Just like its name, it is said to be the work of a tanuki, and searches for tanuki were also conducted around locations where the sound was heard, but no traces of tanuki were able to be found either.
その名の通りタヌキの仕業ともいわれ、音の聞こえたあたりでタヌキの捜索が行われたこともあったが、タヌキのいた形跡は発見できなかったという。