woods and sitting,,,,not brave,,,, STOOOOPID,,,, afraid they're all about gone at least around my area,,,have to go farther out ,,Mark Twain Forest,,,👍🐆😾😿
Ive seen numerous bobcats on my land in the last 12 years and they've not made any sounds that you've displkayed in the video but I usually see them in the back yard haunched down or squatted in a semi-conceale area awaiting an unexpecting squirrel or small animal to cross its path but I've not seen a bobcat capture any of the small animals near the house but I sure wish they'd come wipe out some of the pesky squirrels that raid my wife's bird feeder. She gets so aggrivated at the squirels that she stopped feeding the birds on several occasions since the squirrels were always eating the bird seed. Maybe one day a bobcat will lend its hunting skills in eradicating the plethora of squirrels. Thanks for the enjoyable and informative video. Full-watch. 👍🏽😊 12/4/22
@@assortedanimalsonline Definitely! I think I'd leave my tent as it is, it can check that out and smell that whilst I make an escape for it! Like I said in another video earlier - England woodland - our apex predators are badgers, foxes, owls.. America has lions, bears, bobcats, the occasional big-foot, maybe an alien or two and who knows what else!? With those noises emanating at night time.. I wouldn't want to find out. Lol.
Just decided this is what me and my sister heard when I was on the phone to her and she was walking her dog out behind her house and yes she lives in Kentucky... And it was by the woods... I thought it was a bear at first but then I decided no it's this, it's a bobcat or otherwise known as a Kentucky wildcat !!!
@@assortedanimalsonline Thanks me too, I kept hearing it I said hurry get in the house she said I'm trying. Her dog is a large Rhodesian Ridgeback but he is old and he's a kindly old fella.. vulnerable?
Just heard that first example in the middle of the night in my yard (live out in the woods) scared the ever living shit out of me and came here to make sure I wasn't crazy and heard a fucking samsquantch or something.
Lol, add some drums & heavy guitar and you've got instant doom/metal music!🤘🏻😼 Also, Example #4 @ around 5:39 totally sounds like something from the Exorcist movie, yikes!🙀
I was in a tree stand bow hunting deer and I heard something walking up behind me. I looked out and around the tree I was in and a bobcat was behind the tree and saw my movement. It growled at me and was gone in a flash. I have seen them several times hunting and they are a ghost. There one second and out of sight the next.
When i was little, my parents would talk about an animal that would sit under our 2nd story bedroom window & scream. It terrified me hearing them talk about it. They called it, "the screaming thing". Later, they men of our area were going to hunt it down, but they never found it. They thought it might be a bobcat. Example #3 is exactly how they described it. I never heard it, if i had've, i would've PTSD!!! Those are the MOST TERRIFYING sounds ive ever heard!!!!!!! 😵
I just needed to know if what growled at me in my dark, rural neighborhood was a bobcat or Florida panther. In any case, I should just go to sleep…indoors. 😂
These sound like they are caught in traps. I have cared for three different Bobcats in Winters where they came to my yard when starving. Not once did they growl or snarl, as we took from from agony back to healthy, before they disappeared back into the woods.
i remember coming face to face with one one night while housesitting for a friend. was letting her dog out and it screamed and i remember freezing up for a moment in fear. ran back inside with the dog scared out of my wits.
We have a Bob Cat in the woods And Wet lands surrounding our "Village". People hear this at night and wonder how I can go out there and sit for hours..... my Night Vision scope makes things interesting.
