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8/29/2018 12:48:40 AM EDT
2:30 AM

Letting out my dags and...as usual...they are taking their sweet time.
I whistle for them once or twice and my little dachshund comes and runs inside.  But as I have my back turned something whistles back (mimicking me)  from the blackness.  
WTF?
I grab my spotlight and shine the 7 acre field across from my house as my other dog comes inside.  I also light up the tree line to my right-where the sound originated.  It sounded like it came from the trees or the pond that is hidden from my view by some very old oaks.

Interesting facts:
My dogs did not bark...either when I turned them out or when the whistle occurred.  They usually announce their charge into the night when I let them out.  They also bark like mad at people.

The whistle happened fast and had volume.  It sounded-different-but not like a bird.

I live in a large gated subdivision that is surrounded by mountainous woodland and farmland.  There is only one other house in here and all other houses are a good 1/4 mile or more away There are street lights 400 yards away at the main entrance, but everything else is pitch black.

People do not trespass here in my experience as everyone in the area (rural road) is very armed and  very assertive.  They sure as hell don’t whistle at you at 2 am without announcing themselves.

Something was in my pond that night.  The algae was displaced like something had walked out into the pond. (Bear and deer do this often)

The frogs-for once-were also silent

So...

At first I thought it was a bird.  Until I listened to calls of a few mimicking birds online.  (Plus my own outdoor experience which includes many many nights deep in the woods)

Then...I thought it might be my buddy’s son out frog giggin, but I asked him and he hasn’t been in three weeks.

Now, I don’t know.
What do you think?  I’m not losing sleep over it, just thought it was interesting.  Is there is a bird in East TN that I’ve overlooked or is it time for some concertina wire?

TLDR: something whistles at me out of the woods and creeped me out a little.
8/29/2018 12:59:47 AM EDT
[#1]
Bigfoot.  Or skinwalker.  You need thermal.
8/29/2018 1:00:49 AM EDT
[#2]
chupacabras
8/29/2018 1:02:41 AM EDT
[#3]
You sound well-to-do. Buy a Trijicon thermal device and dispel Bigfoot once and for all
8/29/2018 1:02:54 AM EDT
[#4]
Ben Shapiro was attempting to catcall you.
8/29/2018 1:03:34 AM EDT
[#5]
Kinda weird. Would expect human over cryptic/paranormal but not sure if that makes it more or less scary
8/29/2018 1:05:26 AM EDT
[#6]
You have clowns.  
8/29/2018 1:05:40 AM EDT
[#7]
Weird, some things can't be explained.
8/29/2018 1:06:35 AM EDT
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+1 on bigfoot or skinwalker.  Baba Yaga is a possibility, too.  If in the South, maybe a Skunk Ape.

More likely it's ManBearPig.

Got night vision?

If it mimics your whistle again, see how it reacts to gunfire in its general direction.   Be sure you're behind cover when you do, in case it returns fire.
8/29/2018 1:06:38 AM EDT
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Never believed as I’ve spent many a night solo in the wilderness without any trouble (other than bears/methheads)...but this made my hair stand on end.
8/29/2018 1:07:02 AM EDT
[#10]
Look up Mountain Lion whistles.

It wanted to mate with you.

Not that there is anything wrong with that.
8/29/2018 1:07:07 AM EDT
[#11]
Dibs on guns.
8/29/2018 1:07:15 AM EDT
[#12]
Probably just a nocturnal critter of some sort that coincidentally emitted its cry just after you whistled.

The night woods can seem creepy until you get used to them.
8/29/2018 1:07:16 AM EDT
[#13]
Good excuse for thermal. Nothing hides from that shit.
8/29/2018 1:07:27 AM EDT
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8/29/2018 1:08:44 AM EDT
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I have to admit, that possibility creeps me out more than anything else that's been suggested so far.  

Ringling Bros circus has shut down for good.   That means there are some out of work clowns and carnies out there somewhere.....[shudders in terror]
8/29/2018 1:09:53 AM EDT
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Never believed as I've spent many a night solo in the wilderness without any trouble (other than bears/methheads)...but this made my hair stand on end.
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Bigfoot.  Or skinwalker.  You need thermal.
Never believed as I've spent many a night solo in the wilderness without any trouble (other than bears/methheads)...but this made my hair stand on end.
Even more justification for thermal imaging.
8/29/2018 1:09:55 AM EDT
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Ha! Yeah the gated subdivision part...I got the leftovers from the market crash and all my new yankee retiree neighbors haven’t built yet.

