Why is that? This trail I frequent has always been silent n I’ve been going to it for years. Is it cuz of the winter. I’ve also found it strange too cuz other trails usually are full of life
@@ravindecavalier2912 no it means there’s a bigger predator than you…😂 usually the type of predator most people from the city don’t believe in. Ya know it stands usually 9 Ft to 12 foot tall. Hairy and smells worse then death.
This is exactly what I came here to comment. A friend and I were on that trail and it was the strangest thing, I’ll never forget it was pure silence. We sat there for a couple minutes after I brought it to her attention and nothing. No wind , no bugs , no leaving cracking or birds. It was as if it was muted, very strange to experience and still don’t know why . It was like that the entire time we were out there
@@ravindecavalier2912 animals hibernate in the Winter, but when you're in a trail in the midst of Summer with birds chirping and insects buzzing and it all goes silent all of a sudden, there might be something Strange or Dangerous around. In that case never Talk, If you're with other people get Out there and communicate with Hand signals. It might Just be a bear but it could be something worse...
Having had a very serious encounter.. u are 100% correct.. listen to "dogman encounters" with vic cundiff.. its one of the most prevalent circumstances when having real encounters... the woods will be "ALIVE" with life.. then out of nowhere... it will cease.. generally when a person walks into a vast wooded area.. things are silent BECAUSE the person is the predator "in the wildlife eyes".. but after 5 min.. they go back to normal realizing the human is just trotting along not harming anything.. but when you have spent a hour hiking through dense woodlands... and you get that instant dead silence... thats when your situational awareness meter should be through the roof.. fight or flight instincts kick in and its now time to take your travels very serious... 9/10 times.. its a mistaken identity of a sound your hearing... vixen fox calls.. raccoons.. can sound like a woman screaming bloody murder... even seasoned outdoorsman can mistake it.
First time I heard that noise I was 28. I threw my clothes on and went out into the street to rescue that poor woman. Only to find a couple of foxes having the time of their life @@emmsue1053
@@rsuriyop sometimes cattles escape the farms or they just live in the wilderness. That's a normal thing which we don't expect because we only think that tamed animals live on the farms.
@@rsuriyop also, "wilderness" (esp in the eastern part of the u.s.) isn't always far from people. Sometimes city folk just think they're in the middle of nowhere from the lack of their familiar surroundings
I use to live in Boone/Blowing Rock NC & back then i was homeless & a severe alcoholic. It is one of the most beautiful places on earth but it does hold mysteries that mankind will never understand.
Lol, thats a cow in someones field 😂. I grew up listening to those sounds. When we heard the cows making this bellow one of us would shout..."Get off her Ronnie!" (One of the friends was named Ronnie🙂).
@@zhongxena1155 I am living testament to such testimony, yes you are correct. I could not sleep due to the noise of the night, irrational fears of the lone camper killing me in my sleep because he was bragging about how great of a fighter, pig hunter and shooter he was in a brief introductory conversation me and my buddy had with him upon our arrival to the camp ground.
The number of people that say “you should fear silence “ , yet still here with us to tell us about it is all you need to know about “fearing silence on a trail”.
I was hiking a trail on the mountains, and have an even scarier noise. The total lack of any noise at all. Me and my friends heard birds and cicadas one moment, and absolutely nothing the next second. Considering that it went on for more than 15 seconds, we decided to get out of there. No clue why it happened, but glad I wasn’t there to find out
Right. If the woods go silent, a predator has arrived. Pick up a big stick, keep to the trail, and walk deliberately. No fear vibes, and you'll be okay. Predators avoid one another, and you're one of them.
@@lukasmakarios4998 was walking down from the summit of one of the local mountains. About 5mi away from the trailhead the woods went dead quiet. Even the crickets and squirrels stfu. For about another mile and a half it was dead quiet. I had seen a juvenile cougar earlier that day who came a little too close for comfort before I caught my chameleon giving the focused look they normally only give bugs and puffed tf out on my shoulder. Figured that was what it was hunting me then. Used my phone camera to keep an eye on my back jic and walked my ass out of there. Never saw what it was that made the woods go silent though. Even with large predators the bugs usually keep going though as they know simba's estranged cousin isn't interested in them. But yeah, anything making that much noise like the cow in the video aint a threat. Unless it's a moose. Moose are evil. Anything that could or would hunt and take down a human you arent going to hear coming.
December 10th 2007. I was hiking alone and when I reached Preacher’s rock trailhead I stoped at the parking spot for a break and there was an old grandpa wearing a bright and old green sweater that stinked kinda bad. He was sitting on the back of his van with a golden retriever so I asked him if I could pet his dog ( as I have 2 golden retrievers and they’re the best dogs) he said yes and he started asking me where I was from and what do I do for a living? And if I was hiking alone or in a group? He also asked me if a have any guns or knifes because last week there was a mountain lion attack that almost killed a hiker. I told him not I don’t have a gun but I have a small pocket knife that I showed him. He said that’s not enough to kill a mountain lion. I was like well I hope I don’t encounter one. Then we chatted for a little bit and he started ranting about the federal government. And before I was leaving he told me If he could join me on the trail because he really wanted to hike up but he being an old man and suffering from heart conditions so if something happens to him at least I could tell police where he was. I felt something, a strange sensation in my gut by the way his eyes looked. He had some really penetrating gaze and he would always make direct eye contact that I couldn’t hold so I would look away for some seconds. After thinking what should I say this old grandpa I told him “I’m sorry but I’m in a hurry and I really want to walk fast to get to the top before sunset” he kinda looked mad and said aight I’ll just wait for someone else. I proceeded to hit the trail but I could never forget his gaze. Even tho he was an old man his gaze gave me a bad vibe and I was thinking about it the whole trail. 25 days later when I was at home I watched this same guy in a mugshot on the news channel so I turned the volume up because I was intrigued I thought he died on the trial (because he told me he had heart problems) to find out he kidnapped and killed a girl about 15 miles on another parking lot. The guy I interacted with was fcking serial killer Gary Michael Hilton. I think he asked the same questions and told the same story to Meredith Emerson and she was kind and good hearted so she agreed to hike with the “old grandpa with heart problems”. So now I don’t trust anyone even if they have good intentions and they greet me I just say hi and continue my hike without stopping and if they ask me to stop to ask me a questions I just say sorry I’m in a hurry and keep going. I also carry a 9mm Glock 43x. It’s small and concealable. Another crazy experience happend another year before when I was hiking and at the distance I saw a naked old guy just walking around. So I freaked out and stopped before he was gone. Stay safe guys. Never trust anyone. Edit2023; for those saying it’s a fake story because you’ve seen this same post on other videos. Well maybe read the username before making claims. It’s me sharing my story, I also shared it on Reddit with the same username. Why would I lie? Also thanks to everyone who shared their stories as well. I’m glad we made it but it’s kinda sad to think about how many people are gone that maybe had problems with their family members and stoped communication with them and they’re forever gone without anyone asking about them.
