Mountain Lion Scream

What would you do if you heard this in the woods?

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[floridamansgarage]

Imagine hearing that lovely sound while camping at night

[ingrainedcyclist]

My granpa always told us "If you hear a woman screaming in the woods, go the other direction. It's not a woman. That is a mountain lion."

[Simulacrum]

"YOU HAVE STARTLED THE WITCH"

[sstrange]

Around 1979, my parents and 6-year-old twin sister arrived home late at night in southern Indiana. We lived way out in the country and there was no light (not even a porch light). My dad went to pull his house keys out of his pocket and proceeded to examine the set to pick out the house key. At that point, we were relying on night vision so this took several seconds. It was at this moment I heard that scream.

My dad dropped the keys on the ground in a panic and the family cowered in fear bending down to search for the keys for what seemed like an eternity. While it sounded like a screaming woman, the sheer volume made us realize this was a mountain lion. I remember that like it was yesterday. It took me a week before I went out into that woods again - but there was no sign anything had been back there.

That was probably the most scared I had ever been in my life.

[gabrielgiguere]

2019: terrifying cougar scream!
1819: FOREST'S HAUNTED BY A WITCH

[dumper]

Should probably find a different hunting spot. Every deer within 20 miles likely took off at mach 3 after hearing that.

[squishyjack]

Me: Sleeping in my tent having a good night
A mountain Lion: I'm about to end this mans whole camping trip

[mirandafry]

Less than a percent of a percent of the entire world gets to hear this. He just sits there like he’s heard it 100 times and it’s not a big deal. It’s an amazingly rare sound!

[unregisteredassaultbutterk]

No wonder there used to be folklore about monsters in the wilderness

[TyonGera]

Growing up near a lot of farms, hearing this as the sun goes down as I worked on the field made the hair on the back of my neck rise higher than it has ever been before.
No other sound has scared me as much as the cry from a mountain lion. But I am so damn lucky to have been able to hear it with my own two ears. Such a cool animal, if not also one of the scariest things out there.

[AvAfanfromfrance]

We're spooked when we realise how close to a voice animals screams actually are. When we can almost hear a distorted human voice behind it, we're into uncanny valley

[Ridesmule]

I’ve heard something very similar to this a couple times alone in the mountains in the pitch dark. It was so dark once I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face. You don’t wake up slowly when that happens, you go from 0 to 100 in 3 seconds. Heart thumping stuff. The good news is they never bothered me. They quit talking after a few minutes and when I woke up in the morning all of my pieces and parts were still attached.

[easadventures]

I can only imagine what was going through early settlers minds hearing that lol

[thelwulf]

Not sure if mountain lion or Black Metal vocalist.

[victorconway]

If I heard that in the woods at night and my friend told me "don't worry, that's just a mountain lion" I don't know if I should feel relieved or even more terrified.


"Oh thank god, that sounded really scary for a second the- wait, A LION!?"

[stevenhunt]

Heard it in 1968 while camping/fishing with my dad in eastern ky . I was 13 . Makes your skin crawl .

[aia]

Knowing it’s just a mountain lion doesn’t make it any less chilling to hear, omg ._.

[Joeyblondewolf]

Sounds like my cat while giving him a bath.

[danm]

Imagine the people thousands of years ago hearing that in the night. Sounds like a fucking demon banshee

[DreamWorldSyd]

Imagine being a male mountain lion just roaming around, and in the distance you hear this horrifying shit, and you're just like "oh hell yea, sound like a bad bitch"