Since I figured others might be interested:

The sound Lila describes is almost certainly a porcupine. You can hear one 
here: http://sasquatchsearch.tripod.com/sounds.htm

Just scroll down through the bigfoot stuff to "Small Mammals."

Pam Hunt
Concord, NH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lila Ollmann" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:51 PM
Subject: [UVB] Creepy Scream ideas


> Thanks for all your ideas! I did listen to the audio of the red fox that
> someone linked, and that is definitely not it, though it IS what I have
> often heard around my house that I only figured out what was about a year
> ago.  It is a horrible noise, but there is a video online of a fox making
> the noise, and when you see them do it, it's not so horrific because
> they're cute!
>
> I have not yet found an audio of a fisher at screaming. I have found some
> fisher cat sounds, but not this sound.
>
> I hope, though that it was a Barred Owl because I have a small dog that 
> was
> running out after the noise, and I think he's too big for a Barred Owl to
> attack, but maybe not a fisher cat (sp). I haven't heard a porcupine
> scream, either. I hope it wasn't porcupine because my dogs have been in
> enough of those! And i hope Skunks don't scream!
>
> I HAVE heard a Barred Owl out there fairly often, and very often fairly
> near my house too. Once I heard them doing a group Monkey hooting session,
> which was a BIT creepy, but also cute.
>
> Thanks again, and if anyone has any more ideas, or the same ideas, I'd 
> love
> to hear them!
>
>