This is another Saw-Whet owl scream uttered only once during a night of recording. No other Saw-Whet calls were heard during the night this recording was made. We have found that the 2' tall Barred owl and their close relative the Spotted owl have often been mistaken for a Bigfoot. These owls prefer dense forests, which just happens to be the same supposed habitat of Bigfoot. Many of these vocalizations are suspiciously similar to descriptions of Bigfoot sounds.
Barred owls are very vocal, and often call during the day.
Barred owls are surprisingly loud, at times rivaling the volume of a human. Keep in mind, their calls also have local variations. Long ago, some of our members swore they heard an ape holler in a 500' deep wooded valley in Pa., but when the source was located, it was just a Barred owl. Here are some Barred owl calls, that usually occur at dusk, and are used to locate other owls. These sounds are quite loud, about the same as a dog bark, and can be heard for a mile.