Great for Haunting Your Own Woods
I live in a rural area and we've had someone wandering in around the house late at night. Unfortunately, there are a lot of places they could disappear to if we tried calling the cops. So, I told the neighbors about my plan then hid up a tree with a bag of rocks and the whistle and waited. Sure enogh, an hour after full dark fell I eventually hear footsteps passing near the base of the tree. Leaning over, I see a dark shape with a weak flashlight wandering onto our property. I leaned back out of sight then carefully threw a rock to make some noise. I heard the footsteps stop and the flashlight beam turned off like he didn't want to be found. I waited for just a moment until he started walking again and then hit the death whistle full blast. I heard a loud crashing noise as the prowler abandoned stealth and booked it into the undergrowth heading for the road as the woods filled with unearthly screeching, the rattle of more thrown rocks, and the distant howl of neighborhood dogs. When I could barely hear the slap of his shoes as he hit the pavement I stopped playing and the woods fell silent around me except for the distant sounds of dogs baying, a car door slamming and an engine revving hard as he sped away. It's been over a week and whoever it was hasn't shown up again, at least not on the game cameras. 10/10 would traumatize trespassers again.<br /><br />The whistle is well made, looking just as eerie as the picture and the material has a density comparable to high grade ceramic. I noticed a slight smell from the glaze so I recommend leaving it to air on a shelf rather than stuffing it in a drawer if you are sensitive to that kind of thing. It was well packaged to prevent breakage during shipping. To get the full effect of the sound you have to blow hard into the whistle and I'm still experimenting with how to change the way it sounds with finger placement. Overall I'm very happy with this purchase.
Rating: 5 stars