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This bizarre excerpt certainly piqued my curiosity:

>The boys decided to set up camp on a nearby island, but in the middle of the night they woke to a scream. It sounded like a woman’s cry. “We were sure it was a maniac or something. You could hear cries from different directions.” The boys decided to leave the island in the middle of the night.

Wish I knew what that was all about! Too bad we don't know what island they stopped on. Are there animals whose calls sound like a woman's screams?

Edit: Some Googling tells me they may have been hearing a group of red foxes.




Yeah, foxes was what I thought. Their screams can be pretty terrifying.


> Are there animals whose calls sound like a woman's screams?

Rabbits and coyotes can make sounds that'll make you wonder what you just heard and if someone is in distress.


Mountain lion queens, too. Sounds like a murder in progress and carries for miles.


Not relevant to the area, but I've heard peacock calls that sounded a lot like a scream for help before.


Yep. Goes right up your back.




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