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[matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>]

The finest herpetologist I could find guessed "Raccoons?"

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> > > From: Tony Spencer <tony AT tonyspencer.com>
> > > Date: May 13, 2006 1:06:23 AM EDT
> > > To: <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> > > Subject: [internetworkers] Creepy noises in my backyard
> > >
> > > I'm alone tonight cranking some code and I start hearing some wacky
> > > noise coming from the back door.  I figure its just some cats  
> > > fighting
> > > until I go out on the back deck and really get a good listen.  I  
> > > have no idea what was making this noise but damn if it wasn't  
> > > scary!  Here is the sound clip that I recorded with my digital  
> > > camera so its not the best.
> > >
> > > The clapping noise around 38 seconds is my neighbor trying to stop
> > > whatever was causing it by clapping.  The noise came from high in  
> > > the trees and although you can't hear it on the recording, I  
> > > heard the sound of
> > > branches breaking.  Any biologists on the list that have a clue  
> > > what this
> > > was?  I grew up in the country and never heard anything like this.
> > >
> > > http://www.notsleepy.com/weirdness2.mov