Strange sounds this spring in the forest at Sunchild Reserve have some local residents baffled and a bit afraid.

So far, the legendary Big Foot has been ruled out — this time.

A recording of howls, whoops and screeching from the woods near Baptiste River, allegedly from Sunchild, has been making the rounds on the via cellphone and Facebook.

Carol Kelly, executive director at Medicine River Wildlife Centre, said there are some weird springtime noises made by owls.

“Owls make the most amazing noises and there’s so many different species of owls out there,” Kelly said.

“The babies are talking back and forth to one another. There are breeding calls. There’s communication as they are raising the babies. There’s all kinds of stuff.”

What a crock of bullpuckey.  I have been going into the deep woods since I was a child, and I have NEVER heard owls making vocalizations like this.  The sounds heard on that YouTube video are clearly from some kind of mammal, and quite a large mammal at that.   To read the rest of the article, click here.