I can't believe no one has responded to your comment. Wth. Lol. Anyway, so glad your intuition kicked in and you followed it. It's crazy how many weirdos are out there and many of them prey on others in the wilderness. Once, when I was very young, about 10 or so, my sister (who was 6) and I had a chilling experience, though we didn't even realize it at the time. We lived on a long one lane road and often played in a field across the creek from our home above the Capon River. We were used to seeing outsiders and tourists travel through to the many campgrounds along the water. This particular day, an older man parked his car nearby our play area and called to us. We were hesitant to go, so he got out of his car and asked if we could walk down to the river where he had been walking to help him find his glasses. He said he couldn't see a thing. We really wanted to help him but I said we'd have to ask permission from our parents first. I hollered for my father, who was already heading our way and the man said nevermind, he'd just buy a new set and off he went. Dad was somber afterwards and said he didn't believe that man lost his glasses at all as he drove away. I've never forgotten that day in all my years and have been thankful that my father taught us to ask before leaving sight of the house. Who knows what that man's intentions may have been and if we'd have made it. Had we gone just over the ridge towards the river, no one could have seen us.
It’s a wonder he didn’t follow you 😳or wait for you at night (if you followed the same route back). I’d be so nervous the rest of the hike that it would be ruined. How old were you at the time? & what is ur physical build ?? Do u think he had already killed at the time you met him?
It’s a cow looking for its baby. I’ve spent my entire life in the woods,hunting,trapping,camping,and by rivers,creeks,natural springs. When you hear Mother Nature,the bugs and animals making noise you are fine. It’s when you are in the woods and everything goes silent is when you should worry.
Two times in a forest I frequent I heard what sounded like man wailing but if a man was mixed with a cow, and it was echoing through the woods. And I only heard it twice. I go there all the time and it’s terrifying.
You guys have never heard cows before?? I grew up near cows, camped near cows, and worked near cows. This is their warning sign to gather/move on if they hear something going on nearby. They're sounding out to each other.
Sounds like Elk to me, but the scariest noise we've ever heard at night in the woods, is the screaming of a fox. If you've never heard it it will seriously send chills down your spine like never before. Search that on RUclips.
yeah i live where sleepy creek is in the eastern panhandle and bro i hear the neighbours cattle from bout a mile and half out from me they are loud asf
When I was hiking I heard what I thought was a baby crying. All of my motherly instinct said go help it. Till a passing hiker informed me it was a mountain lion and to keep moving lol 😂
Mountain lions and other big cats have some very "interesting" calls, they would scare the crap out of me, also some owls....freaky blood curdling calls. 😮
@@susanglenn9402 it's an iconic element from the movie Deliverance, which btw has a great premise and character development in the story. It's actually fantastic in many ways, but it very much mostly has a stigma that demonized rural people (& places) as one of the main characters who happens to be a man gets raped (opposed to countless movies where women have unwanted sexual advances that are actually shown onscreen) There's much more about the movie that could be unpacked, but I think that could sum up why people get horrified
That sounds like a panicked cow. I would have investigated. Also would have walked her off the trail. Cows will not survive the winter on their own. With breeding for domestication, they rarely retain the ability to survive by free foraging in deep snow. When you get further north, such a sound might be a moose off key. lol Trek on. Love the silence of a solo hike. Thanks for sharing.
It's for sure a squatch .... Imitating the sound of a COW . Never leave the cul-de-sac , stay under the street lights , and NEVER go where there is no cell service and wifi 😂
Most likely the noise of an ungulate be a cow deer moose whatever or possibly a wildcat. Either way it's letting you know where it is and it sounds fairly far away so not a danger
Those mountains scare the crap out of me. Been through Tennessee and western NC a few times. They're beautiful and I'm not inherently afraid of mountains as I grew up in the rockies in CO. There's just something about the Appalachian mountains that make my whole being; body, mind, and soul say, "nope.".
Yeah I live in western NC and sometimes when your deep in the woods hiking alone you randomly get chills and start to act cautious. Could just be me as I’m a very cautious guy and nothing bad has happened to me so yeah.
