Howling Animals in Brooklyn Park??

[Dellfin]

OK, so I may be out in left field on this, but a few nights over the past week at around 10PM I have been hearing the most blood curdling howling coming for the parkland behind my house in Brooklyn Park. It starts from a sound like a super loud cry/groan/howl and is immediately followed by every freaking dog in a 10 block radius going bananas. This lasts for about 2 minutes and then stops as quickly as it began.

The original howling doesn't really sound like a dog. More like a cross between a dog and a cat that is in excruciating pain. Could this be coyote (1 or more) roaming the park area? Whatever the sound is makes my wife want to dial 911 and close all the windows. I think it's kind of cool but would sure like to know the source...

[Redlantern]

Probably a coyote.

[mww24]

im seconding the coyote. i used to see them all the time in champlin when a lot of it was still farm fields. then they developed it all. the wildlife went somewhere.

[picksbigwagon]

I would guess coyote as well, is it "haunting"? There are times when I am out calling and they spark up at night, it just has that haunting sound.....

[Dave S]

When the 'yote population was at it's peak in my area, I had a pack that lit up the woods only a couple hundred yards from my stand before the sun came up.

Very eery, but very very cool.

[picksbigwagon]

were you responsible for the crash of that population LEP???

Last year was a disater as far as coyote hunting time went.....

[Dave S]

I wish I was. Our deer hunting party got 2 that year and one each of the following 2 years.

Considering the grey fox that's been visiting our yard and the red fox that trotted through earlier this summer at 11 in the morning, I think the 'yote population is down considerably.

My uncle told me there was a group who runs them in this area with dogs. They stopped to ask for permission to hunt his land to which he obliged. During the conversation, it was mentioned they had 76 'yotes by that point for the season. They covered a large area to get them, but still a commendable number.

[picksbigwagon]

76? that is a lot of running with dogs.....I can't imagine the miles they put on their trucks. I have a friend in Iowa that runs dogs with his dad and buddies. I want to tag along one weekend just to experience that...

[DuckDog]

Sounds like bigfoot has moved into your area.

[Dellfin]

No kidding. I think I may try an experiment tonight with a large meat hook, a chain, and the sacrificial family cat.

[MIke A]

Or the neighbors sacrificial cat

[Scraps]

Maybe a Grey Fox???

[RumRiverRat]

ManBearPig

[huntingmaxima]

Are you sure that it isn't the BP cheerleaders?

[merkman]

Do a web search for Chupacabra

It sounds like that is what it is...

Don't worry they don't winter in Minnesota.

[meatfish]

We had red fox behind our place and when they are threatened namely by our dog(or in the spring by the big stray tom cat going after the pups) they let out a sound that sends chills down your spine,that is my bet.