Animal experts?

sleepyjeff · 04-13-2005, 08:37 AM

Woke up this morning to what sounded like fingernails on a chalkboard(except louder, faster, and flavored with a sorta clicking sound underneath the screaching). The sound was coming from my back patio so I opened up the back door to see what was going on when my dog ran out around me. He raced to the side fence and started barking fiercely. I called him back and suprisingly he came when called(normally when he is barking at a cat or squirel or something it takes a few calls to retrieve him). When he got back inside I turned my attention back to the noise(which had now been going on for quite some time). It seemed to be coming from a large Maple tree although I could see nothing.

While I was watching for something my wife came in behind me with her ears covered and shouted to me "what is wrong with the dog?"....I turned around just in time to see my dog, stiff as a board keel over like a wooden statue in a puddle of his own urine. He stayed that way for another minute or so all the while the noise from outside continued un abated. My wife and I were frantic about the dog and while I went to get a wet towell she held him to her and tried to coax him out of his state. He did finally come around, although he is even now a little quiet......?

At no time while he was outside was he out of my sight and he came in contact with nothing that I could see. The tree in question was outside of the fenced patio. After several minutes of this torturous sound it ended and a HUGE animal(looked like a possum or racoon if it was, it was the largest of either of these that I have ever seen) crawled out of the tree and sauntered across the street into the neighbors back yard.

What was that sound?

What happened to my dog?

04-13-2005, 08:37 AM	#1
sleepyjeff Go Hawks Go! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parkrose Posts: 2,632	Animal experts? Woke up this morning to what sounded like fingernails on a chalkboard(except louder, faster, and flavored with a sorta clicking sound underneath the screaching). The sound was coming from my back patio so I opened up the back door to see what was going on when my dog ran out around me. He raced to the side fence and started barking fiercely. I called him back and suprisingly he came when called(normally when he is barking at a cat or squirel or something it takes a few calls to retrieve him). When he got back inside I turned my attention back to the noise(which had now been going on for quite some time). It seemed to be coming from a large Maple tree although I could see nothing. While I was watching for something my wife came in behind me with her ears covered and shouted to me "what is wrong with the dog?"....I turned around just in time to see my dog, stiff as a board keel over like a wooden statue in a puddle of his own urine. He stayed that way for another minute or so all the while the noise from outside continued un abated. My wife and I were frantic about the dog and while I went to get a wet towell she held him to her and tried to coax him out of his state. He did finally come around, although he is even now a little quiet......? At no time while he was outside was he out of my sight and he came in contact with nothing that I could see. The tree in question was outside of the fenced patio. After several minutes of this torturous sound it ended and a HUGE animal(looked like a possum or racoon if it was, it was the largest of either of these that I have ever seen) crawled out of the tree and sauntered across the street into the neighbors back yard. What was that sound? What happened to my dog?
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