I live 5 minutes from several different AT access points and hike these mountains all the time. I’ll pack a blanket, iron skillet, fishing pole, and just hike in and camp right on the ground. Nothing around here to be afraid of. I’ve been really, really deep in the woods before and felt like something was watching me, and when I tell you this story you probably won’t believe it. But I’ve never been afraid. My dad and 3 friends (whom he worked with in the mines) were “coon hunting” one night and we had a few prize winning red ticks. My uncle gave over $6,000 for one of them. All amazing hunting dogs, never chased deer or anything else other than the scent of a coon. Anyway, dad (+3) had let the dogs go and back then you didn’t have tracking collars nor gps…so you let your dogs go, walk a bit, then stop and listen for the direction the dogs were barking and you just walked in that direction until you found your “tree’d dogs”. They let the dogs go and they topped a ridge, but they weren’t staying in one place. It was like they had tree’d, but they were running across the top of the ridge (left to right back and forth) taking a fit. So, dad +3 stopped to sit down and build a fire to make coffee and wait until the dogs stopped in one place. (My dad was a coal miner and feared nothing. He ran a “continuous miner” which dug the coal out so he was the first one in.) So, they’re sitting by the fire drinking coffee and talking and they’d been there about 45 minutes (they guessed) and were getting fed up with waiting on these dogs to tree. One of the guys said “Well I wish whatever they’re after would just run straight down through here!”. Dad said it wasn’t but maybe 15-20 minutes and they hear something HUGEEEEE breaking brush and small trees coming straight down toward them. He said they thought it had to be a bear, which would just run on by if the dogs were after it. The brush they were next to split wide open and this huge thing landed on one of the guys’ back and rolled over the fire! The others grabbed guns and a hefty tree branch and started beating the crap outta this thing across its back. They rolled a little more and it jumped up on its two hind legs and started running down the mountain, and they watched it until it disappeared with fire on its back. Dad said it had very long, course hair and its face looked like a gorilla, but being in the mountains of deep southwest Virginia, they knew it couldn’t be. My dad died back in 1997 from lung cancer and he swore this to his dying day. The other 3 are still living and they still swear to it. The city of Norton erected a Bigfoot statue in the park above the city because so many people have had run ins with these things. There’s no doubt whatsoever in my mind that what they encountered that night was indeed, the legendary Bigfoot. (None of them went coon hunting for quite a while, nor would they be caught in the woods at night, for a very long time.) After that, when me and dad would go hunting, he was always looking around more than he ever had on any of our other hunts.
As well they should. There's people from the Appalachian mountains that don't go in the Appalachian mountains. I know that's kind of hard to understand but those who live in the Appalachians know what I'm talking about. Don't go poking around much. You might get poked back.
Sounds like home. I live on a black angus cattle ranch in Texas. Reminds me of the city guy who pepper sprayed some curious cows. He was scared to death when the oversized puppies got close to him.
Your hiking in the day time, the night is when you stay away from the mountains. You’ve never seen dark till you’ve been in those woods at night. I’ve hiked and hunted in the rockies and many other mountain ranges. None of them were as eerie as the Appalachians, there’s something off about them. But I grew up over there in the Appalachians and know about everything. I used to catch catfish out of the river behind my house, I found out the hard way to never be in those mountains at night. Some of those nights walking the river by myself as a boy were really scary.
It's just cattle. I live in the geographic center of West Virginia where it's nothing but country. I've heard this sound my whole life from cattle nearby. Its nothing to be afraid of. However, if I did not already know that cows make that noise, it would definitely scare me.
It's a stag in mating season.... I remember hearing that on a night exercise when I was in the army, we were in the Welsh mountains... we were terrified thinking it was a werewolf or something 😂 until our staff Sargent told us what it was😂
I was walking a narrow ridge in Smokies & hear flapping like a helicopter whirring got loud but couldn't see copter, then noticed a flock of turkeys trying to fly. They did about a yard off ground for about 30 feet. Amazing noise.
I was camping alone one night when I was like 17 or 18 @ my grandparents pond back in the woods and around 1 am . I heard this extremely Loud Owl screeching and scream before it Hooted ..and I had never heard that before. I swear it sounded like some kind of giant demonic Witch or something.. it was so loud and high pitch echoing across the water and woods but was just an Owl.
That's a donkey or a cow, or other barnyard livestock. This must be someone who grew up in an urban environment. "Terrifying." lol (I enjoyed the video, though.)
Well yeah, it very well could be terrifying to someone who grew up in an urban environment. I could almost guarantee that you were a little spooked the first time you heard something like that until you learned what it was.
@@Space_CowboyHD You should be scared by strange sounds that could be coming from an animal. Animals can kill you. Personally, the first time I heard a cow making a loud sound like that [Around 3 years after moving to a rural area], I was scared. And that was a good thing, because I didn’t know what was making the sound and it could have been dangerous. If I hadn’t been scared and it turned out to be coming from something which wanted to hurt me, then I may have died or been seriously injured.
OK so that’s the sound of a moose. When you’re on the Appalachian Trail, as long as you can hear the birds, animals, the wind blowing…you’re good. Its when everything fall silent that you need to worry…
@@78dogrun Well, a mature male moose is called a bull, and a mature female a cow… We care for moose on our land and are accustomed to hearing them all day.
@@78dogrun Domestic cows don’t scream…Bull moose make several noises, including a loud bellow, as well as croaks, barks and screaming. Cows make long quavering moans, ending in cough-like moo-aghs, and a grunt like noise. Usually around mid September early October when the moose are in rut, you will hear them frequently…and there are plenty of moose on the northern ridge and throughout most of the northern valleys of the AT.
hiking videos like this worth a million to watch. You people are lucky to have lived in places with a very wide areas of hiking trails. We envy you, we are islanders.
It’s crazy to me that I have friends that grew up in the city that are genuinely scared of rural areas and the woods I also know people who grew up in the country that have anxiety in the city.
What you heard is called Bovinus sinisterious. They inhabit some portions of the trail and are responsible for most animal related injuries and fatalities on the AT. I would be very careful; youre lucky it didnt catch your scent.
It's the lost soul of a boy damned to wander the trail after being abandoned by his family. He wa left to rot and starve and mutated into something unfathomable, something I dare not describe, lest I lose my sanity. Even just hearing his screams can drive one mad, and slowly break their mind like a sheet of paper. The fact that you are hearing it means you're already dead, it's too late. Who knows how long you have left, but your judgement is now placed upon the "hands" of the Appalichian Apparition... Oh, it's just a cow.
