Terrifying Noises on the Appalachian Trail

Less than half a mile into my 2021 Appalachian Trail section hike, I began hearing a terrifying noise. Bear in heat? Bigfoot? Dragon?

[@tylerpayne2399]

Notice the wildlife is still actively making noise... Its when everything goes quiet you have to worry

[@kinkytailmopogo3389]

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.

[@GrantWaller.-hf6jn]

Very good advice. At that point hide. Unless you have a GE mini gun with ammo pack. But this not Fallout but real life. So yes not good when the woods go quite.

[@NaomiSims-w5g]

...or if everything is running toward you...better run in the same direction.

[@methodicalmysticbutterflyi2669]

It's needed advice, thank you. 👍

[@levitatingoctahedron922]

people say this all the time but some places are just quiet, especially forests up in the foothills of mountains. also animals that would be quiet if there were "predators" around would be quiet if there were people around too. not to mention animals that are specifically loud around predators like squirrels. if bugs and birds don't care about you they don't care about predators.

[@jamesmackay4330]

The worst sound you can hear when walking in the woods is silence

[@angelaf5040]

Amen!!

[@ravindecavalier2912]

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

[@thurstonmiller3812]

@@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.

[@jmarie8618]

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

[@Ner0mancer]

​@@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...

[@Your_western_knight]

The most cow/deer sound I’ve ever heard in my life’s This person: B E A R

[@kaitlynmckenzie8262]

pretty sure they’re thinking not-deer

[@GhostsRustyKnee]

Yeah it sounds like a very opinionated cow.

[@JadeS-ww7sr]

Yep, just commented elsewhere, definitely cows. 😅✌️

[@pheona1164]

LMAO

[@jeredsteadman4160]

That might be the only sound on the Appalachian trail you shouldn't be concerned with

[@Marimarr59]

Sounds like bears to me..but I could be wrong..😮

[@Trans-R-P_PHILES]

Me and your mom going at it 🤷😂

[@jeredsteadman4160]

@@Trans-R-P_PHILES 😂😂😂😂😂😐

[@jme2261]

​@@Trans-R-P_PHILEShahahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Salute503]

​@@Trans-R-P_PHILES😂😂😂😂 not again guys

[@ItsToXxy]

First time a city person hearing a cow or bull.

[@Ace_undertaker44]

😂😂lol

[@hernandezmarkie7382]

Yea another animal expert in the comments.

[@blahblahblah4725]

It's a cow getting the ploughing of a lifetime from a bull 😅

[@Tigerdriver91Academy]

​@@hernandezmarkie7382You don't need to be an animal expert to have common sense, which you seem to lack

[@IdahoRanchGirl]

I hear that every friggin day here on the ranch. Mostly when we separate the mamas from the babies. And usually at night.

[@MrIgottap]

Hungry cows make that noise when Old McDonald is running late.

[@Zak_How]

E i e i ooooo

[@archlab007]

old McD's cow is lost.

[@aazhie]

XDD they do! Or if they can't find their baby!

[@51-Broke_Bones]

🤣 that's a cow hollering for its calf. I live in the mountains and on a farm. I hear it daily.

[@williampollock1274]

They do this without a Calf at times. I wonder why.

[@caseyvenable7701]

So sad

[@lovley737]

Same lol

[@mikerichards7515]

You are not telling the truth

[@maryefromky]

i'm from east-central KY, live in the mountains now, grew up on a farm. couldn't help but giggle myself, like tell me you're from the city without saying you're from the city, lol. i think people need to seriously listen to animal sounds before they start traipsing around these woods, to familiarize themselves, cuz they're liable to get got by any number of animals out here. specially if they ain't even able to tell a durn cow from a bear, lol! that's your sign your ass ain't really got no business in these woods

[@vroomoon]

That's either a cow having a bad day, or one SERIOUSLY agitated deer.

[@martinam7806]

I was also thinking deer. They can get pretty agitated during mating season.

