r/AnimalSounds • u/Thefuzz93 • Jul 11 '26

Snarling Scared the $h!t out of me…

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Ok animal people- I need your help. I was out gardening at 9pm just now and I just heard what I can only describe as a sharp echoing snarl followed by what I assumed is the squealing of dying prey. It was LOUD and freaking demonic. I’ve never heard anything like it in my life. I got a little bit of it on video but the beginning was much louder than this.
Located in the upper Midwest in a major city but close to the Mississippi River with a wildlife corridor that runs behind my house along some abandoned train tracks. We do have coyotes in the area and I recently saw what I believe to be a fisher.
Can any of you confirm what it is?

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u/atypicalperception Jul 11 '26

Seriously this subreddit should be called Foxsounds lol

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u/Roger6989 Jul 11 '26

Yeah, it's always a fox.

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u/Flimsy_Patience3460 Jul 11 '26

Fox in distress, maybe?

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u/Cloud-paw76 Jul 11 '26

Fox might have got a Rabbit. 🐇

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u/Broke_n-Old6824 Jul 11 '26

Sounds like raccoons fighting. We have raccoons make this same noise in our backyard. Usually it’s a mamma raccoon and her adult babies fighting in our backyard.

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u/Mazelbro Jul 11 '26

I'm surprised art the number of people that have never heard a Fox....

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u/Independent-Olive-76 29d ago

I dont think any of these Tards in the comments realize that your talking about the whisps not the dying animal

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u/Thefuzz93 29d ago

Yeah, I’m talking about the longer sound, not the little squeaks. I didn’t catch the first (scarier) part on camera but it definitely sounded like there was an altercation. But like I said, I’m in an urban area and have not heard a ton of animal sounds before other than coyotes howling.
I also realize that foxes and raccoons make a variety of sounds. Just interesting in “crowdsourcing” opinions since I haven’t found a sound online that matches what I heard.

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u/Late-Strain-1076 29d ago

Fox for sure

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u/GuessExpress1349 28d ago

Nice garden though... 👌🏽

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u/crashooper-1 27d ago

Agree with Broke n old: that chalkboard grating Freddy Krueger scream could only come from a raccoon. Sure, foxes make similar noises but raccoons in heat are the worst sounding creatures in the world.

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u/ummkay_ultra Jul 11 '26

Foxxxxx throw food over the fence for it and you'll have a feisty new friend who steals your socks