sassenach Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 I don't know if this is just a NorCal thing (cuz we're weird and we've been stuck in our houses for weeks) but someone in our county started this thing where he goes out every night at 8pm and howls. Pretty soon his whole neighborhood was in on it, and now it seems that the whole frickin' county is howling at 8. In one way it's fun and connects everyone. In another, it's just weird. So tell me, are people howling in your neighborhood? 2 12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Nope 😂 Santa Clara county 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 Just now, Arcadia said: Nope 😂 Santa Clara county This started in Mill Valley. It's just the weirdest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 It's definitely not in the Midwest! Leave it to the Northern Californians... 😁 (I grew up 2 hours away from there!) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Is 8-8 the shifts for your local hospital staff? Some areas around the world are cheering for hospital shift change in thanks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) Ooh, ooh; I know this one!!! My goddaughter (in Colorado; I'm in Virginia) signed me up for a Facebook group called "Everyone Go Outside and Howl at 8 pm." There are a LOT of people in this group. I am not howling, but I have been intrigued by how many people I know are in it, including several old women from church who live locally. Nobody in my neighborhood is howling, but apparently some neighborhoods are quite active howlers. Edited April 2, 2020 by Terabith punctuation 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Lots of coyotes howling here, too, and my pack of dogs like to join in. No people howling, though - thank goodness. That sounds annoying! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 They will be tomorrow. My kids think this awesome and plan to start. 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easypeasy Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 No, but I wish they were! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 52 minutes ago, sassenach said: This started in Mill Valley. It's just the weirdest. Well - Marin County. Need we say more? 😝 Not happening in my neck of the woods. I wonder if all the dogs would chime in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 13 minutes ago, rebcoola said: They will be tomorrow. My kids think this awesome and plan to start. My kids thought they might too but I said no. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 21 minutes ago, Liz CA said: Well - Marin County. Need we say more? 😝 Not happening in my neck of the woods. I wonder if all the dogs would chime in. I really expected this to be Berkeley’s fault. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Midwest, and no. It sounds like fun, though!!! They have been setting off fireworks occasionally, though. We love fireworks in Indiana. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 If the people start the howling, do the coyotes join in? Seems like something they might do. Dd is always getting our dog to howl that way. He'll go full-on mini-wolf if dd gets him going... (kinda glad the neighborhood howl hasn't caught on here... ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 18 minutes ago, Matryoshka said: If the people start the howling, do the coyotes join in? Seems like something they might do. Dd is always getting our dog to howl that way. He'll go full-on mini-wolf if dd gets him going... (kinda glad the neighborhood howl hasn't caught on here... ) Yes, the coyotes and lots of neighborhood dogs join in. Sometimes I sit here trying to figure out if a particular howl is a dog or a person with a gift. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaillardia Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 We had fireworks tonight. It's a Texas thing. Must have been because of April 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 I've seen this online, and it's a bunch of areas. I haven't heard any where I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 No, but people are putting stuffed animals in their windows for kids to spot when they are out for walks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Not here in our area of Sacramento county. I’ll have to text my sister in Marin and see if its happening in her area. So silly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 No howling here, and now I’m realizing the coyotes haven’t been howling for the past few days, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 6 hours ago, sassenach said: I don't know if this is just a NorCal thing (cuz we're weird and we've been stuck in our houses for weeks) but someone in our county started this thing where he goes out every night at 8pm and howls. Pretty soon his whole neighborhood was in on it, and now it seems that the whole frickin' county is howling at 8. In one way it's fun and connects everyone. In another, it's just weird. So tell me, are people howling in your neighborhood? In Yorketown they are all yelling cooee apparently Nothing here though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 4 hours ago, kdsuomi said: No, thank goodness. My thoughts exactly! If they start that I may actually lose my mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 No, they are not, thankfully. But the neighbors behind us do have a small pack of beagles. So . . . howling (baying) happens. 😉 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 I have not even heard of this, so, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 No but funny enough, I asked DH why there were so many more dogs barking at night. Real dogs. I mean, are they all working from home now? Maybe it's the nice weather and they're all outside? I never noticed them before but every night, a cacophony of barking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I talk to the trees Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 So, kind of a Twilight Bark for humans? 😁 Hmmmm....no, none of that going on here! (SW VA) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Just my 4 kids howling about bedtime. I love funny stuff like this, but I don't think it would catch on in my area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 57 minutes ago, I talk to the trees said: So, kind of a Twilight Bark for humans? 😁 Hmmmm....no, none of that going on here! (SW VA) I'm in SW va too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 In my county, no. But a friend in Amarillo posted about it. Not sure if it really did happen or not, or if it's still ongoing, or.......but yes, I've at least heard of this phenomenon. My neighborhood is busy setting up a "U Honk, We Drink" block party. (there was a meme.....ladies in lawn chairs in a driveway, holding up signs....now apparently our neighborhood is going to do this......). 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 I don't think so. I did hear dogs howling the other night. Maybe it was people. Huh. I don't think I want to howl in the neighborhood, but if it makes them happy, so be it. 😛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenaj Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 I just told my kids about this and said we should be sure to go outside and listen at 8 p.m. to see if anyone around here is doing this. My youngest agreed enthusiastically and then proclaimed that we should do it anyway. My 16yods answers, "NOOOOO! We don't want to be THAT family!" - lol! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 3 hours ago, TheReader said: In my county, no. But a friend in Amarillo posted about it. Not sure if it really did happen or not, or if it's still ongoing, or.......but yes, I've at least heard of this phenomenon. My neighborhood is busy setting up a "U Honk, We Drink" block party. (there was a meme.....ladies in lawn chairs in a driveway, holding up signs....now apparently our neighborhood is going to do this......). A socially distant drinking game? 😂😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, Forget-Me-Not said: A socially distant drinking game? 😂😂😂 apparently, yes. Because, Texas. Haven't you heard we're the drinkingest state during this??? (we are) *I will not, personally, be participating. As one of my neighbors said: "I live on a cul-de-sac....how many times are you going to loop around???" I suspect my neighbor asked for, umm, opposite reasons to me, but I shall abstain from the festivities regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 12 hours ago, Forget-Me-Not said: No, but people are putting stuffed animals in their windows for kids to spot when they are out for walks. That is happening in areas of my town as well. At least, I saw a note about doing it on NextDoor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 5 hours ago, Elizabeth86 said: I'm in SW va too. Me too! (Roanoke) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Nope not here right now. I hope it doesn't start that would be annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Off topic https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/04/02/coyote-shot-dead-girl-bitten-dublin-park/ DUBLIN (CBS SF) — A coyote that’s believed to have attacked and bitten a five-year-old girl in Dublin Hills Regional Park on Wednesday afternoon was located and fatally shot with a rifle early Thursday morning, a spokesman for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said. ... The injuries the girl suffered weren’t life-threatening, according to Foy. East Bay Regional Park District police said on Wednesday that the girl was taken to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital after the attack and was in stable condition. Foy said he doesn’t know if the girl has been released yet. Foy said the coyote that was killed early Thursday has been taken to a Fish and Wildlife lab in Sacramento to see if there’s DNA that can be linked to DNA that was taken from the girl’s clothing. Foy said the tests also are aimed at finding out if the coyote had rabies or another disease that could have infected the girl.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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