Post by Boglin on Aug 10, 2005 15:16:34 GMT -6
I'm a bit of a night owl and about 3 weeks ago I decided to go for a walk at about 12AM. I'm at the edge of Madison development and there are a few streets in my area that go nowhere. They have street lights and sidewalks but they are empty lots overgrown with weeds and such that end at a dead end.
I got to the end of the street and was going to go back so I crossed to take the opposite sidewalk. Getting to it I suddenly heard a loud snort like from a horse. I stood there under the street light looking into the darkness and heard it again but this one was followed by a stomp that I could feel in the ground. I tried to see but I had no light with me and it never happened again.
The next day I drove to the area to see if there was fenced livestock or something there but I found an open empty lot that was rather marshy with standing water and weeds. I thought maybe deer but the snorting sound wasn't close and I don't think a deer could stomp hard enough to shake the ground from a distance. Anyway I dismissed it thinking it could have been a lost cow or something of that nature.
Then last night I decided to walk again. Again it was late, about 11:30 PM. I went I different way this time. I was passing a grove of trees and I again heard a very loud snort. I again couldn't see into the darkness of the trees. I stood my ground and it didn't happen again. Today I drove by and it was just a grove of trees. No fences or livestock. In fact this was near a home and the grove was mowed and weed free.
I don't think I'm hearing a hidden creature but I'm a little stumped about what it could be. The only large animals around here I would think are deer. Someone suggested a wild pig. I would think escaped livestock but it happened in different locations. Any guesses?
I got to the end of the street and was going to go back so I crossed to take the opposite sidewalk. Getting to it I suddenly heard a loud snort like from a horse. I stood there under the street light looking into the darkness and heard it again but this one was followed by a stomp that I could feel in the ground. I tried to see but I had no light with me and it never happened again.
The next day I drove to the area to see if there was fenced livestock or something there but I found an open empty lot that was rather marshy with standing water and weeds. I thought maybe deer but the snorting sound wasn't close and I don't think a deer could stomp hard enough to shake the ground from a distance. Anyway I dismissed it thinking it could have been a lost cow or something of that nature.
Then last night I decided to walk again. Again it was late, about 11:30 PM. I went I different way this time. I was passing a grove of trees and I again heard a very loud snort. I again couldn't see into the darkness of the trees. I stood my ground and it didn't happen again. Today I drove by and it was just a grove of trees. No fences or livestock. In fact this was near a home and the grove was mowed and weed free.
I don't think I'm hearing a hidden creature but I'm a little stumped about what it could be. The only large animals around here I would think are deer. Someone suggested a wild pig. I would think escaped livestock but it happened in different locations. Any guesses?