Good excuse for thermal...
8/29/2018 1:10:23 AM EDT
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If you had night vision you wouldn’t be creeped out.
8/29/2018 1:11:34 AM EDT
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Look up Mountain Lion whistles.

It wanted to mate with you.

Not that there is anything wrong with that.
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They are “officially” not here, but we know how that goes.  I’ll check it out.
8/29/2018 1:16:08 AM EDT
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Possibly the story below may answer your question?

First of all, I don't know if anyone here has read the book "Strangely Enough", an old book from about 1959 dealing with paranormal encounters, it has many good tales in it. (All stories gathered from the people or their families). One story is about a woman in the midwest and a whistling. I can remember most of the story but I can't seem to find the book. Heres what I remember: The woman was home alone with her dog, and went to bed. About halfway through the night she woke up to her dog barking and a horrid whistling coming from her front porch, where the dog was barking. The whistling continued (painfully loud and high pitched) and soon she grabbed her pistol. Before she dared to go the porch, her dog stopped barking and started grunting and whimpering, then went dead silent. The whistling left the house quickly and faded off into the field. The terrified lady went back to sleep. In the morning she cautiously went to the porch, noticing her dog was not by her side. She found the dogs blood smothering and smeared all over the walls and no sign of the dog except for some fur (If I remember correctly) as if something very strong had come into the house and mutilated the dog while making a horrid unnatural whistling.

This part is the odd part.

I've never heard an account like this ever again until today. Im not going to post any personal information, but a friend told me about an experience after I asked him about if he had seen a ghost before. He used to live farther in the country by a huge field. Strange things had been going on in the barn and he had even been thrown against the wall by an unseen force. Later on he had been attacked while out in the field when it was turning to night. He had nothing but a hunting knife with him but was trained with a sword and fighting. He got thrown to the ground by some beast that was whistling and kept stabbing blindly as he closed his eyes. He got away and ran inside his house, with some cuts and he was covered in some sort of black and bile liquid. Later on he had to keep himself locked in the basement at night when he sleeped in fear of being attacked again but walked outside into the field every night to see if it was there, and it was. It kept whistling (like the one in the first story) and his friend and him got a glimpse of its body. It seemed to have many thorny spikes coming out of its muscular back and had unusual reddish skin with large muscles. He did not see the rest of the body but his friend said he it 'billions of teeth' (He was watching from the barn) It whistled as it ran off at amazing speed on all 4's and the whistle faded off quickly. He did that for nights carrying his sword and it whistled more. His parents didnt see it and saw what they thought was 'a bear being chased'. They moved and he only saw it once in the town alley, whistling painfully loud and high, doing some sort of song, then it left and its been gone ever since.

Has anyone heard of a whistling menace that is unnaturally strong and fast? I really want to find out as much as I can about this menace, please post feedback.
8/29/2018 1:17:40 AM EDT
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We have a creepy thread.  Post up OP.

https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/It-s-time-for-another-CREEPY-thread-/5-1227431/
8/29/2018 1:18:53 AM EDT
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Probably just a nocturnal critter of some sort that coincidentally emitted its cry just after you whistled.

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I agree.  I solo backpack every chance I get as I’m a AT section hiker.

I’ve heard some weird stuff alone in the middle of nowhere.

However, there have been some strange things around the property which caused me to be more...alert.

I commonly “night hike” to avoid the daytime humidity.  I’ve been trailed by black bears and something I’m pretty certain was a lion.

