Terrifying Sounds in the Forests of the Great Smoky Mountains
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- Part Roar - part Scream - this is perhaps the best recording of these mythical creatures! Hear cracking branches and these Incredible noises nearby in the dense woods alone and you will never forget it! Do you freeze or walk faster? Rarely ever seen in the thick steep trackless mountain woods they are both immense and largely invisible in heavy cover. These extremely detailed and close recordings are of a once-extinct giant creature that again roams the mountain forests of North Carolina captured over several days in late September 2018. Some people now want to kill these magnificent creatures all over again.....Why?
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If you watch the entire video you'll catch a glimpse of one of the creature's friends - not the one roaring. Recent research has found the process that makes these fascinating sounds is rather unusual.
I knew it was a moose mating call, but I did not know we had them here in our NC mountains
Fascinating
Rocky Mountain Elk are being transplanted in eastern states where they were once plentiful. Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has been active in the program across many states including Pennsylvania, Kentucky, etc. Those are two bull elk calling to each other. You can also hear cow elk talking back. It's also common to hear the bull chuckle behind the scream to call his cows to him. Pretty cool to hear it's happening in eastern states. Hunting elk, and other large native animals of north america, is part of a larger conservation and management strategy. Each year hunters, anglers and shooting sports pour millions of dollars into wildlife conservation across America, more than all other Americans combined. Read up on the Pittman Robertson act and others like it.
There are alot of elk in gsmnp
princessncg1 fr cause I also live in NC
It’s not a moose!! It’s an elk
guy : *walks in woods*
Mother Nature : *AHHHHHHHHH, GET OFF MEEEEEEE EKSKWKDJSKDNAKBDJ*
😂😂😂
I only wish that would actually happen
Lol
🤣🤣😂😂
If you listen closely there does sound like a man in the distance screaming for help
Oh, that's sound is a male elk, no need to worry 😁👍🦌
@Proto The protogen The male elk that get super aggressive and impale on sight around that time of year? That's no need to worry?!
My first thought!
No deer makes any kind of noise like that. A loud 'metallic' kind of noise and a really eerie high pitch. No, this is something else. I think it's a Sasquatch. A Bear would not make noises like this, and nor would a Wolf or a Coyote. It's terrifying tbh.
I thought so
Aswell sound like wendigo
Having lived in the Rockies and done a lot of hiking and camping that sound is very familiar and quite beautiful. I love to hear it! It's of course a bull elk calling its cows. We had one of those bulls storm our camp one night while high in the Uinta Mts of Utah, bellowing and stomping. Pretty exciting! No one was hurt fortunately.
That's what I thought it was. An elf. I have been hiking in the High Uintas and the Appalachians and I don't think I have ever heard elk. But I did have a bad run in with a group of Sasquatch in the Pennsylvania wilderness and one almost killed me when a grapefruit sized rock whizzed past my face.
aren't those things aggressive
@@wrestlingfan4ever76 An elf?
@@ChocolateMilk.. LOL :) It must have been late at night. LOL
yeah, I could tell right off it's just an elk, those things are huge
That's just my ex-wife's mother complaining about the thermostat again
You win the internet today.
My brother, you made my day. 😂😂😂😂😂.
Omg 😂
I read this comment and I lost it 🤣🤣🤣
I'm sorry
That was me stepping on lego.
Stolen
Voku I think ur not funny if u don't like it then don't even comment
Lol
Lucas Mata lol to who Andrew jine or Voko???
0:01 thats litterly me when i step on a needle or lego
Not gonna lie: at the first roar/scream I would have run like hell.
I don't blame you infact I would have been over taking you to get my butt as far away from that sound as possible. Lol.😂
Tracy Nickerson same here dude
Smart move,you would most likey survive than to investigate....as we all know curiosity kill the cats
(P.S I'd run like hell too.)
😂😂😂
Just Elk.....they turned a bunch loose it Tennessee, N Carolina, Kentucky and a few other states
1:22 you can hear some man screaming constantly and faintly in the background deep in the woods, I heard the elk as well but when I reached that part of the video I had chills all over my body
Shit i never noticed that
That was where the Sasquatch joined in
Maybe a man injured and alone? Guess we'll never know...would have been interesting if he went to the same spot and looked around for possibly the corspe of the poor guy..
