Howls then tree knocks

My vote is for owls, having heard some very mysterious cries in the night, almost human, that even got the dog on edge and led my partner out from the old cabin with the lab on leash, a kerosene lantern, and an ax. Can't imagine what else made those noises and moved up the valley so fast without flying. I love getting in a three-way conversation, blowing through my cupped hands, with the great horned owls that live around here.
 
No owls, we have a bard owl that goes who cooks for you.


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The tree knock is a distinctive knock it sounds hollow. I can’t match it.
 
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Owls in territorial and/or mating behavior. They make sounds that are beyond belief including howls, “hammering” sounds, otherworldly screeches, etc.

And old retired game warden told me that during his 35 years on the job 90% of his ghost, swamp monster, big foot, alien/UFO etc. calls were about an Eastern Screech Owl or Barred Owl or Coyotes.

Screech owls, at least to me, sound like another animal being attacked. First time I heard the sound, I thought a coyote was in my backyard attacking something.
It was eery.
 
No owls, we have a bard owl that goes who cooks for you. The tree knock is a distinctive knock it sounds hollow. I can’t match it.

Bill everywhere in North America has owls. I have seen them in Saguaro Cacti to Redwoods to farm fields to digging in the desert. But that is does not mean an owl is creating the sounds you are hearing, I was simply suggesting what would seem to be the most likely explanation.

After reading other posts in this thread, I wonder if you are hearing other Skunk Ape aficionados that are mimicking what they believe to be the ape’s purported calls? (Or what they have seen on TV). I know I have spent an hour calling a nearby pack of “coyotes” that turned out to be a couple of other varmint hunters near our set.

I don’t doubt you a bit in what you are saying you hear, I just wonder about the origin.
 
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