I don’t really don’t scare easy, but a whistle-that’s weird.
8/29/2018 1:19:25 AM EDT
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I just linked this thread in there. Link-ception.
8/29/2018 1:21:03 AM EDT
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8/29/2018 1:22:56 AM EDT
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They are “officially” not here, but we know how that goes.  I’ll check it out.
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Last year just before I got back from overseas for deer season, my wife reported that the deer disappeared.  "Shit" I thought.  I know what that means.  Usually I see lots more deer than I ever want to shoot.  That year I saw nothing.  A week before the end of the season I had something whistle at me.  Not like a happy pleasant whistle.  A pissed off deep from the chest whistle.  I thought it was either a deer with a sinus infection,  a squatch or a mountain lion.  I looked it up on youtube and sure enough the damn things whistle.  I think it was just as pissed at me for ruining its hunting as I was at it for ruining my season!
8/29/2018 1:24:07 AM EDT
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Mockingbird maybe?  They can apparently make all kinds of noises.

When I worked at a hotel in Columbus, there was one that hung out in a tree in the parking lot mimicking a car alarm. At least I'm pretty sure that's what it was, never actually saw it and didn't want to spook it.
8/29/2018 1:24:18 AM EDT
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"Honey, you know that thermal scope I was saying is kind of an expensive toy?  It just became a needed tool for our safety and peace of mind...found out it could legit be a mountain lion."

That's the way I'd work it after telling her the story.

8/29/2018 1:24:23 AM EDT
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Teenagers snuck out of a nearby house and are having sex?

Drinking?

If the whistle continues I’d be worried, if you never hear it again I say teenagers.
8/29/2018 1:24:40 AM EDT
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I agree.  I solo backpack every chance I get as I’m a AT section hiker.

I’ve heard some weird stuff alone in the middle of nowhere.

However, there have been some strange things around the property which caused me to be more...alert.

I commonly “night hike” to avoid the daytime humidity.  I’ve been trailed by black bears and something I’m pretty certain was a lion.

I don’t really don’t scare easy, but a whistle-that’s weird.
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Probably just a nocturnal critter of some sort that coincidentally emitted its cry just after you whistled.

The night woods can seem creepy until you get used to them.
I agree.  I solo backpack every chance I get as I’m a AT section hiker.

I’ve heard some weird stuff alone in the middle of nowhere.

However, there have been some strange things around the property which caused me to be more...alert.

I commonly “night hike” to avoid the daytime humidity.  I’ve been trailed by black bears and something I’m pretty certain was a lion.

I don’t really don’t scare easy, but a whistle-that’s weird.
Such as?

C'mon, details man.
8/29/2018 1:27:33 AM EDT
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I have to admit, that possibility creeps me out more than anything else that's been suggested so far.  

Ringling Bros circus has shut down for good.   That means there are some out of work clowns and carnies out there somewhere.....[shudders in terror]
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Finding a clown randomly at night is about the only thing that I could see making me scream like a girl.
Probably poop my pants too.  
8/29/2018 1:27:55 AM EDT
[#31]
If your dogs are used to it...
8/29/2018 1:28:53 AM EDT
[#32]
These are hard to spot, but you can sometimes hear them whistle...

8/29/2018 1:30:01 AM EDT
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"Whistling has taken on a sinister tone in Karratha where residents are being asked to report it after a recent spike in burglaries in the Pilbara town.

Officer in Charge Geoff Cramp said offenders had been working in groups, mainly at night, and communicating by whistling to each other."
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-07/whistlers-alert-residents-to-burglaries/5948184
8/29/2018 1:32:56 AM EDT
[#34]
I'm going out to smoke a cig... wish me luck.

ETA:  bringing my pistol
8/29/2018 1:33:00 AM EDT
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Possibly the story below may answer your question?

First of all, I don't know if anyone here has read the book "Strangely Enough", an old book from about 1959 dealing with paranormal encounters, it has many good tales in it. (All stories gathered from the people or their families). One story is about a woman in the midwest and a whistling. I can remember most of the story but I can't seem to find the book. Heres what I remember: The woman was home alone with her dog, and went to bed. About halfway through the night she woke up to her dog barking and a horrid whistling coming from her front porch, where the dog was barking. The whistling continued (painfully loud and high pitched) and soon she grabbed her pistol. Before she dared to go the porch, her dog stopped barking and started grunting and whimpering, then went dead silent. The whistling left the house quickly and faded off into the field. The terrified lady went back to sleep. In the morning she cautiously went to the porch, noticing her dog was not by her side. She found the dogs blood smothering and smeared all over the walls and no sign of the dog except for some fur (If I remember correctly) as if something very strong had come into the house and mutilated the dog while making a horrid unnatural whistling.