That yelling from a person was happening from the very beginning of the video if you listen closley
Sounds like he’s dead
As a rock climber who didn't put nearly as much time into thinking about the encounters in nature I'd have, the first time I heard a bull elk call I was in the middle of a rock face and I thought this was it. My rock climbing mentor just started laughing when he saw my face. "That's a male elk calling his bitches, don't shit yourself."
From far away, it sounds almost mechanical... but still terrifying.
FloridaSuburbanNature lol i know what you mean it’s the actual audio of the video it’s almost sound robotic
Those damn transformers messin round in my yard again *plays banjo*
FloridaSuburbanNature it’s an elk bleating
It does have a mechanical tone to it for sure
Its the robots from Horizon zero down
Well, it scared the hell out of my cat.
I am with the cat on this one and would get the heck out of dodge. Lol.😂
@@PecanBaby... Yep. That's exactly what he did and he was quick about it, too. He finally came out, though.
Haaa! I love that! Too funny. Poor kitty was like... Oh, hell no!
Marlena Linne haha scardy cat
My dog really doesn't care
Yes, an elk. You've seen plenty of nature shows where elk in Canada or in the US Rockies will make this sound. Well, WNC has elk too. Not many but I've seen one. It was a yearling, at least the person with me said it was. But it was huge. Far bigger than a full size deer. The one I saw didn't make any sound like this but that' the sound they do make.
We have them here in Michigan to have heard that call before.
There are no elk in north Carolina
@@brennansmith6474 Yes there are. Called the Eastern Elk. The original species was all but killed off over a hundred years ago. They re-introduced elk back into the region at some point, very few of them right now. Some on private land, some on public. And I've actually seen one. Sounds like a bigfoot story, right? Check out the wiki page.
@@brennansmith6474 Yeah, there are.
@@brennansmith6474 You don't have the slightest idea of what the hell you are talking about. Elk are in Cherokee County and Jackson County. Learn facts before you comment and make yourself look like a complete moron.
What are the noises at 1:22 ?? If you put in earphones, you can hear it better. But it sounds like a person screaming as though he’s being mauled to death? Maybe I’m trippin but that gave me chills
You sir are NOT trippin!!! I heard it too. I had to turn it up and push my headphones to my ear to really hear and make sure. It's somebody screaming in pain!!!
If I didn’t know it was an elk I’d be goddamn terrified, especially with all the disappearances and weird stuff that’s gone down in the smoky mountains (all that missing 411 David Paulides stuff, not sure if you know what/who that is)
I don't , please explain.
Shahira Omar - Deorr Kunz Jr is a small boy who vanished from a remote camp in Idaho a couple years ago now. The parents took a lot of heat unfortunately but I’ve studied the case in detail and I don’t think the parents did it.
@@claymac7895 where in Idaho?
The other Archer there’s elk in the east again. Decades actually.
Wrong! Both Tennessee and Kentucky have elk recovery programs in progress and have for years in addition to Pennsylvania and I believe North Carolina does too a little further West the state's of Michigan and Wisconsin do and the village of Elk Grove Illinois has a small group.
If you are in the forest and you know what is making the sound it's not so terrifying, but you don't know it's Elk it can scare the wee wee out of you. Woke me up this morning. Thanks for sharing 😄
I have to believe you.
There’s no elk in the Smokey mountains at all bro
Elks sound as if they’re viscous predators, but they taste good 😋
The sounds of elk are my alarm tone for work 🤣
That's a bull elk in the rut. The mewing sounds are from his cows.
Someone has a brain, finally
@Kilted and Bearded. I recognized the elk but not the background sounds..Thanks for clarification👍🌲🐐🐿
I was gonna say elk too, but I have only ever heard them on t.v. I didn't want the believers to come after me...
There are no elk naturally in that mountains of NC/SC/VA. That's why it would be creepy because while they were reintroduced it is not common.
Elk were reintroduced to the area by RMEF in conjunction with the state department of wildlife resources. I was part of the committee pushing to expand elk herds into these areas. Even if it isn't a live elk but an elk call the face remains that that sound is without a doubt elk.
What's really spooky is what sounds like someone yelling in agony in the distance starting around 1:22 to about 1:33.
Wow, that is rather distinctly non-animal sounding too. It does sound like someone is mortally wounded or crying angrily and hysterically.
Maybe somebody was getting attacked by the elk!
It's a bear.
Good catch! Sounds like a really angry man lol. But it could be a cougar or something. It's so far away in the background it's hard to tell!