[@I-love-God]

I was thinking moose

[@williamforsythe9180]

Sounds like my wife taking it up her arse

[@Off-roading1]

@@I-love-God Ya it is as a vermonter and having spent so much time near them it’s a moose

[@yourbiologicalmother7569]

It could be a tree too, they make a hell of a lot of noise sometiems

[@tylortaylor6124]

When the silence is twice as loud as nature. Thats when you should be worried 😳🫨

[@dwood2342]

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 KZbin.

[@SamanthaSudar]

Yep I’ve heard it 😱

[@agneslong2323]

Bobcat at night.

[@kensign1000]

We just moved to an area with foxes. The first time I heard it I thought a kid was being murdered by the neighbors!!

[@eizzle78]

And a rabbit getting snatched by An owl. 😮

[@BillyJ244]

You're not going to hear many elk on the Appalachian trail.

[@Thedrivewaymechanic]

That’s cattle for sure

[@rsuriyop]

Why would it be out in the thick woods though, unless there is such a thing as feral cattle?

[@nestotamo8594]

​@@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.

[@kubbybear5458]

​@@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

[@amazingmarge]

@~I STAND OUT~ there anit no moose in the Appalachias

[@JenWIL641]

It sounds like a horn.

[@lisaowens7629]

I have experienced that complete silence before on my hikes in the GSM....So silent that my ears would be humming. No birds or any noise what so ever....it is so creepy and terrifing

[@Safemoonprince]

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.

[@chelelee6321]

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.

[@Sycophants_should_suffer]

As if anyone types a comment this long on KZbin. Wtf is gonna read this shit? Not me.

[@a_s2557]

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?

[@Sourav-4444]

oh my god 😯

[@samanthab1923]

So scary. Always, always, always listen to your own intuition. It’s there for a reason. Saved your life 🙏🏻

[@zanymadcap3585]

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).

[@splattered.cadavers]

@@WasBlind_NowISee both

[@A14F]

@@splattered.cadavers who would be slaughtering it?

[@splattered.cadavers]

@@A14F me

[@A14F]

@@splattered.cadavers oh interesting

[@christopherlusebrink8284]

its a sasquatch

[@wtk6069]

The woods are safer than any city because the animals in the woods aren't nearly as feral nor as well-armed.

[@lesliejude2169]

Uhhhhhh. I don't know about that!!

[@Johnpalmer-eq7yq]

Unless your two deep. No water

[@mopar_randy4952]

Least paranormal activity in Appalachia:

[@penguini3222]

appalachia is in ohio thats why its hell

[@the.mr.schrader]

Just Wait Till This Dude Runs Into Sheepsquatch

[@lancenetworkv5938]

😆👍

[@firstlast-pq1tx]

Its just a cow

[@pronounshismajesty3542]

@@penguini3222 Appalachia is not in Ohio. It’s mainly West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Pennsylvania

[@Nahanquasar]

City folk be like:

[@zhongxena1155]

They’d shit themselves if they heard a elk

[@Swishbaby385]

​@@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.

[@lancenetworkv5938]

🤣👍

[@chrispowell9869]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣facts

[@perrinpartee557]

😂 it’s a cow

[@blackharvest13]

Sounds like a cow call. Our cows did this every morning when they thought your ass wasn’t feeding them at 4am

[@vippie17]

😂😂😂

[@Mica.99]

That’s ol Bessy singing the song of her people 🐮

[@MyTummyREALLYhurts]

Lmfao I’m saying. It ain’t a wendigo 👻👻

[@rickwheeler978]

Yes, those are called animals. Yes, they often make strange noises. And yes, you are bound to encounter them in the woods.

[@charleyscaff8083]

U funny 😂

[@rickwheeler978]

Cool...I thought I was a pinapple@@charleyscaff8083

[@ethancoliacademy3233]

well no shit but being sarcastic abt it too doesn’t really answer the question

[@holmesd5003]

@@ethancoliacademy3233 its a cow for cry sake..lol

[@gooeybob_drawing3692]

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.