This part is the odd part.

I've never heard an account like this ever again until today. Im not going to post any personal information, but a friend told me about an experience after I asked him about if he had seen a ghost before. He used to live farther in the country by a huge field. Strange things had been going on in the barn and he had even been thrown against the wall by an unseen force. Later on he had been attacked while out in the field when it was turning to night. He had nothing but a hunting knife with him but was trained with a sword and fighting. He got thrown to the ground by some beast that was whistling and kept stabbing blindly as he closed his eyes. He got away and ran inside his house, with some cuts and he was covered in some sort of black and bile liquid. Later on he had to keep himself locked in the basement at night when he sleeped in fear of being attacked again but walked outside into the field every night to see if it was there, and it was. It kept whistling (like the one in the first story) and his friend and him got a glimpse of its body. It seemed to have many thorny spikes coming out of its muscular back and had unusual reddish skin with large muscles. He did not see the rest of the body but his friend said he it 'billions of teeth' (He was watching from the barn) It whistled as it ran off at amazing speed on all 4's and the whistle faded off quickly. He did that for nights carrying his sword and it whistled more. His parents didnt see it and saw what they thought was 'a bear being chased'. They moved and he only saw it once in the town alley, whistling painfully loud and high, doing some sort of song, then it left and its been gone ever since.

Has anyone heard of a whistling menace that is unnaturally strong and fast? I really want to find out as much as I can about this menace, please post feedback.
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Am I the only one that made sure I had a gun nearby after reading this?

Gave me the chills.
8/29/2018 1:33:58 AM EDT
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Dibs on bacon and steaks
8/29/2018 1:35:42 AM EDT
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I'm going out to smoke a cig... wish me luck.
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His name was SekretSkwirrel. RIP
8/29/2018 1:35:58 AM EDT
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Come on.  We all know what it is.

8/29/2018 1:35:58 AM EDT
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Squatches have been known to imitate whistles.
8/29/2018 1:36:41 AM EDT
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First is the sense of being watched.   I believe that it is a real thing (sense) as I know that deer are more relaxed when I don’t stare holes in them when I’m hunting.  I never make eye contact with them for this reason.  I spook very few deer before the hammer falls.   Could be real-could be bs...but it works.
Anyway, I can go months with nothing weird and then be outside working in the daytime and get the feeling to look over my shoulder.
8/29/2018 1:37:31 AM EDT
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Of course this is what I read RIGHT as I'm about to walk out the door.  If I die, you have to tell my story... like in 300.
8/29/2018 1:37:50 AM EDT
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You have clowns.  
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458 socom?
8/29/2018 1:41:49 AM EDT
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Of course this is what I read RIGHT as I'm about to walk out the door.  If I die, you have to tell my story... like in 300.
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His name was SekretSkwirrel. RIP
Of course this is what I read RIGHT as I'm about to walk out the door.  If I die, you have to tell my story... like in 300.
Consider it done.

(Dibs on the rest of your smokes, though.)
8/29/2018 1:43:17 AM EDT
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8/29/2018 1:43:20 AM EDT
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It was probably this...

8/29/2018 1:44:32 AM EDT
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8/29/2018 1:45:29 AM EDT
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Did not know cougars could whistle.
8/29/2018 1:46:13 AM EDT
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I used to trap coyotes.
I had a place near a woodpile around  600 yards from the house that I put leftovers/fishguts/deerguts for months and let the critters eat.
It worked great as a funnel for the coyote/foxes to come in for a sniff.  Caught a bunch of yotes/foxes and then I lost a trap.  Then I lost another trap.  I anchored the last one so good I don’t know if I could have pulled it with my ATV.  Two days-gone.

I figured bear...as there is sign and I see them all-the-time, but this was winter.  The ground was hard and all I found were coyote tracks.   This perplexed me.

I stopped trapping there and I stopped putting out food in the off season.
8/29/2018 1:46:32 AM EDT
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8/29/2018 1:46:57 AM EDT
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Consider it done.

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"He had less than 200 posts... he died too soon"

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