Hey so if you don't know the rules for the Appalachian mountains then I'll say some 1. Don't go out at night by yourself go with someone or a group never go alone 2. Close your doors and your windows when it's getting dark to keep you safe in your home 3. If you are walking and hear something in the trees no you don't keep walking 4. Hear screaming in the woods? Keep walking don't investigate just walk away 5. If you hear something saying your name no you don't keep walking 6. Never make eye contact if something is following you eyes down 7. We do not say their names not even typing it for safety reasons 8. Don't run if you see them if you run they know that you saw them and they will chase after you 9. Don't whistle if you whistle it's basically you calling for them
what are you city people talking about lol yall acting like the country is like the border of north Korea only thing you gotta worry about in them woods are yotes
@@alex-rs1ed up in the rockies there is one "spooky" rule we do follow, if you can hear it - its already heard you. Cats dont fucking play. Why I never hike or do photography without a 10mm. Im not even worried about bears, its lions that fuck me up. Honestly the sound of this cow with the asmr of hiking noises made me feel relaxed
There's parts in the Appalachian trail where's it takes days to get between towns in foot. Gotta be real brave because taking off isn't always a choice.
First time a city person hearing a cow or bull.
😂😂lol
Yea another animal expert in the comments.
It's a cow getting the ploughing of a lifetime from a bull 😅
@@hernandezmarkie7382You don't need to be an animal expert to have common sense, which you seem to lack
I hear that every friggin day here on the ranch. Mostly when we separate the mamas from the babies. And usually at night.
The worst sound you can hear when walking in the woods is silence
Amen!!
Why is that? This trail I frequent has always been silent n I’ve been going to it for years. Is it cuz of the winter. I’ve also found it strange too cuz other trails usually are full of life
@@ravindecavalier2912 no it means there’s a bigger predator than you…😂 usually the type of predator most people from the city don’t believe in. Ya know it stands usually 9 Ft to 12 foot tall. Hairy and smells worse then death.
This is exactly what I came here to comment. A friend and I were on that trail and it was the strangest thing, I’ll never forget it was pure silence. We sat there for a couple minutes after I brought it to her attention and nothing. No wind , no bugs , no leaving cracking or birds. It was as if it was muted, very strange to experience and still don’t know why . It was like that the entire time we were out there
@@ravindecavalier2912 animals hibernate in the Winter, but when you're in a trail in the midst of Summer with birds chirping and insects buzzing and it all goes silent all of a sudden, there might be something Strange or Dangerous around. In that case never Talk, If you're with other people get Out there and communicate with Hand signals. It might Just be a bear but it could be something worse...
Notice the wildlife is still actively making noise... Its when everything goes quiet you have to worry
Having had a very serious encounter.. u are 100% correct.. listen to "dogman encounters" with vic cundiff.. its one of the most prevalent circumstances when having real encounters... the woods will be "ALIVE" with life.. then out of nowhere... it will cease.. generally when a person walks into a vast wooded area.. things are silent BECAUSE the person is the predator "in the wildlife eyes".. but after 5 min.. they go back to normal realizing the human is just trotting along not harming anything.. but when you have spent a hour hiking through dense woodlands... and you get that instant dead silence... thats when your situational awareness meter should be through the roof.. fight or flight instincts kick in and its now time to take your travels very serious... 9/10 times.. its a mistaken identity of a sound your hearing... vixen fox calls.. raccoons.. can sound like a woman screaming bloody murder... even seasoned outdoorsman can mistake it.
🤣 that's a cow hollering for its calf. I live in the mountains and on a farm. I hear it daily.
They do this without a Calf at times. I wonder why.
That might be the only sound on the Appalachian trail you shouldn't be concerned with
Sounds like bears to me..but I could be wrong..😮
Me and your mom going at it 🤷😂
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@@Trans-R-P_PHILES😂😂😂😂 not again guys
That's either a cow having a bad day, or one SERIOUSLY agitated deer.
I was also thinking deer. They can get pretty agitated during mating season.
I was thinking moose
Sounds like my wife taking it up her arse
@@I-love-God Ya it is as a vermonter and having spent so much time near them it’s a moose
It could be a tree too, they make a hell of a lot of noise sometiems
The amount of people that don't know what cows sound like 😂
Ever heard a mating fox?? LOL.
Not everyone lives on a farm.
@@emmsue1053yeah 😂sounds like somebody's getting ripped apart 😂😅
First time I heard that noise I was 28. I threw my clothes on and went out into the street to rescue that poor woman. Only to find a couple of foxes having the time of their life @@emmsue1053
The most cow/deer sound I’ve ever heard in my life’s
This person: B E A R
pretty sure they’re thinking not-deer
Heard it too many times growing up in the country (way out in the country), only farms and gravel roads. It's a cow (bull someone mentioned).
@@ShangDi_became_Jesus both
@@splattered.cadavers who would be slaughtering it?
@@A14F me
@@splattered.cadavers oh interesting
its a sasquatch
That’s cattle for sure
Why would it be out in the thick woods though, unless there is such a thing as feral cattle?
@@rsuriyop sometimes cattles escape the farms or they just live in the wilderness. That's a normal thing which we don't expect because we only think that tamed animals live on the farms.
@@rsuriyop also, "wilderness" (esp in the eastern part of the u.s.) isn't always far from people. Sometimes city folk just think they're in the middle of nowhere from the lack of their familiar surroundings
@~I STAND OUT~ there anit no moose in the Appalachias
It sounds like a horn.
I use to live in Boone/Blowing Rock NC & back then i was homeless & a severe alcoholic. It is one of the most beautiful places on earth but it does hold mysteries that mankind will never understand.
Lol, thats a cow in someones field 😂. I grew up listening to those sounds. When we heard the cows making this bellow one of us would shout..."Get off her Ronnie!" (One of the friends was named Ronnie🙂).
Exactly! I live near a farm and I hear those exact sounds all the time!
City folk be like:
They’d shit themselves if they heard a elk
@@zhongxena1155 I am living testament to such testimony, yes you are correct. I could not sleep due to the noise of the night, irrational fears of the lone camper killing me in my sleep because he was bragging about how great of a fighter, pig hunter and shooter he was in a brief introductory conversation me and my buddy had with him upon our arrival to the camp ground.