Listened to it a few times it sounds like a man screaming "get outta here! Get outta here! Rahhhhh!!! Go away! Go away!"
I didn’t know we had elk in the smokies!? That’s badass, definitely would’ve shit myself hearing that first bugle out of nowhere lol
From the very beginning you can hear someone screaming in the distance. Sounds like they are in desperate pain
1:30 sounds like someone screaming help me over and over
It's totally a Wendigo.
Jk it's a god damn elk.
No it's definitely a wendigo lol, they can shape into deer like creatures remember hahaha
Yes, but you both are missing the main point of this video
When you hear a foreign sound that scares the livin' shit out of you, the key to survival is knowing when to stay, or wendigo.
Ha!
@@mertmunson1417 good one my dude
I do not like creepy stuff and sounds ;-;"
@@laurab.9710 your thinking of skinwalkers.
A mountain lion in heat is usually an insane ungodly guttural yells that sounds like an ape and a cat.
💀That sounds like MR.BALLEN coming to tell you a bedime story💀
Does anyone else hear a male scream in the background between 1:23 and 1:35? Kind of sounds like he’s saying “help me” in some parts.
sounds like another elk in the distance probably
I thought it was a panther at first, until my husband yells from the next room asking why I'm watching Elk videos lol. I live in Haywood county NC so you'd think I'd be familiar with that sound but I live too close to town for those. Plenty of bluejays, cardinals and squirrels to keep me entertained. I did come across one on my way to a friend's house waaaay out in the boonies one night many years ago ... And lemme tell ya, those suckers are ENORMOUS and a lil bit scary looking when you turn a curve on a pitch black dirt rd and standing on the hill directly across from you is this huge beast!! Lol I had to hit the brakes and just stare in awe for a min!
I live near Kingsport, TN (north of smokey mountains). I just moved 6 miles away and the terrain difference is obvious. The former home was in an area where NO level spaces existed. My home was built on a steep area and the roads were treacherous in winter. Also, every form of wildlife was in that area (except elk) and could be seen almost daily. It's so odd that only a short distance away can make a difference in wildlife. I do live near a lake and state park now and have no clue if that makes a difference. We do see bobcats and herds of deer here that roam thru the planned community. The deer herds are 25+ strong and stop to eat many of our bushes. I LOVE Blowing Rock and Boone NC and visit often. It's a fairly short drive for me.
A bull elk in rut. Hunted enough of these things. So glad they were introduced back in to the Smokies. Amazing animals.
Yes they are. I love hunting them to. But respect them.
My kids would recognize that elk sound! They’ve seen “Polar Express”😂😂😂
This set off my fight or fight senses. I would flight
rebecca peterson fight.... or.... fight, no compromise huh?😂
Fight or fight? I guess I have no choice but to fight. Lol
@Mountain Chief You got that right Mountain Chief!
It's an elk, but it is an elk that's in a bad mood, so you'd be right to run.
Wait so there’s an elk east of the Mississippi? That would be absolutely fantastic to have elk or moose make a comeback over here.... I live in Mississippi and most of the native Black bear and Panthers have died off but there have been conservation efforts to restore their numbers.. Hopefully in my lifetime I will be able to see old native species like bear and panthers here and not bat an eye...
Nick Cruton yeah there are a few populations east of the Mississippi. Surprisingly I had an elk encounter in the woods of Kentucky of all places.
Nick Cruton I also have spoken with a few people who have seen mountain lions in the east after they were declared extinct. One of the people who saw one was backpacking in the Shenandoah’s. He saw it run behind a rock ledge while taking a breather. When he finished his hike he informed a park ranger who said, “yeah, they’re still around here”.
I've seen so many elk in the GSM that they had to close the road. Had two huge bulls going at it within 5 ft of my car in the middle of the road.
@@MoundShroudCreations yes I've seen a few mountain lions in Maryland. 2 where I expected to see one and another I did not. It was 25 miles north of Baltimore City in Baltimore county on Mt Carmel road. . I actually called it in and it was captured. It should have not been there as their is no mountains nearby. it was also kept on the hush-hush cuz I looked and did not see anything on the news afterward. They tried to tell me that someone had it as a pet but I knew they were telling lies. From Maryland to Pennsylvania and even more north and west they try to say that they don't exist on the East coast but I know people that have seen them including myself a few times. There is a nice population of them in Northwest Pennsylvania in the Allegheny mountains
There are elk east of the Mississippi, they're just very illusive.
