Comments on: Fisher Cat Screech: Real or Urban Legend? https://lostpetresearch.com/2011/01/fisher-cat-screech/ Search and Recovery Resources for Missing Pets Sun, 26 Oct 2025 02:12:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Heather M Meserve https://lostpetresearch.com/2011/01/fisher-cat-screech/#comment-216550 Sun, 26 Oct 2025 02:12:35 +0000 http://lostpetresearch.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-216550 I remember growing up in Maine and heard a scream that was so scary right to the bone and I was only like 8yrs old, but NOW I still live in the same town in Maine and no joke I JUST heard the exact sound. A sound I will NEVER forget and im 42yrs old now! No doubt it was a fisher, as we have fox and there have been times that they have screamed outside my bedroom window. Im a true animal lover so hearing it tonight and actually KNOWING the difference between boy is amazing!!

]]> By: Do Fisher Cats Really Scream? Unmasking the Mystery of Fisher Cat Animal Sounds - solcat.net https://lostpetresearch.com/2011/01/fisher-cat-screech/#comment-212677 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:00:54 +0000 http://lostpetresearch.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-212677 […] my persistent, albeit misguided, quest for confirmation bias, I did stumble upon some videos purporting to capture fishers screaming. One video featured a young, presumably injured fisher; another showed a fisher at a Humane Society […]

]]> By: Do Fisher Cats Scream? Unraveling the Mystery of Fisher Cat Sounds - solcat.net https://lostpetresearch.com/2011/01/fisher-cat-screech/#comment-212579 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 09:28:53 +0000 http://lostpetresearch.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-212579 […] my determined, albeit biased, search for confirmation, I did stumble upon videos purporting to capture fisher cat screams. One video featured a young, possibly injured fisher; another, a fisher at a Humane Society in Cape […]

]]> By: Decoding the Fisher Cat Noise: Scream or Myth? - solcat.net https://lostpetresearch.com/2011/01/fisher-cat-screech/#comment-212495 Sat, 01 Mar 2025 03:37:00 +0000 http://lostpetresearch.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-212495 […] my pursuit of confirmation bias, I did find videos of fishers screaming. One showed a young, possibly injured fisher; another, a fisher at a Humane Society in Cape Cod. […]

]]> By: Mainebudz https://lostpetresearch.com/2011/01/fisher-cat-screech/#comment-209232 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:40:12 +0000 http://lostpetresearch.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-209232 Years ago my dog had a fisher cornered behind my house in Maine. I ran out when I heard the screeching. This was def a situation where it was threatened. It sounds similar to some fox calls but isn’t quite like the same. We heard it in the neighborhood a few times that year. I heard that it was something they also do to startle small prey like rodents to hear it scurry on the forest floor. Fishers are nuts, they actively hunt porcupines lol

]]> By: My Backyard Animal Cameras – KsAl Social Blog https://lostpetresearch.com/2011/01/fisher-cat-screech/#comment-209144 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:14:13 +0000 http://lostpetresearch.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-209144 […] I’ve ever really seen one. But fishers are notorious for their elusiveness and urban myths and ambiguity surrounding them, so that’s just part of their […]

]]> By: What cat sounds like a woman screaming? - Resto NYC https://lostpetresearch.com/2011/01/fisher-cat-screech/#comment-201601 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 07:26:28 +0000 http://lostpetresearch.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-201601 […] Fisher Cat Screech: Real or Urban Legend? […]

]]> By: Danielle https://lostpetresearch.com/2011/01/fisher-cat-screech/#comment-201036 Tue, 11 Jul 2023 15:13:29 +0000 http://lostpetresearch.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-201036 In reply to Jesse.

Thanks for sharing your experience with fishers screeching. I’m really hopeful that some day someone will get a good recording of one vocalizing.

]]> By: Jesse https://lostpetresearch.com/2011/01/fisher-cat-screech/#comment-200920 Tue, 04 Jul 2023 02:27:35 +0000 http://lostpetresearch.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-200920 I have heard fisher cats in Millersville, Pennsylvania. Anyone who says they don’t screech or scream, just doesn’t know what they’re talking about. I know foxes make a lot of screeching noises too, but it’s not the same. I was actually convinced for a while that it must be something demonic… it’s THAT bad!!

I saw one in a tree one time, and I thought it was a bear cub. But there are no bears in the area. I just had never seen a fisher before, or a picture of one. I looked up different martens and weasels and confirmed that it was a fisher that I saw.

None of the videos above do justice to how bad these things are capable of sounding. It sounds straight up demonic. A blood-curdling scream that sounds like someone is getting murdered, sometimes several at once. It’s a truly horrifying sound!

My family and I heard them in the Millersville area when we lived there from around 2000 to 2009.

]]> By: Top 43 Fisher Cat Sounds At Night Update https://lostpetresearch.com/2011/01/fisher-cat-screech/#comment-195614 Tue, 04 Oct 2022 14:21:17 +0000 http://lostpetresearch.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-195614 […] Read More […]

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