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣facts
😂 it’s a cow
That’s ol Bessy singing the song of her people 🐮
Lmfao I’m saying. It ain’t a wendigo 👻👻
The number of people that say “you should fear silence “ , yet still here with us to tell us about it is all you need to know about “fearing silence on a trail”.
I was hiking a trail on the mountains, and have an even scarier noise. The total lack of any noise at all. Me and my friends heard birds and cicadas one moment, and absolutely nothing the next second. Considering that it went on for more than 15 seconds, we decided to get out of there. No clue why it happened, but glad I wasn’t there to find out
Right. If the woods go silent, a predator has arrived. Pick up a big stick, keep to the trail, and walk deliberately. No fear vibes, and you'll be okay. Predators avoid one another, and you're one of them.
@@lukasmakarios4998 was walking down from the summit of one of the local mountains. About 5mi away from the trailhead the woods went dead quiet. Even the crickets and squirrels stfu. For about another mile and a half it was dead quiet. I had seen a juvenile cougar earlier that day who came a little too close for comfort before I caught my chameleon giving the focused look they normally only give bugs and puffed tf out on my shoulder. Figured that was what it was hunting me then. Used my phone camera to keep an eye on my back jic and walked my ass out of there. Never saw what it was that made the woods go silent though. Even with large predators the bugs usually keep going though as they know simba's estranged cousin isn't interested in them.
But yeah, anything making that much noise like the cow in the video aint a threat. Unless it's a moose. Moose are evil. Anything that could or would hunt and take down a human you arent going to hear coming.
If it is dark and goes deathly quiet then an owl starts to continually hoot---seek shelter. A heckuva rainstorm is getting ready to hit.
Yep best not to FAFO
December 10th 2007. I was hiking alone and when I reached Preacher’s rock trailhead I stoped at the parking spot for a break and there was an old grandpa wearing a bright and old green sweater that stinked kinda bad. He was sitting on the back of his van with a golden retriever so I asked him if I could pet his dog ( as I have 2 golden retrievers and they’re the best dogs) he said yes and he started asking me where I was from and what do I do for a living? And if I was hiking alone or in a group? He also asked me if a have any guns or knifes because last week there was a mountain lion attack that almost killed a hiker. I told him not I don’t have a gun but I have a small pocket knife that I showed him. He said that’s not enough to kill a mountain lion. I was like well I hope I don’t encounter one. Then we chatted for a little bit and he started ranting about the federal government. And before I was leaving he told me If he could join me on the trail because he really wanted to hike up but he being an old man and suffering from heart conditions so if something happens to him at least I could tell police where he was. I felt something, a strange sensation in my gut by the way his eyes looked. He had some really penetrating gaze and he would always make direct eye contact that I couldn’t hold so I would look away for some seconds. After thinking what should I say this old grandpa I told him “I’m sorry but I’m in a hurry and I really want to walk fast to get to the top before sunset” he kinda looked mad and said aight I’ll just wait for someone else. I proceeded to hit the trail but I could never forget his gaze. Even tho he was an old man his gaze gave me a bad vibe and I was thinking about it the whole trail. 25 days later when I was at home I watched this same guy in a mugshot on the news channel so I turned the volume up because I was intrigued I thought he died on the trial (because he told me he had heart problems) to find out he kidnapped and killed a girl about 15 miles on another parking lot. The guy I interacted with was fcking serial killer Gary Michael Hilton. I think he asked the same questions and told the same story to Meredith Emerson and she was kind and good hearted so she agreed to hike with the “old grandpa with heart problems”. So now I don’t trust anyone even if they have good intentions and they greet me I just say hi and continue my hike without stopping and if they ask me to stop to ask me a questions I just say sorry I’m in a hurry and keep going. I also carry a 9mm Glock 43x. It’s small and concealable. Another crazy experience happend another year before when I was hiking and at the distance I saw a naked old guy just walking around. So I freaked out and stopped before he was gone. Stay safe guys. Never trust anyone.
Edit2023; for those saying it’s a fake story because you’ve seen this same post on other videos. Well maybe read the username before making claims. It’s me sharing my story, I also shared it on Reddit with the same username. Why would I lie? Also thanks to everyone who shared their stories as well. I’m glad we made it but it’s kinda sad to think about how many people are gone that maybe had problems with their family members and stoped communication with them and they’re forever gone without anyone asking about them.
I can't believe no one has responded to your comment. Wth. Lol. Anyway, so glad your intuition kicked in and you followed it. It's crazy how many weirdos are out there and many of them prey on others in the wilderness. Once, when I was very young, about 10 or so, my sister (who was 6) and I had a chilling experience, though we didn't even realize it at the time. We lived on a long one lane road and often played in a field across the creek from our home above the Capon River. We were used to seeing outsiders and tourists travel through to the many campgrounds along the water. This particular day, an older man parked his car nearby our play area and called to us. We were hesitant to go, so he got out of his car and asked if we could walk down to the river where he had been walking to help him find his glasses. He said he couldn't see a thing. We really wanted to help him but I said we'd have to ask permission from our parents first. I hollered for my father, who was already heading our way and the man said nevermind, he'd just buy a new set and off he went. Dad was somber afterwards and said he didn't believe that man lost his glasses at all as he drove away. I've never forgotten that day in all my years and have been thankful that my father taught us to ask before leaving sight of the house. Who knows what that man's intentions may have been and if we'd have made it. Had we gone just over the ridge towards the river, no one could have seen us.
As if anyone types a comment this long on RUclips. Wtf is gonna read this shit? Not me.