Interesting. I just moved to New Hampshire this past Spring, haven't heard anything like that yet, but maybe this fall. Saw a bear and her cubs just last week which thrilled me. Love me some wildlife sightings more than chipmunks and squirrels!
The closest Elk to you would be in Pennsylvania.
You never know though.😄
It's always fun to see somebody who has never heard and elk bugle before,it almost always scares the crap out of them.To me though,it's a beautiful sound,bringing back memories of sitting by a campfire,in the Rockies and listening to the bulls bugle all over the place.Some of the greatest times of my life,and most relaxing,especially after a hard day hiking the mountains hunting for them.The release of the herd in the Cataloochee area was a wonderful thing,now I go to the Smilies just to watch them,I'm so happy they are thriving and expanding,even to the point of seeing them in the town of Cherokee.
0:02 that scared the hell out of me
It’s an elk
It almost sounded mechanical, didn’t it? But it was an elk. Strange, ain’t it?
@@bobcat24 ya it is
Elk
@@bobcat24 elk
This is sweet music to my ears, thanks to wildlife conservationists these majestic creatures { Elk } have been reintroduced to the Smokies! I live in the rural foot hills of TN, and hope they spread out my way in the coming years, hope I live long enough to see and hear them before I die. Thank you and God bless.
Thank you for loving nature and may God Bless you also!!
Howdy neighbor from Greene county
This is Amazing!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
That's a ELK my friend. I have herd this same sounds at my House in Maggie valley, NC
If I didn't know that was a elk, I would've been out of there quick as hell
Your from north America how couldn't u not know
The first one sounds like someone screaming into a tube 😂 nah It is an elk bleating
LuxuriousLuck so in other woods they got me on tape😬😬😬 lmao anytime a roll of paper towels runs out I’ll chase my dog around whilst yelling into the empty cardboard tube😂
I’m gonna be like that tool bag from finding Bigfoot . Ooooo you herd a Bigfoot . It was mimicking a elk . LOL
It could be a Sasquatch blowing a blade of grass between his thumbs, but I think it’s a bull elk😂
Where you live is so beautiful. I would love to live there.
I'm so jealous 😭
I bet you would love to wake up at 3 am to the sound of screams
I live somewhere better... the Yukon. Lol
It get frickin cold tho
Enjoy the wendigo's
Everyone gangsta untill you play this in the forest and something answers
Sounds similar to the Caifornia Tule Elk in the Owens Valley. Had a cabin there for a while and loved listening to the bull elk bugling to each other.
That sounds like wendigo man 😂 woo😮💨 You have lucky day 👍
Everyone else: Terrifying!
Me: I've been searching for these Elk noises! from Do You Copy? No? okay I'll leave-
That is a really creepy sound ... As someone mentioned here, it does sound very mechanical.. But many says its an elk too, which i hope is correct 😂
No elk in great smokies
@@ronbrock738 you can literally see the elk park way through the video...
@@ronbrock738 the smokies dont exist. 😆
It's 100% an elk
@@ronbrock738 Then why do I have pictures of them in Cherokee and Jackson Counties? They are also in Haywood County. Learn the facts before you comment, fool.
Best thing about this video is that the guy recording isn’t talking 👍👍👍👍👍
How did this guy not hear the poor man screaming for help at 1:20??!!
😨That's the nightmare
sorted for tonight.🎑👻💨
😧Thank you!
I love this channel 💕👍
The nuthatch at the end is cool. I've never been able to catch their little dance on video despite years of trying. 👍
I love Nuthatches. He had a couple in my yard this summer visiting the feeder.
Elk. Do the hardest Tarzan yell you can manage. LOL
Crazy! I thought I heard the Banshee here in Ireland...cats, having a go 💓☘
My cats do not like these sounds. Wondering if it is a bigfoot? Lol
An* Elk
@@shahiraomar4229 that was my thought the deer was calm, then thought it cud be a shapeshifting big foot, but i love that i found out its a elk ......... this earth and all she provides life for is truely amazing, magical and mysterious!! love this place and love you 'all!!!
Elk
Listen I know that’s an elk but if I was in the woods and heard this I’d still shit my pants
I don't know who is yelling in the background, but I don't think the elk is happy about it.