[@adamelliott2302]

Cows. You now know what a cow bellowing sounds like. You have gained a useful piece of knowledge.

[@ericbest9562]

The amount of people that don't know what cows sound like 😂

[@emmsue1053]

Ever heard a mating fox?? LOL.

[@dragonwithagirltattoo598]

Not everyone lives on a farm.

[@s5027]

​@@emmsue1053yeah 😂sounds like somebody's getting ripped apart 😂😅

[@alfonzo7822]

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

[@DevineInnovations]

Cows say “moo”

[@castawychest2793]

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.

[@alex-rs1ed]

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

[@violetselene244]

Why do they make those noises?

[@rebeccahunter586]

Why do they do that sound?

[@wisecoconut5]

I think it's a donkey.

[@nahman3836]

​@@rebeccahunter586 the cows are either mating or attracting a mate

[@Cheese.Wiz34]

That’s a cow. As long as the wildlife is still making noise you’re alright lol.

[@MsLaurenPanda]

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.

[@LeahsSong]

That's interesting! 😊

[@angelaterry6510]

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 😂

[@lukasmakarios4998]

Maybe not a mountain lion, but quite likely a wild cat of some variety. You don't want to know.

[@charlottesmom]

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. 😮

[@quintfl]

Coyotes make noises like that to trick prey into investigating

[@nosuchthing8]

Regular lions will cry like babies to trick animals

[@Community-Action]

A coyote pup lost from its mother will yelp like a baby crying.

[@ptenberg72]

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”.

[@kristinewalberg2938]

That silence is rarely dangerous, but it does activate some primitive part of our brains that tells us to be afraid when there's no real reason. I sometimes wonder why that is. What was around in those times that terrified our ancient ancestors so much that we still experience as a warning sign today? The noise, on the other hand, is a cow. Cows don't always say "moo," sometimes they make the most unholy sounds possible. My aunt and uncle own a peaceful dairy farm full of contented cows, but when they get going they sound like the voices of the damned.

[@ptenberg72]

@@kristinewalberg2938 sound of trapped gas.

[@luckycharm1]

I can’t believe you got my mother in law yelling recorded.

[@anyonebuthillary4712]

Lmfaooo

[@michaelkay8914]

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.

[@m_starseed]

I'm from that area. It holds so much power and potent energy.

[@cathysamborn4709]

I grew up on a farm. That's a cow bawling. Someone is amplifying the sound. Cows bawl when in heat, hungry, or lonely.

[@theresedignard4267]

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.

[@chrissibersky4617]

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.

[@gun5188]

Should not leave the trail unless you are an experienced hiker and have gear anyway.

[@lea24457]

No never leave the trail unless your a an experienced hiker 😮

[@clemflynn7067]

@@gun5188 well said

[@clemflynn7067]

@@lea24457 also well said

[@mikeandrews1899]

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 😂

[@ayamiblade9848]

I live on a Ranch and yes we hear that on the daily, 100% that's a cow or a bull, they both make this noise but I'm not entirely sure why.

[@Snoozeritooooooos]

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

[@lukasmakarios4998]

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.

[@Kitsune1989]

​@@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.

[@agneslong2323]

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.

[@alfonzo7822]

Yep best not to FAFO

[@Bohonk212]

As long as it's not followed by banjo.....

[@TonyF1MMA]

HAHAHA that got me

[@jrdnnss]

why’s that

[@josephandrews2353]

Omg 😂 I’ll never forget watching that movie as a youngin. Me and the boys made the pig sound for days after…

[@kubbybear5458]

​@@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

[@kubbybear5458]

​@@jrdnnss if you're still wondering why, see my above answer

[@danhendrickson7708]

The first thing I noticed is that there was a lot of noise from other wildlife. When there is silence then you've got an issue.

[@lukeyaple5949]

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.".

[@Brosef336]

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.

[@vivinamorrison1186]

So many people have said things like that! Meanwhile? I’m okay with just the videos ❤❤

[@tnmtngal423]

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.

