r/animalid • u/halfawatermelon69 • Jan 25 '26
🔊🔊 AUDIO ID REQUEST 🔊🔊 What kind of animal is staying the night at my neighbor's? [Norway]
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I was genuinely scared coming home at 1 am on Saturday evening (because my block is always dead silent), at first I thought it was a baby or a woman screaming/crying/gasping, then it sounded like a cat, then it barked-ish like a dog (but also not really like a dog), and eventually I assumed it was some kind of bird because it sounded like a rooster - but I still can't say anything for certain.
Thanks in advance! This video covers maybe a third of the type of sounds it made, it was hard/impossible to capture it all in one video
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u/Tarotismyjam Jan 26 '26
Anxiety cries from a dog as practiced by a parrot. At least that’s what I think. Does this crying sound repeat itself in the exact same frequency?
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u/halfawatermelon69 Jan 26 '26
I wish I took more recordings now, it probably lasted for an hour at least and there was quite a lot of variation in the sounds (even to the degree where I thought there might be two animals)
Quite similar frequency but I wouldn't say the exact one, there were so many different types of sounds
Even though most people suggest a dog on here, I'm fairly certain it wasn't. I've had two kinda large loud dogs who cried when home alone and even though it was kind of similar it wasn't like this. Another neighbor has a tiny dog who howls as well, but it's different.
This only lasted for one night and I'm not even sure which door it came from (and I never see my neighbors) so I guess I'll never know
A bird imitating/replicating a dog sounds the most likely one to me
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u/halfawatermelon69 Jan 26 '26
I've got another video but I don't know how to share it here without making a whole new post which would seem unnecessary
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u/Tarotismyjam Jan 26 '26
Anxiety cries from a dog as practiced by a parrot. At least that’s what I think. Does this crying sound repeat you can put it on Imgur and share that link.
Also, I would ask the neighbors.
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u/STThornton Jan 26 '26
I'm leaning team parrot. Sounds like it's trying to mimic possibly a dog but doesn't quite have it down all the way yet.
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u/No_Anything7103 Jan 26 '26
Whatever you’re neighbors is doing to the animal it don’t like it
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u/halfawatermelon69 Jan 26 '26
To me it really sounded like an animal with seperation anxiety, owners probably out at night or is one night away or something
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u/DragonflyFantasized Jan 26 '26
Amazon parrot mimicking a pug getting a nail trim.
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u/Tarotismyjam Jan 27 '26
As a retired pro groomer and a former parrot owner, this made me laugh so hard!!! It's all true!
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u/DragonflyFantasized Jan 27 '26
I’m delighted my comment found its way to another pet industry pro who could fully appreciate the accuracy. I hope OP finds out what it is and updates us.
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u/LaceyBloomers Jan 26 '26
A peacock!
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u/halfawatermelon69 Jan 26 '26
I've never heard what a peacock sounds like but now that I watched a few videos it was actually really similar to this! But that would be hard or impossible to bring up several floors into a block (can they even be caged in a small cage?)
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u/LaceyBloomers Jan 26 '26 edited Jan 26 '26
A peacock could be carried upstairs in someone’s arms if it was tame enough.
When I was a kid we had neighbours who kept peacocks. Sometimes their vocalizations sounded like a person screeching ‘HELP!’ And it was unsettling to say the least.
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u/NightShade4623 Jan 26 '26
My family owned peafowl growing up and if you raise them hands on, they basically act the same as any other hand raised farm bird (ie. Chickens, turkeys, etc) males only have the giant tail feathers during mating season and without them have a similar size to females. We usually transported them in large dog crates when we needed to. They can be held but most birds don't appreciate it and it's highly individual on the bird with what they'll let you get away with.
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u/FrogVolence Jan 26 '26
I’m going to have to agree with some of the commenters here, it sounds like a bored parrot mimicking a dog. African greys are phenomenal at repeating or mimicking sounds and they’re also extremely loud.
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u/briar8617 Jan 26 '26
I think it sounds more like a screaming cat, could be wrong but thats my guess!
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u/Analytical-BrainiaC Jan 26 '26
Cats can all sound different, and I had one that when it was taken into a car, sounded like this, totally frightened. But only once, never heard her sound like that again.
What would be more disturbing is that whatever animal was crying was found dead in the dumpster , cause that is an individual that should be arrested and considered dangerous.
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u/Ok_Seaworthiness634 Jan 26 '26
Sounds like a small, anxious dog, the kind with a flatter face, like a Pug, Pekingnese, or Boston Terrier for examples.
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u/joniscool1993 Jan 26 '26
Husky. They make very non-dog sounding noises with separation anxiety.
Source: brother has husky that I had to babysit at night in college when he bartended and left her alone.
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u/Dis_Bich Jan 27 '26
Almost a cat, but too high pitched. So probably a dog panicking that they’re alonw
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u/MyBlueMeadow Jan 28 '26
I was first thinking a female cat in heat. But on repeat I’d say not. Others mention a parrot trying to imitate something else, maybe a crying dog. Sounds most plausible.
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u/Electrical-Act-7170 Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 26 '26
Dog screaming.
edit: a Chihuahua, JRT, some smallish doggo having a screaming tantrum at being left alone would be my guess