Vocalizations, heavy footsteps & tree shaking witnessed in Washington County, Arkansas

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At around 9 p.m. at night, I was standing outside of my house in rural Washington Co., AR right near the Madison Co. border. While standing in the yard, I heard a noise from the woods north of my yard (16 acres of my 24 were wooded) that sounded like a hooting/deep throated howl coming from the tree line. This noise occured about three times withine a 15 second time frame. At the time, my wife had just left the property about two weeks prior, and I briefly considered the noise to be made by my grandfather, who lived next door. I shouted toward the tree-line, "Hey, that's a good way for an old man to get shot!" Afterwards, the hooting/howling occured twice more. My dogs, two coonhounds, a rat terrier, and shephard mut, all bolted from the porch and headed to the treeline, barking and growling as if they saw something. I ran to the house and grabbed my .22 rifle. Running out the front door and angling west along the tree line, I noticed my dogs "dogging" something along the woodline, wit...