Possible vocalizations heard by new residents in an unpopulated rural area near the Broad River witnessed in Fairfield County, South Carolina

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This is not a sighting, but I believe I may have heard some of these creatures near my home last night. My husband and I recently moved to a remote area of Fairfield County, SC near the Blair community. The house we are renting has been vacant for quite some time and is near a thickly wooded area; our house backs up to the woods. We finished moving in last Sunday. There are no other homes in sight, though there are a few down the road from us. We drive 23 miles to the nearest town for shopping. Last night (Monday, May 8) my husband and I were half watching TV, half dozing when it occurred to me the sounds I was hearing outside the back window were getting strange. At first in the back of my mind I thought it was an owl; then I thought it must be the noisiest owl on record. We are both hard of hearing and had the TV turned up pretty loud and the windows closed. Then I realized it was more than one, and they were calling to one another, and seemed to be getting closer. I became ala...