Elusive Primates Of North America

Name: Carolyn & Norman

County : Blount

 State: Alabama

Type of encounter: Unusual Sounds

Date of encounter : Several Since 2004

Time of day encounter took place: Night

Land described as : Wooded

Did notice : Dogs stopped barking

Other encounters : Neighbor shot at "bear"

Almost every night Norman  will wake up, not at the same time but at different times,  and sit on the porch and listen to the sounds .  If the sounds didn't wake up Carolyn he would wake her up to sit with him  on the porch.  Within the last few weeks both  Norman and his wife have heard wood on wood sounds.  they said the sounds can only be described as wood on wood, woops, screams,ect.  

Carolyn, Norman, and their daughter stated a  something killed a raccoon and it sounded like whatever had ahold of the raccoon had it by the throat.  They said they could hear the raccoon screaming as it was being taken into the woods. They said the raccoon was a large one and would put up a good fight. They knew this because the raccoon use to come upon their porch so they knew how big it was. 

Carolyn told us that a few months back they had family over and was eating some KFC.  They took the trash out before they went to bed. The next day they noticed that something has bitten through the trash can. She said there were two large holes in the can. She said whatever bit through the trash can had large cannines.  Carolyn said the only thing missing out of the trash can was the bags of chicken bones. She said the trash can was large and very heavy and she had a very hard time opening it by herself so whatever got into the trash can had to be large.

Carolyn also told us her neighbors told her that something was coming up to their house beating on the walls several times a week.  The neighbors thought it was a bear because they said it was large and had hair all over its body.  The neighbors finally got tired of the "bear" beating on their house and one night the husband took out his gun and shot at the animal. However, he missed it and shot the power lines into and everyone in the area lost their power.

Carolyn and Norman's daughter was out walking with some family members and found what looked like a nesting area (she saw a picture we had of what we call a nesting area and she said it looked exactly like it) and found  lots of feathers in the nesting area.  She said there were several different kinds feathers there.  She also found some scat by the area. 

(This area is mostly wooded, by a river and has several caves on it.)