Wild Cat - Corliss Camp

[showtime_]

I completely forgot to post on here about this, but I stayed at Corliss Camp the first night after my final resupply in Johnson. That night I didn't sleep very well, and besides the normal night time noises I kept hearing what I can only guess were the screams of a wild cat. I asked two of the guys about it in the morning, but they said they slept hard the entire night and didn't hear anything. I assumed it was just in my dreams then (after all, I did pack a 6 pack in for us), but the other guy that we were hiking with said he heard it too.

I looked up bobcat and mountain lion screams on youtube, but I didn't really find anything that convinced me of what it was... the only thing I recall about the sound is that I thought something was dying at first, and then I remembered people saying that mountain lion screams sound like women screaming, or something like that...

Has anyone else had a similar experience up north? Any locals, per chance? I did a little bit of googling earlier today when I initially remembered, and came across an article saying that the area around Lake Champlain is a natural pathway for animals from the Adirondacks to the Green Mountains. I'm just speculating, of course, since I didn't see anything... but it is fun to think about

[showtime_]

I finished the LT August 20th, so this was around the 16th

[rocketsocks]

Couple times a week I hear our local foxes bag a rabbit, all hell breaks loose for about a minute and a half, then the silence of the night slips back in.

[hikeandbike5]

it could have been a screech owl.

[Deadeye]

Fisher cats make some gawdawful noise, a likely bet.

[Deadeye]

...and like you said either the Fisher or its prey sounds like something is definitely dying.

[bigcranky]

Porcupines make an awful scream during mating season, but that's usually later in the fall.

[dsquid]

We saw a couple of large Fisher Cats near there last year, so that seems possible. Cute (but BIG) critters.

[Lnj]

I never even heard of a Fisher Cat. Just googled and the pics on Google show them things are MEAN! I'd be more worried about that than a bear or a wildcat!

[Deadeye]

Porcupines make an awful scream during mating season, but that's usually later in the fall.

You'd scream, too!

[Migrating Bird]

During my LT thru last summer, I heard what turned out to be a Saw Whet Owl. Initially it had the hairs on the back of my neck standing up. I was at Corliss Camp as well. Owls make many different calls. Here's a sample. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezaBqCf0hv0

I recorded the sound on my phone and then compared it to Waites IBird App. for connfirmation. http://ibird.com/app/ipad/waites-gui...ds-of-america/