It’s a wonder he didn’t follow you 😳or wait for you at night (if you followed the same route back). I’d be so nervous the rest of the hike that it would be ruined. How old were you at the time? & what is ur physical build ?? Do u think he had already killed at the time you met him?
oh my god 😯
So scary. Always, always, always listen to your own intuition. It’s there for a reason. Saved your life 🙏🏻
Least paranormal activity in Appalachia:
appalachia is in ohio thats why its hell
Just Wait Till This Dude Runs Into Sheepsquatch
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Its just a cow
@@penguini3222 Appalachia is not in Ohio. It’s mainly West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee,
North Carolina and Pennsylvania
Hungry cows make that noise when Old McDonald is running late.
It’s a cow looking for its baby. I’ve spent my entire life in the woods,hunting,trapping,camping,and by rivers,creeks,natural springs. When you hear Mother Nature,the bugs and animals making noise you are fine. It’s when you are in the woods and everything goes silent is when you should worry.
Yes, those are called animals. Yes, they often make strange noises. And yes, you are bound to encounter them in the woods.
U funny 😂
Cool...I thought I was a pinapple@@charleyscaff8083
well no shit but being sarcastic abt it too doesn’t really answer the question
@@ethancoliacademy3233 its a cow for cry sake..lol
Two times in a forest I frequent I heard what sounded like man wailing but if a man was mixed with a cow, and it was echoing through the woods. And I only heard it twice. I go there all the time and it’s terrifying.
You guys have never heard cows before?? I grew up near cows, camped near cows, and worked near cows. This is their warning sign to gather/move on if they hear something going on nearby. They're sounding out to each other.
That's interesting! 😊
The worst sound is the dreaded barking tree frog… if you know, you know.
😂
Sounds like Elk to me, but the scariest noise we've ever heard at night in the woods, is the screaming of a fox. If you've never heard it it will seriously send chills down your spine like never before. Search that on RUclips.
Yep I’ve heard it 😱
Bobcat at night.
That’s a cow we have a cattle farm in the West Virginia. They make those noises and you can here them from far away easy.
yeah i live where sleepy creek is in the eastern panhandle and bro i hear the neighbours cattle from bout a mile and half out from me they are loud asf
Why do they make those noises?
Why do they do that sound?
I think it's a donkey.
@@rebeccahunter586 the cows are either mating or attracting a mate
I can’t believe you got my mother in law yelling recorded.
Lmfaooo
Bulls and Cows noises can be unnerving, they can also be aggressive if you get to close to them or think you pose a threat to their calves.😮
I hear nothing but a natural sounds of the forest with animals
When I was hiking I heard what I thought was a baby crying. All of my motherly instinct said go help it. Till a passing hiker informed me it was a mountain lion and to keep moving lol 😂
Maybe not a mountain lion, but quite likely a wild cat of some variety. You don't want to know.
Mountain lions and other big cats have some very "interesting" calls, they would scare the crap out of me, also some owls....freaky blood curdling calls. 😮
Coyotes make noises like that to trick prey into investigating
Regular lions will cry like babies to trick animals
A coyote pup lost from its mother will yelp like a baby crying.
As long as it's not followed by banjo.....
HAHAHA that got me
why’s that
Omg 😂 I’ll never forget watching that movie as a youngin. Me and the boys made the pig sound for days after…
@@susanglenn9402 it's an iconic element from the movie Deliverance, which btw has a great premise and character development in the story. It's actually fantastic in many ways, but it very much mostly has a stigma that demonized rural people (& places) as one of the main characters who happens to be a man gets raped (opposed to countless movies where women have unwanted sexual advances that are actually shown onscreen)
There's much more about the movie that could be unpacked, but I think that could sum up why people get horrified
@@jrdnnss if you're still wondering why, see my above answer
everything echoes in the hollers making it sound terrifying, it's a cow or a bull.
That sounds like a panicked cow. I would have investigated. Also would have walked her off the trail. Cows will not survive the winter on their own. With breeding for domestication, they rarely retain the ability to survive by free foraging in deep snow. When you get further north, such a sound might be a moose off key. lol
Trek on. Love the silence of a solo hike. Thanks for sharing.
It's a cow and it's not in panic. 😄
It's hungry or want to get milked or just calling for someone. It's normal for them to sound like that.
Should not leave the trail unless you are an experienced hiker and have gear anyway.
No never leave the trail unless your a an experienced hiker 😮
@@gun5188 well said
@@lea24457 also well said
It's for sure a squatch .... Imitating the sound of a COW . Never leave the cul-de-sac , stay under the street lights , and NEVER go where there is no cell service and wifi 😂
Ah, of course, the mighty Appalachian Mountain Cow.
Most likely the noise of an ungulate be a cow deer moose whatever or possibly a wildcat. Either way it's letting you know where it is and it sounds fairly far away so not a danger
Those mountains scare the crap out of me. Been through Tennessee and western NC a few times. They're beautiful and I'm not inherently afraid of mountains as I grew up in the rockies in CO. There's just something about the Appalachian mountains that make my whole being; body, mind, and soul say, "nope.".
Yeah I live in western NC and sometimes when your deep in the woods hiking alone you randomly get chills and start to act cautious. Could just be me as I’m a very cautious guy and nothing bad has happened to me so yeah.
So many people have said things like that! Meanwhile? I’m okay with just the videos ❤❤
I live 5 minutes from several different AT access points and hike these mountains all the time. I’ll pack a blanket, iron skillet, fishing pole, and just hike in and camp right on the ground. Nothing around here to be afraid of. I’ve been really, really deep in the woods before and felt like something was watching me, and when I tell you this story you probably won’t believe it. But I’ve never been afraid.
My dad and 3 friends (whom he worked with in the mines) were “coon hunting” one night and we had a few prize winning red ticks. My uncle gave over $6,000 for one of them. All amazing hunting dogs, never chased deer or anything else other than the scent of a coon. Anyway, dad (+3) had let the dogs go and back then you didn’t have tracking collars nor gps…so you let your dogs go, walk a bit, then stop and listen for the direction the dogs were barking and you just walked in that direction until you found your “tree’d dogs”.
