Humans or Sasquatches: Gibberish Chatter & Scream Vocals in Northeast Georgia

I have been conducting sasquatch and wildlife research on 20+ acres of land in the foothills of the northeast Georgia mountains for the last three weeks. Research has included setting trail camera, daily walks to look for sign, and audio recording at night. This past week has produced interesting, and potentially significant, results including an audio recording of a pack of wolves (which are not known to reside in Georgia anymore) and a truly bizarre 6 second clip of incoherent chatter and yelling. This blog will be discussing the yelling audio, but let’s set the scene of the environment first.

This land is just over 20 acres that is surrounded by 150+ acres of woods. There are some homes and farms in the area as well with approximately 50 acres of pasture. A major creek runs through the property and is a prominent source of water for the local fauna. There is a large herd of deer of about 20 individuals that roam the property daily. Turkeys, coyotes, rabbits, foxes, opossums, racoons, and even a peacock are frequently seen on the land as well. A lone black bear is also known to pass through the area on occasion. This property and the land surrounding it comprise a sanctuary for wildlife.

The clip itself was recorded on a Zoom Handy H4 recorder facing the 150+ acres of woods. I typically begin recording when things quiet down inside the house to mitigate ambient noise. I confirmed with all people in the house that night that none of us made any noises that resembled what I captured on the recorder.

The Recording

On August 9, 2024 around 9:45PM EST the following audio clip was recorded. The moon phase that night was a waxing crescent and the illumination registered at 22%. It was a clear night and the temperature hovered around 80 degrees.

Headphones are strongly encouraged when listening to the recording.

Spectrogram of the vocals.

The clip speaks for itself. It is just bizarre. It almost sounds like a clip from a cartoon. To me, there are clearly at least 2 individuals. The source could absolutely be two humans fighting about something and screaming, but it is perplexing why it starts so abruptly and ends just as quick. Before and after this clip, there are no other noises of this caliber. Bugs and a rogue dog are present, but nothing that sounds like this. I cannot rule out humans, but it is strange the noises seemed relatively close to the recorder, yet words cannot be distinguished it just sounds like incoherent yelling.

To clean up the recording a bit, I filtered out frequencies below 300Hz and above 1400Hz. Listen below.

Segment 1

Let’s break the spectrogram into pieces for analysis. Segment 1 is what I call the “slide whistle”. I have no explanation for what that is, but it seems to set off the entire series of events and vaguely sounds like a slide whistle. I truly have no idea if this is actually a whistle, a bird, one of the individuals, or something totally unrelated. I have not recorded anything that looks like this piece of the spectrogram or sounds like it up until this point or since.

Segment 2

Segment 2 just sounds and looks like a big dude yelling/groaning. Whether it’s a human or sasquatch, who knows, but I feel quite confident in saying it is some kind of ape. I really don’t know what else to say about it.

Segment 3

Segment 3 throws me off. Upon first playthrough, I thought this section was a dog barking (therefore deemed the “dog bark” segment) until the third piece of the segment. In the third piece, the first formant (F1) has a frequency that is approximately equal to the F1 frequency seen in the first two sections. Also, when comparing this section to recordings I’ve obtained of actual dogs barking in the night it does not match up with their frequencies, intensity, or duration of the bark. I have no idea what this is and cannot comment more.

Segment 4

Segment 4 sounds like another individual screaming and then the “conversation” stops as quickly and abruptly as it started. Really, that’s all I know to say about it. I am not well-versed enough in phonetics and reading spectrograms to take it much further than that.

Obviously, this could be people fighting somewhere close by, especially since I recorded this at such an early hour and there are other houses around. This is absolutely not out of the realm of possibility, and I may be putting someone’s drama on blast (lol), but I find it odd they are not able to be understood at all for how close they were to the recorder. Also, the recorder was placed away from property lines so someone would have to be trespassing on the property for the noises to register so loudly, which is entirely possible. I also find it odd there is no lead up to this set of vocals. It just begins out of the cicadas and silence, then ends. There is no lead up or follow through. The vocals themselves last about 6 seconds then it’s just back to the ambient noises of the night. So odd.

Really the only reason sasquatch is on my radar is due to pieces of this audio reminding me of the famous Sierra Sounds. If you are not familiar with this audio, give it a listen here. The Sierra Sounders were obtained in the 1970’s in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and is purportedly sasquatches making a number of noises and sounds. Apes are capable of a range of vocals, so I would expect sasquatches to be no different.

I will continue to monitor the area, but I wanted to share this weird clip whether it be human or something else. Let me know what you think it is in the comments!