1979, Louisiana, my mother and I were inside our home. The time was probably close to dusk, there was still a little bit of daylight left. The next thing that I remember was that my mother said” that it was awful quiet outside all of a sudden.” Then we heard the dog, start howling and scratching to get into the house, which was remarkable in its’ own rights because this dog was tied to a stake in the yard. This was a Big German Shepard that had to be tied up because if he ran loose, he had a nasty habit of killing any animal he crossed paths with. Anyway as soon as my mother opened the door to let the dog in, the dog literally knocked her over and went immediately into the bedroom under the bed.
The door was still open, so I looked outside and (this happened very fast) I noticed how dead still and quiet everything was. I felt that little charge of fear race up my spine and I remember that the hairs were standing up on my arms and neck, and at that moment my mother came back ! and started to shut the door, when all of a sudden we both heard this SCREAM. It was not human, it was not any animal I had ever heard. It was almost like a cross between a woman’s scream and a cougar. Since I knew that there weren’t any cougars or women standing out on our dock, we both knew we were hearing something unimaginable.
We then heard big sloshes of water, as if something great was passing through the lakefront. (Our House was only about 1/2 an acre up from the lake.) This whole episode probably only lasted about 5 minutes. We then noticed that the normal sounds of the swamp came back as if someone had turned the lights back on. We knew that whatever it was, continued down the lake. We heard from other families that lived along the lake that they had experienced the same thing.
My mom and I noticed that it became very still and quiet outside, which is highly unsettling since we lived on lake front property. All you ever hear is frogs, crickets, bugs, alligators racoons, opossums, etc., at all times of the day.
Paul M
You got boogered. It gave you the woman DYING DEATH SCREAM.
Becky F
That was terrorizing!
Stacey H
I am now very interested in the “everything going quiet and hair raising” sensations people get when these things approach. I think it is some kind of innate infrasound or energy they emit.
I also think this is also why we rarely get pictures of these things. They CAN detect any electronics. That’s why game cams and such are so ineffective. They aren’t stupid- they are smart.
Society just can’t accept we are not the highest thing on the food chain.
Charles R
Paul M says the woman DYING DEATH SCREAM. That is pretty accurate. The author says cross between a woman and a cougar. Again accurate. The difference is the sheer volume with the lung power of a woman. Also if you hear it you will know it is not human and in no way will you want to go to investigate. You will understand that what could produce this kind of a scream is something you will not want to face off. Happened to me Sept. 1, 1996 appx. 3 am at 554 Bradford Road, Midland, Michigan, out in the wooded county
michael n
Charles, I couldn’t even imagine that happening! ! And yes the “everything going quiet” interests me too. I assume that because everything is on the menu with BF and dogmen that animals have become quite in tune to their presence. Beyond that I would have no idea how even crickets know these predators are around. Its crazy when you really think about it.
Charles R
Jeepers I hate that one can not make corrections. I wrote sheer volume with the lung power of a woman. I meant to write lung power of an elephant. Yes the one we heard in my best buddies back yard that night litterally rocked his house a bit. I could feel the bass in my chest like being at a rock concert.
Duke S
Great story, well written. It rings true