I love this channel!
*click click* looks like got some monsters to hunt lets boogie
0:01
My broken vacuum cleaner
This guy is hiding on the tree instead of running, to keep it simple, He is scared... XD
Hey man you got pretty lucky you heard a elk bugle up close!
Why did he get lucky?
@@candacedaugherty885 usually you don’t hear elk bugles up close like that.
Thanks
It’s very unbelievable how animals sound deer can roar that’s how unbelievable it is I was outside one day there was a whitetail deer it was yelling at me at first I was like what the and then I finally seen it and I was so like what the heck
I live in the White Mountains in Eastern Arizona, and I used to do a lot of hunting . No worries buddy that's a bull Elk ,the chirps are the cow Elk responding. There are tube and mouth Reed call to reproduce similar calls.
I can’t wait until someone is out in the woods like “that was an elk” then they get their cheeks clapped by a wendigo
Lmfao then they get their ass kicked by Bigfoot lol
@@Jasp3r_Juice98 wait,come back year ago commenter,who? the wendigo or the person the wendigo already killed? 😆
Goddammit nature, why the actual hell do elk sound like this? Lmao
The elk are competing for dominance. That elk is saying, "You want a piece of me, bro?"
I think one of them was me🤣 i Remer being in the wood screaming for no reason🤣🤣
It's like 2 different vocal boxes. 1 high pitched and 1 deep. That's shivers down your spine creepy.
The first sound would have had me running for my freaking life! These sounds are kind of like sounds that would trigger your fight or flight response, lol
My first thought upon hearing that would be "Run for the hills!"...which on second thought wouldn't do me much good being already in the hills.
Third thought...never mind.
How bout blasting the song run to the hills back at them!! Maybe EDDY will run out of the woods with an Ax!!
You:"Run for the hills!!!"
Me:takes one step to the side "Well.....that was easy... " 😆
Elk calls are freaking terrifying but they are such cool creatures
I can't believe your still standing there, I would be ling gone.
Well you dont have to be scared from a elk but man,that first sound............
That's a skinwalker mimicking the screams of its victims it killed
*Delete this.*
You made me question if i want to live on this planet
Itz_ Midnight who hurt you?
That first one sounds super close!
That is a Elk lol 😂
What a cool video! Another great one, BB! Elk are fascinating. Isn't the breeding season Sept? Seems like I read that before, only the called their process the rut. Very interesting!
I heard this one night...scared me back into the house.
I know that it’s an elk, but it actually sounds like a skill saw starting up and getting caught in a sheet of plywood! Lol
Very distinctive elk sound.
Oh Thats an elk! He sounds pissed off 😂 mountain lions, dont get me started about them! Gosh, mountain lions sound like screaming crack heads sometimes.
When I First Time I Heard That Sound I Just Screamed: GOAT MAN!
sounds like my lawnmower trying to start
Never been Elk hunting before? Didn't know they were in the Smokys!
At 1:22 you can hear like screaming. Scary😩😱😱
I think The untrained ear would be pretty terrified if they heard this in the woods. Like myself
Elk bugles are pretty unsettling if you've never heard one before
elk bugling and cow calls hahahahaha
Whew... read the comments to discover that was elk. My cat just hopped two feet in the air and fled the room at that first one. I was almost behind her! 😂
Lol 😂😆😂😆😂😆
ELK.
@1:40 im not sureBIG BOY BEEN AROUND. You got very close?
That bird’s just chillin on the tree like this happens every day.
Amazing to hear one this close
ahh.. that’s me after my mum told me there’s food at home.. sorry to scare you
I know it's an elk or moose but if you want to look at it from a mythical/horror POV, I'd say a Wendigo 😳
if there's a roar or growl sound with the elk sound. than yes it's a wendigo. but that's creepypasta. I bet it sounds different from what you get from those stories.
The wind would whisper and I'd think of you.🥰😘
Tall deer? Stick Indian? I dunno it is day time but that was chilling on my end I’m sure dudes spine is iced over for life
I thought this was gonna be some bigfoot stuff, but I like this alot too! Its a healthy environment.
If you want Bigfoot, look for a channel called _bigtoetime._ That's some freaky audio that they've got.
That a elk
Sounds like the scene from polar express 😂 😂 😂
I hear the elk close to my home every year. Either thats an elk or somebody creating the sound with some kind of crank whirring. lol