They let the dogs go and they topped a ridge, but they weren’t staying in one place. It was like they had tree’d, but they were running across the top of the ridge (left to right back and forth) taking a fit.
So, dad +3 stopped to sit down and build a fire to make coffee and wait until the dogs stopped in one place. (My dad was a coal miner and feared nothing. He ran a “continuous miner” which dug the coal out so he was the first one in.) So, they’re sitting by the fire drinking coffee and talking and they’d been there about 45 minutes (they guessed) and were getting fed up with waiting on these dogs to tree. One of the guys said “Well I wish whatever they’re after would just run straight down through here!”. Dad said it wasn’t but maybe 15-20 minutes and they hear something HUGEEEEE breaking brush and small trees coming straight down toward them. He said they thought it had to be a bear, which would just run on by if the dogs were after it. The brush they were next to split wide open and this huge thing landed on one of the guys’ back and rolled over the fire! The others grabbed guns and a hefty tree branch and started beating the crap outta this thing across its back. They rolled a little more and it jumped up on its two hind legs and started running down the mountain, and they watched it until it disappeared with fire on its back. Dad said it had very long, course hair and its face looked like a gorilla, but being in the mountains of deep southwest Virginia, they knew it couldn’t be.
My dad died back in 1997 from lung cancer and he swore this to his dying day. The other 3 are still living and they still swear to it.
The city of Norton erected a Bigfoot statue in the park above the city because so many people have had run ins with these things.
There’s no doubt whatsoever in my mind that what they encountered that night was indeed, the legendary Bigfoot. (None of them went coon hunting for quite a while, nor would they be caught in the woods at night, for a very long time.) After that, when me and dad would go hunting, he was always looking around more than he ever had on any of our other hunts.
As well they should. There's people from the Appalachian mountains that don't go in the Appalachian mountains. I know that's kind of hard to understand but those who live in the Appalachians know what I'm talking about. Don't go poking around much. You might get poked back.
The Appalachians are much older---more time to develop folk lore.
My son and I were just hunting in West Virginia and heard the same exact noise it ended up being a donkey who gets pissed everytime it sees deer lol
Sounds like home. I live on a black angus cattle ranch in Texas. Reminds me of the city guy who pepper sprayed some curious cows. He was scared to death when the oversized puppies got close to him.
Totally 3 options: cow/bull, elk rutting, or deer rutting.
It’s a bull calling to his cows. You can hear the soft mooing in the beginning
Wait till the first time he hears an elk bugle in the woods...
Your hiking in the day time, the night is when you stay away from the mountains. You’ve never seen dark till you’ve been in those woods at night. I’ve hiked and hunted in the rockies and many other mountain ranges. None of them were as eerie as the Appalachians, there’s something off about them. But I grew up over there in the Appalachians and know about everything. I used to catch catfish out of the river behind my house, I found out the hard way to never be in those mountains at night. Some of those nights walking the river by myself as a boy were really scary.
Growing up on a farm this is a very familiar sound. It is a cow. A very pissed off cow.
Almost as if she’s got a bull cack buried deep in she nether regions 😂 nature is beautiful, ugly and everything in between and beyond.
Probably separated from her baby for branding or castration.
It's just cattle. I live in the geographic center of West Virginia where it's nothing but country. I've heard this sound my whole life from cattle nearby. Its nothing to be afraid of. However, if I did not already know that cows make that noise, it would definitely scare me.
i live out in the country all we hear is chickens cows and sometimes loud trucks eastern panhandle mountains are built diffrent
It's a stag in mating season.... I remember hearing that on a night exercise when I was in the army, we were in the Welsh mountains... we were terrified thinking it was a werewolf or something 😂 until our staff Sargent told us what it was😂
A rutting buck sounds more like an old skidder being started.
Listen for whistles and clicks. That's what to fuckinf worry about
I was walking a narrow ridge in Smokies & hear flapping like a helicopter whirring got loud but couldn't see copter, then noticed a flock of turkeys trying to fly. They did about a yard off ground for about 30 feet. Amazing noise.
Haha, thought for sure you were going to relay a pterodactyl sighting, lol
WKRP Cincinnati when they loaded a plane with turkeys and shoved them out over the city for a Thanksgiving promotion.
When in Any " Woods " Always be on watch for Squatch 👀👣
Butter Squatch?
I thought bear first too. But cow makes since, but sounds like it's in pain or stuck in/on something
I knew it was cows immediately and and you confirmed!
them: what's that sound?
me: Nothing. It was NOTHING. Y'ALL HEARD NOTHING! I don't hear anything. do you hear something? I don't! 😅😅😅😅😰
Mf really thinks them goofy ah cannibals exist and stuff 🤣🤣
I was camping alone one night when I was like 17 or 18 @ my grandparents pond back in the woods and around 1 am . I heard this extremely Loud Owl screeching and scream before it Hooted ..and I had never heard that before. I swear it sounded like some kind of giant demonic Witch or something.. it was so loud and high pitch echoing across the water and woods but was just an Owl.
Bull wanting to cross the fence to a cow in heat.....OR......
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SASQUATCH!
That's a donkey or a cow, or other barnyard livestock. This must be someone who grew up in an urban environment. "Terrifying." lol (I enjoyed the video, though.)
Or I was thinking more of a moose
@Arid Sohan the problem is ur scared of nothing
Well yeah, it very well could be terrifying to someone who grew up in an urban environment. I could almost guarantee that you were a little spooked the first time you heard something like that until you learned what it was.
@@n.d.w8504 and then I got older than 7 years old and learned that not every weird sound I hear was a monster lmfao
@@Space_CowboyHD You should be scared by strange sounds that could be coming from an animal. Animals can kill you.
Personally, the first time I heard a cow making a loud sound like that [Around 3 years after moving to a rural area], I was scared. And that was a good thing, because I didn’t know what was making the sound and it could have been dangerous. If I hadn’t been scared and it turned out to be coming from something which wanted to hurt me, then I may have died or been seriously injured.
