West Virginia Bigfoot Vocalizations
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on February 14th, 2014
The following is the audio clip from Finding Bigfoot: Coal Miner’s Bigfoot.
From the person who recorded the audio:
I rarely post on my own wall, but this is something worth sharing with all my squatching friends. Last Sunday’s episode of Finding Bigfoot focused on West Virginia, with my good friends Russ Jones and Darren Pevarnik. The opening minutes of the show also featured an audio recording which Matt, Ranae, Bobo, and Cliff Barackman showed a good deal of interest in. I’m proud to share that I recorded that clip in my West Virginia research area, back in 2011. And I’m thankful to Russ and Darren for their efforts to share it with others who are fascinated by the sasquatch phenomenon. To hear the full, original audio clip (which is longer and more interesting than what was played on Finding Bigfoot), check out this video on my Youtube Channel.
Captured on August 31, 2011 at 10:50 p.m. in a research area in Pendleton County, West Virginia. These ascending vocals follow shortly after two faint whoops and resemble similar vocals captured in Brunswick County, VA. The second half of this clip includes spectral amplification to bring out the faint initial whoops, and other details of the ensuing vocals. Compare the two whoops in this clip to the series of whoops captured in Decatur County, GA in March 2011, in this clip:
Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005.
I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films:
OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou.
The Georgia “whoops” sound similar to calls a Sora makes – often but not always followed by the loud whinny call. That Georgia location sounds like a great place for birdwatching, though!
The West Virginia one- not so sure, but I’d really want to rule out Barred Owl. They make some REALLY weird noises, and the whoops in that recording seem to be in response to the sounds identified as Barred Owl.
The second whoop in the WVA recording is odd, unlike anything I’ve heard previously, and pretty darn eerie.
In the GA recording, things are pretty busy, but I can definitely hear the voice-type (“spoken”) part. Interesting.
By the way, I’m pretty sure the name of the bird is CANADA goose, not Canadian. That’s my understanding. Might need correction.
1. CANADA goose. If I hear “Canadian” one more time…
2. Wish I could turn the recording loud enough to hear much of anything. Can’t.