[@Getyourmomoffmygrom]

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.

[@agneslong2323]

The Appalachians are much older---more time to develop folk lore.

[@danwolf5265]

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

[@johncase1353]

Love how they dont point the camera towards the noise. It would have probably shown the trail was right next to a farm.

[@chelelee6321]

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.

[@alex-rs1ed]

i live out in the country all we hear is chickens cows and sometimes loud trucks eastern panhandle mountains are built diffrent

[@katherineshannon245]

It’s a bull calling to his cows. You can hear the soft mooing in the beginning

[@BalthazarMyrrh70]

If you pan to the right, you'd see the cleared field where the terrifying noises originate... probably the source of milk for your cereal or next roast.

[@__-pl3jg]

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🙂).

[@donnaroberts34]

Exactly! I live near a farm and I hear those exact sounds all the time!

[@ItachiUchiha-lr3yr]

It's the animal you don't hear you should fear.

[@brianaustin1328]

The worst sound is the dreaded barking tree frog… if you know, you know.

[@HenrySylvester01]

😂

[@sherrashadwell3641]

Growing up on a farm this is a very familiar sound. It is a cow. A very pissed off cow.

[@nincumpoop9747]

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.

[@IdahoRanchGirl]

Probably separated from her baby for branding or castration.

[@guardiansanimalrescuestate7289]

It’s an animal in heat or lost its baby. Silence is the most terrifying thing ever.

[@carolecarr5210]

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.

[@Linda_W.]

Haha, thought for sure you were going to relay a pterodactyl sighting, lol

[@agneslong2323]

WKRP Cincinnati when they loaded a plane with turkeys and shoved them out over the city for a Thanksgiving promotion.

[@donjones7956]

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.

[@TheRealBoredDad]

We are just a short swim away, we welcome you!

[@Colorado8300]

“Blue Steel, this is Trojan 2. I need a fire support mission on previously established coordinates. +100.“

[@lilydewinters4729]

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]

A moose!🤣 that's a freaking domestic cow..

[@lilydewinters4729]

@@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.

[@lilydewinters4729]

@@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.

[@funchristianwhoisntakaren7475]

Yuppp!! I'm from these parts lol

[@justinbrewer6667]

Woman, thats a cow

[@jacobv4564]

Sounds just like my front yard... I love it!

[@jacobpugpoirier3350]

I’m convinced at this point the staff just have speakers and an infinite supply of noises.

[@Ali-7676]

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.

[@MrWilly2204]

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.)

[@ladyem5741]

Or I was thinking more of a moose

[@fuhuasluv]

@Arid Sohan the problem is ur scared of nothing

[@n.d.w8504]

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]

@@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

[@yeetusfeetus7877]

@@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.

[@patriciabouffard5016]

No, it’s definitely not a bear. It does sound like a cow or elk in pain or distress, but I’m not sure if there’s elk in that area.

[@jimmymcclendon6210]

I thought it was going to be stomach bubbles (pre diarrhea) sounds. That’s terrifying to me...🥺

[@johnnyhalf6558]

When in Any " Woods " Always be on watch for Squatch 👀👣

[@AndrewSmith-qw5kt]

Butter Squatch?

[@sheepdog1102]

I hear this sound every morning and every evening.

[@raeuniverse1049]

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! 😅😅😅😅😰

[@cuckmaster590]

Mf really thinks them goofy ah cannibals exist and stuff 🤣🤣

[@jewblin5305]

Yuuup! Birds and elks be sooo scary! I swear.

[@chrissibersky4617]

It's not even an elk. It's a cow.

[@chelelee6321]

That's definitely a cow.

[@iantreefellow]

It sounds like Bubba shooting an episode of finding Bigfoot. No actually you are near a farm with a bull .

[@The.Reilly]

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.

[@Uncle_Jacob]

Oh boy, that was a close one.

[@kristinewalberg2938]

Yes, definitely a cow. I enjoyed your story, though.