Sounds just like my front yard... I love it!
Cows, I hear them a lot where I live! Day and night you can hear them make all their random crazy sounds.
I would never think cows, that was good. Thank you ❤
OK so that’s the sound of a moose. When you’re on the Appalachian Trail, as long as you can hear the birds, animals, the wind blowing…you’re good. Its when everything fall silent that you need to worry…
A moose!🤣 that's a freaking domestic cow..
@@78dogrun Well, a mature male moose is called a bull, and a mature female a cow… We care for moose on our land and are accustomed to hearing them all day.
@@78dogrun Domestic cows don’t scream…Bull moose make several noises, including a loud bellow, as well as croaks, barks and screaming. Cows make long quavering moans, ending in cough-like moo-aghs, and a grunt like noise. Usually around mid September early October when the moose are in rut, you will hear them frequently…and there are plenty of moose on the northern ridge and throughout most of the northern valleys of the AT.
Yuppp!! I'm from these parts lol
Woman, thats a cow
It's a scary cow.
I’m from a very posh city in England and even I can tell you that’s a defiant moo!
That honestly sounds like a bull that has gotten loose in the woods and probably injured itself.
That's a moose or a reindeer it sounds like, it sounds like a donkey or bull on steroids
hiking videos like this worth a million to watch. You people are lucky to have lived in places with a very wide areas of hiking trails. We envy you, we are islanders.
We are just a short swim away, we welcome you!
It’s crazy to me that I have friends that grew up in the city that are genuinely scared of rural areas and the woods I also know people who grew up in the country that have anxiety in the city.
Glad I'm not the only one that knows a cow when I hear one.
You can tell the strange noise is coming from a speaker.
I would've turned around and said screw the AT or whatever trail, im not dying
It's a cow.
Sounds like a cow I'm from small town oskaloosa iowa and sometimes you hear this camping it's scary at night but I love cows so it's cool. 🐄
Yeah definitely a cow but it is creepy when you hear that in the woods. Lol
Sing somebody’s watching me, is my mind playing tricks on me😂😂😂😂😂
Never knew that deer barked until I was in the Army in West Germany.
I thought it was going to be stomach bubbles (pre diarrhea) sounds. That’s terrifying to me...🥺
Yuuup! Birds and elks be sooo scary! I swear.
It's not even an elk. It's a cow.
That's definitely a cow.
That’s a cow telling its owner that it’s past feeding time.
It’s when you hear silence and your own thoughts in your head that you should start thinking what’s strange
What you heard is called Bovinus sinisterious. They inhabit some portions of the trail and are responsible for most animal related injuries and fatalities on the AT. I would be very careful; youre lucky it didnt catch your scent.
yea thats a cow 👍😂
You mean the faint sound drowned out by the LOUD CRUNCHING NOISE.
It's a cow
Joe Rogan, playing a video of a bear eating alive deer.
Note to self: don’t walk in the woods in the middle of nowhere alone.
It's the lost soul of a boy damned to wander the trail after being abandoned by his family. He wa left to rot and starve and mutated into something unfathomable, something I dare not describe, lest I lose my sanity. Even just hearing his screams can drive one mad, and slowly break their mind like a sheet of paper. The fact that you are hearing it means you're already dead, it's too late. Who knows how long you have left, but your judgement is now placed upon the "hands" of the Appalichian Apparition...
Oh, it's just a cow.
Oh boy, that was a close one.
Reminds me of the movie Deliverance. 💀
Bigfoot lives underground as well in cave systems .
It's a cow
Congratulations you heard a cow!!! The cow says….moooo
Everyone walks a narrow trail looking thru a cellphone.
That’s what I was going write but you beat me to it. Noisy crows and cows doing cow things
Never go hiking or camping alone.
When you go, Never go without at least a heavy caliber hand gun...that you're trained to use.
Truth.
😅😅
It was a cow.
Ah yes. The elusive cowbear. Hahaha
More Cowbear, yes😂
I guess things can sound weird bouncing off the trees
“Is it a bear” dawg that’s a cow
The cow said moo and hiker thought “oh shit, a bear!” 😂
Could be a bigfoot I also thought heard a low tree knock
Moose
rare in the apps are every where in Montana
flings you 100ft in the air and 11ft to the sholder.
It was either a cow or a bull or a train station or a bear or a Wendigo or a skin walker
Hey so if you don't know the rules for the Appalachian mountains then I'll say some 1. Don't go out at night by yourself go with someone or a group never go alone 2. Close your doors and your windows when it's getting dark to keep you safe in your home 3. If you are walking and hear something in the trees no you don't keep walking 4. Hear screaming in the woods? Keep walking don't investigate just walk away 5. If you hear something saying your name no you don't keep walking 6. Never make eye contact if something is following you eyes down 7. We do not say their names not even typing it for safety reasons 8. Don't run if you see them if you run they know that you saw them and they will chase after you 9. Don't whistle if you whistle it's basically you calling for them
what are you city people talking about lol yall acting like the country is like the border of north Korea only thing you gotta worry about in them woods are yotes
@@alex-rs1ed up in the rockies there is one "spooky" rule we do follow, if you can hear it - its already heard you. Cats dont fucking play. Why I never hike or do photography without a 10mm. Im not even worried about bears, its lions that fuck me up. Honestly the sound of this cow with the asmr of hiking noises made me feel relaxed
Dude the is lierally nothing in the appalachian mountains that could hurt you if you are careful. All these woerd stories are bullsh*t
@@alex-rs1edRight 😂😂 hahaha i’m done
By "them" do you mean the democrats?
That’s a bull, they do a long “howl”
I claim no negative energy from this video✝️
If you are terrified of that, perhaps you should think twice before venturing out.
Omg poor cow ..sounds like it needs help ...
You’re brave to continue walking Ida been out. 😂😂
There's parts in the Appalachian trail where's it takes days to get between towns in foot. Gotta be real brave because taking off isn't always a choice.