Imagine taking a walk through the woods at night, and suddenly hearing these strange noises. Is it a cow or a bull? Maybe a hog? Could it be a bear? Or maybe it's the ever-elusive bigfoot?
Long before the internet was even a thought, these noises could be heard at night in rural areas. They were the source of rural legends, and they struck fear into the hearts of people who didn't know what they were. They also put a smile on the faces of the few people who did know what they were.
These noises are from an old-school noisemaker called a "dum-bull" or "dumb-bull." Nobody really knows when they were invented, but some folks estimate some time in the early to mid 1800s. They're used up north as moose calls, but since we don't have moose in the south, they're used as cattle calls down here. They also work very well, as I've found, for scaring off trespassers, thieves, night hunters, and other people who are up to no good at night.