[@ChaoticDestiny1]

I would've turned around and said screw the AT or whatever trail, im not dying

[@hikingbuddies8812]

It's a cow.

[@eyetrollin710]

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

[@Novaheart1998]

Note to self: don’t walk in the woods in the middle of nowhere alone.

[@KimCrowHikes]

It's a scary cow.

[@Jimmy_Watt]

This person hearing a cow and thinking "Sasquatch" is hilarious.

[@timminter4434]

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. 🐄

[@kimberlymastin5857]

Yeah definitely a cow but it is creepy when you hear that in the woods. Lol

[@naomitracy5684]

yea thats a cow 👍😂

[@luckycavy1397]

I was about to say, sounds very cowish! They really do sound freaky sometimes, almost like dinosaurs. Another perfectly normal animal that makes terrifying sounds is the barred owl- which sounds like deranged inhuman laughter

[@witchhazel4135]

Omg, that would be terrifying to hear at night!

[@jamesmcdonough1636]

It's a cow

[@BossHossStudios]

Congratulations you heard a cow!!! The cow says….moooo

[@nobodyspecial-ct4ic]

People are the scariest things on the trails to me.

[@johncase1353]

Omg a Bull, Moose or Elk or a large male deer, how terrifying. Wait until you hear a fox scream.

[@owenhelser9177]

That’s a bull, they do a long “howl”

[@KenSiefert]

I think hearing banjo music on the trail is worse

[@PatriotBiker]

Omg poor cow ..sounds like it needs help ...

[@emilyake9689]

I knew it was a cow instantly, but only because my son has several cow toys that sound incredibly realistic lol

[@patriciat1514]

What I hear is dainty little steps of someone wearing high heals. Strange on the Appalachian trail.

[@unclealbert-rt4pq]

When you didn't stop walking, I knew everything was ok.

[@madgamer6488]

Most likely a deer just very angry with a slight chance of it being a moose depending on were you are on the Appalachian trail

[@BrianMurfitt]

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.😮

[@doreenhodgin569]

I thought bear first too. But cow makes since, but sounds like it's in pain or stuck in/on something

[@lightofjahs]

Weirdly frogs make the scariest noise ever sometimes, I don't know if it's when they're mating, eating or fighting but trust me, it's terrifying.

[@benderbender9846]

As I walk by a farm you will notice the hungry cows making noise.

[@FocusBreakForYou]

everything echoes in the hollers making it sound terrifying, it's a cow or a bull.

[@PaintedPonyFurniture]

That’s a bull bellowing. I live on my family’s cattle ranch and they do it all of the time. But I can see why it would freak someone out who’s by themselves in the woods like that.

[@michaelplurad8670]

The worst thing you can hear in Appalachia is silence… Or whistling.

[@CaseyYmbert]

Sounds like when I take the old lady for a picnic and we have a little too much wine.

[@DenshelleSophia]

did you know : far voices are near & near voices are far

[@shawnbullard9099]

It's either a donkey, cow, or a bull.

[@a.w.1906]

If you walk the whole trail that slowly, you will need years to exit.

[@Peter-v9l]

It's that burger you ate before going out for a hike, it's back to haunt you!

[@JS-L90]

Sounds like cattle. You can often hear them from quite a distance

[@michaeljones9869]

Either a bull, a cow looking for her calf or an elk

[@dragondancer1814]

Knowing the sounds from my grandfather’s cow pasture in my childhood, I could definitely tell you that that was a very opinionated cow!

[@matthewrowlett1564]

Tis either Cow Or Deer. The Deeper Bass sounds more like a Deer, specifically a Mule Deer. Common along the trail, and mostly harmless. He's just saying "Im over here, Ladies!"

[@ameergurung2039]

I hear nothing but a natural sounds of the forest with animals

[@chainframe]

The busiest foot train in America. Thousands, maybe tens of thousands walk down it every year, sometimes you can even hear them in the distance, constantly sometimes, constantly most times