Barking sounds from storm drain

[Bobcuse]

The last few days while walking my dog past one particular storm drain near my home, a barking sound emanated from the storm drain. It is not a high pitched bark but rather a deeper sounding bark and sounds like a dog. It only barks when we walk past the drain. Today it also happened from the drain across the street from it, obviously because they probably are connected. In thinking back, I recall a few months ago on a cold morning, my neighbor and I were walking our dogs past the same drain when we suddenly heard loud barking which lasted several minutes and seemed to have an echoing sound. Initially we thought it was a dog inside a neighboring garage but then we walked over to the storm drain and it was emanating from the drain. This drain is on a Pennecamp street which is adjacent to a golf course and a couple of large retention ponds so I am guessing that perhaps the storm drains empty into those ponds and maybe a fox came into the drain system at some point and has nested there. Does that sound logical? My wife was thinking it was a lost dog and we should call someone, but I doubt a dog would survive several weeks in a storm drain. Now I will sit back and await all the bigfoot comments to begin, but I would appreciate some serious opinions as well.

[kittygilchrist]

http://youtu.be/NVdpLOZOEqw

got a gator??

[cartwheel]

The last few days while walking my dog past one particular storm drain near my home, a barking sound emanated from the storm drain. It is not a high pitched bark but rather a deeper sounding bark and sounds like a dog. It only barks when we walk past the drain. Today it also happened from the drain across the street from it, obviously because they probably are connected. In thinking back, I recall a few months ago on a cold morning, my neighbor and I were walking our dogs past the same drain when we suddenly heard loud barking which lasted several minutes and seemed to have an echoing sound. Initially we thought it was a dog inside a neighboring garage but then we walked over to the storm drain and it was emanating from the drain. This drain is on a Pennecamp street which is adjacent to a golf course and a couple of large retention ponds so I am guessing that perhaps the storm drains empty into those ponds and maybe a fox came into the drain system at some point and has nested there. Does that sound logical? My wife was thinking it was a lost dog and we should call someone, but I doubt a dog would survive several weeks in a storm drain. Now I will sit back and await all the bigfoot comments to begin, but I would appreciate some serious opinions as well.

Does it sound anything like this?
Barking Tree Frog - YouTube

The first time I heard one of these "barking frogs" I couldn't believe it wasn't a dog.

[MLCrisis]

youtube.com/watch?v=NVdpLOZOEqw

got a gator??

How is this related to the OP's question?

[kittygilchrist]

How is this related to the OP's question?

it's more likely a gator in the drain than a dog and the frog is even more likely...larger the frog, the deeper the bark.

[Bobcuse]

Does it sound anything like this?
Barking Tree Frog - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0uGmeVikkc)

The first time I heard one of these "barking frogs" I couldn't believe it wasn't a dog.

Thanks for your response. That is amazing for a frog, but this bark is deeper and more distinctive. It is more of a deeper woof woof sound.

[duffysmom]

PLEASE call Community Watch, you have nothing to lose. Yes a dog can live a long time if it has water. See the story below.
Puppy found alive in car one month after it had been towed | Life With Dogs (http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/2013/05/puppy-found-alive-in-car-one-month-after-it-had-been-towed/)

[KathieI]

I agree with Duffysmom about calling community watch. Let them investigate and if it is a frog, well, at least you know you did what was right and you can sleep better at night.

I think I have one of those barking frogs that gets into my gutters when it rains and the sound of the bark is so loud because of the echo. It drives me and my dogs nuts (well, nuttier....). That's what I would do and please keep us posted.

[DianeM]

Please report it to someone. If it's a pup, it needs help. If it's another type of wilder creature, so be it.

[kittygilchrist]

Florida Wildlife Extension at UF/IFAS (http://www.wec.ufl.edu/extension/wildlife_info/frogstoads/hyla_gratiosa.php)

this has a clickable link to a larger frog. It sounds very regular in intervals with a pause and repeat rhythm compared to a dog bark.

You may have heard the official state amphibian...the barking tree frog...

[Honey]

The last few days while walking my dog past one particular storm drain near my home, a barking sound emanated from the storm drain. It is not a high pitched bark but rather a deeper sounding bark and sounds like a dog. It only barks when we walk past the drain. Today it also happened from the drain across the street from it, obviously because they probably are connected. In thinking back, I recall a few months ago on a cold morning, my neighbor and I were walking our dogs past the same drain when we suddenly heard loud barking which lasted several minutes and seemed to have an echoing sound. Initially we thought it was a dog inside a neighboring garage but then we walked over to the storm drain and it was emanating from the drain. This drain is on a Pennecamp street which is adjacent to a golf course and a couple of large retention ponds so I am guessing that perhaps the storm drains empty into those ponds and maybe a fox came into the drain system at some point and has nested there. Does that sound logical? My wife was thinking it was a lost dog and we should call someone, but I doubt a dog would survive several weeks in a storm drain. Now I will sit back and await all the bigfoot comments to begin, but I would appreciate some serious opinions as well.

Notify Community Watch is what should be done.

[Honey]

Notify Community Watch of the dog barking in the drain and location.

[gomoho]

And please keep those of us who adore "the pooping machines" of the outcome. Can't bare to think of a dog stuck in a drain.

[travelguy]

frogs. absolutely.

[marianne237]

Listened to that link to the frog sound and to me it sounded like the horn on an old tin lizzie. But that's only my opinion

[KathieI]

And please keep those of us who adore "the pooping machines" of the outcome. Can't bare to think of a dog stuck in a drain.



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[Debbie Loveless]

have you tried contacting community watch and see if anyway to check this out. May have had a stray dog fall into the drain

[homeball]

I agree with Duffysmom about calling community watch. Let them investigate and if it is a frog, well, at least you know you did what was right and you can sleep better at night.

I think I have one of those barking frogs that gets into my gutters when it rains and the sound of the bark is so loud because of the echo. It drives me and my dogs nuts (well, nuttier....). That's what I would do and please keep us posted.

To keep those pesky frogs out of your gutters it helps if you put some type of screen at the low end of your downspout. When you are near water, the frogs come out especially at night and walk across your grass and hop into the downspouts. Then they climb straight up the inside to your gutter, particularly if there is standing water in the gutter. I have screens on the downspouts and it helps a lot. But every once in awhile a frog will go up the outside . :)

[Bobcuse]

I stopped a Community Watch truck yesterday soon after I posted this (was walking my dog at the time) and , of course, no barking could be heard from the drain. This morning there was nothing to be heard either. It's frustrating...like taking your car to have the strange noise fixed and the noise disappears when you get there. I will be on alert several times a day as I pass that drain and will update anything new. I think it may have been a fox as I have now learned that there was a fox den located on the golf course approx 100 yards from this location. Thanks to all for your comments.

[kittygilchrist]

Thank you for the update. Frogs seem to like to croak after it rains.