Various late night vocalizations heard on a property near Flagstaff witnessed in Coconino County, Arizona

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On this particular night I was awakened by a commotion outside my bedroom window. It sounded like animals fighting. There are many wild animal species in the forest where I live including racoons, skunks, foxes, and elk, but also domestic animals like dogs and cats. I assumed the noise was coming from some of these animals. After I sat up in my bed, the noise stopped. I lay back down, and after several minutes I heard some very peculiar noises. First, there was a series of "whoops" that sounded like a cross between a monkey's whoop and a whistle. They seemed to be coming from different locations within about a 50 foot radius. They were neither particularly loud, nor soft. It sounded to me like 2 or 3 individuals. Trying to come up with a rational candidate for the type of animal, I imagined it might be some sort of large migratory bird. This is when I heard the second type of sound, something like a pig grunting but different. It seemed as if there were articulation in the grunting. It...