![]() ![]() ![]() While red foxes can be found in on the edge of forests, they are often spotted in agricultural and suburban environments. The fisher, an omnivore that is one of the few predators of porcupines vocalize by sounds described as “a low chuckle, growls, hisses, snarls, grunts, and a crooning sound,” according to SUNY-ESF. It's usually the red foxes that are the making the screaming sounds." 'Concerningly human sounding' Stephanie Cunningham, a SUNY-ESF PhD candidate who studies fishers, said “Fishers don't really make that kind of screaming. “They tend to be in the depths of the forest climbing up trees and they don't really seek out human interaction.” “While there is a common perception that fishers do make that sort of screaming noise, we actually don't have any great documentation of those coming from a fisher that we could confirm,” said Sabrina Horrack, Collections Manager of SUNY-ESF Roosevelt Wild Life Collections. "It sounded like something from a horror film."Īrea wildlife experts attribute the nocturnal sounds to red foxes, despite some guesses that the screams are from fishers, a small, reclusive member of the weasel family that's a close relative to martens and wolverines. “It was so scary and odd sounding that I went inside and tried to forget about it," wrote another. “Sounded so much like a woman (it) was frightening,” commented one Tompkins County resident on Facebook. ![]() The sounds are enough to send shivers down the spines of even the most avowed rural residents. The alarming cries sound like a woman screaming, say some who have heard them. Just a few miles from downtown Ithaca, eerie screams can be heard piercing the night. ![]()
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