10 years ago the raccoons were raisin’ a ruckus in the front yard. So I went outside without a gun nor flashlight coz the security lights went on... Got next to the tree n saw sets of eyes reflecting, 2 low to the ground n 2 waist high...I got within 3feet and saw 2 sets of big red eyes set far apart...immediately the 2 big wolves stepped into security light...I said “Wolves!” n ran back in the house. .. When I turned on the spotlight the wolves were still there talking to the raccoons who were right next to them. I
believe they were discussing the quality of the cat food on the porch.
we threw out soem old stew meat in the edge of the woods near our house- one night i went out to have a smoke, and raccoons started up a ruckus- holy moley- they made 7 distinct sounds, all of them quite different- if i hadn’t known about raccoons, i woulda not known what the heck it was-
Sounded like pigs at one point grunting, mountain lion growl, monkeys or chimps when they are angry, even like a bigfoot sound they play on TV at one point too, a person screeching, then chattering like an otter, and finally like a raccoon lol-
Had i been walking through the woods after hunting, at dark, to go home, and didn’t have a light, and not known raccoons make weird sounds, and heard raccoons start in like that- egads- talk about having a heart attack-
You can hear the many sounds they make online- youtube has videos of them making all kinds of sounds-