California
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- An hour north of San Francisco
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What the heck makes a lo pitched loud ugly growl in the night?
There's nothing here big enough to sound like a snarling angry murderous gorilla. I hope.
Racoon, possum, skunk, house cats, coyotes are common. Deer are common in the neighborhood but there hasn't been one inside the 6 ft wire fence since we built that 3 years ago. The retreat of this animal off the porch didn't sound like the familiar clatter of hooves we used to hear all the time.
Maybe wild hog was my first guess before I remembered none, and no evidence, has ever been seen around here. There are some 20 miles away up the coast. I've never seen damage to my deer fence that would indicate one came under the fence.
Bobtail wildcat is the size of the largest housecat, possibly him but I wouldn't expect such a loud ugly growl. My experience is they are rare and run when sighted.
This animal ran off the porch when I ran to the door to see what was snarling, and hid in the shadow of a downed branch when I shined the spotlight - and resumed growling as if ready to pounce. I didn't go off the porch to go test if he was bluffing!
Mountain lions are seen occasionally, most recently here 5 years ago. But like the bobcat I would expect a sneaky retreat, not an aggressive growl as nasty as a much larger animal. This critter wasn't cornered, when I got the spotlight aimed it was 50 ft away behind the nearest obstruction to line-of-sight, with the whole orchard to retreat into. And continuing to snarl menacingly. What the heck? Any suggestions?
There's nothing here big enough to sound like a snarling angry murderous gorilla. I hope.
Racoon, possum, skunk, house cats, coyotes are common. Deer are common in the neighborhood but there hasn't been one inside the 6 ft wire fence since we built that 3 years ago. The retreat of this animal off the porch didn't sound like the familiar clatter of hooves we used to hear all the time.
Maybe wild hog was my first guess before I remembered none, and no evidence, has ever been seen around here. There are some 20 miles away up the coast. I've never seen damage to my deer fence that would indicate one came under the fence.
Bobtail wildcat is the size of the largest housecat, possibly him but I wouldn't expect such a loud ugly growl. My experience is they are rare and run when sighted.
This animal ran off the porch when I ran to the door to see what was snarling, and hid in the shadow of a downed branch when I shined the spotlight - and resumed growling as if ready to pounce. I didn't go off the porch to go test if he was bluffing!
Mountain lions are seen occasionally, most recently here 5 years ago. But like the bobcat I would expect a sneaky retreat, not an aggressive growl as nasty as a much larger animal. This critter wasn't cornered, when I got the spotlight aimed it was 50 ft away behind the nearest obstruction to line-of-sight, with the whole orchard to retreat into. And continuing to snarl menacingly. What the heck? Any suggestions?
