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I had a couple of instances last year in September that I found to be odd. Both occurred in the same location - on the deck of my late girlfriend's house, which was less than two miles form an area with BFRO reports. I had access to a large tract of property in the area, with one of the reports less than a half mile from the site. Both occurred within a couple of months of each other, one in the late evening and the other after midnight. - The first incident was an ear fluttering. I was on the deck enjoying a nice cigar and an adult beverage. The area is heavily wooded and is located in the middle of nowhere. It was dark, with the only light coming from an area light located approximately 150' away. I was standing on the deck leaning against the railing, looking directly into the woods. I had just set my drink down on the top of the rail when I noticed a very pronounced, very strong fluttering in my right ear. It wasn't a sound, per se', but a "sensation" for lack of a better term. It wasn't accompanied by wind movement of any kind. It was about 6-7 seconds in duration, long enough for me to look to my left and notice it dissipate and to turn my head back to my original position and notice it intensify for about two or three seconds. I looked around after it ended in an attempt to find the source of the fluttering. I found nothing - No bugs, birds, bats or other possible candidates were observed. What I found to be strange was the lack of air movement around my ear. Had a fluttering insect like a moth been responsible, it would have had to have been close enough to my ear to produce what I experienced, remained adjacent to my ear for the duration of the incident, and it would have had to be large enough to produce the sensation I experienced. The wind was calm and there was no one else around. I've heard every explanation conceivable, yet none have convinced me that what I heard was made by any of the suggested probabilities. To this day I'm perplexed by the event. - The second incident occurred with me and my late girlfriend in the same location. We had been to a family get together that evening and had returned home around 12:30 AM. We mixed a nightcap and went onto the deck. The only light present was again the area light described earlier. We were rather rambunctious and somewhat loud, laughing and cutting up... just having fun. While we were doing so, a loud scream came from very close behind her home. It was a very loud, high-pitched scream/shriek combination that was about 5 seconds in duration. Obviously, we froze and went silent. Just enough time passed for my girlfriend to ask what it was when the sound again permeated the air. Me, being the guy I am, proceeded to let out a "whoop." Again, the same scream went out, only this time it was much longer and even louder. My girlfriend asked me what it was. I told her it was a fox, knowing full well that it wasn't. She was obviously "concerned," and I was trying to keep her from being fearful. I whooped again. This time, we heard what can only be described as the most sinister, guttural, gurgling growl I have ever heard. It was like no other animal sound I've ever heard. It was long in duration and low insofar as frequency. It reminded me of an elephant roar to a degree, being low in frequency with that gurgling effect. However, it sounded like the amount of air volume required to make the noise was elevated in nature as compared to an elephant, like a smaller - although large - creature was producing it. It was a throaty sound... as I earlier described it as being guttural. It was not cat-like, nor was it canine in nature. As I stated earlier, it was a very sinister sound, almost like whatever was producing it was telling us that it was there, it wasn't happy and it wanted us to leave or shut up. At this point, my girlfriend had what we call around here "a come apart." The gig was up, as she stated, "That's not a fox!" I instructed her to retrieve a rather large handgun from inside of the house, which she quickly did. What's odd was the fact that her dog, a rather large doberman that barked at anything it heard or noticed, was completely silent. It just stood in the yard (fenced in) and looked off into the woods. Only a few whimpers were heard from him. I'm not claiming that it was a Bigfoot, but I am saying that it is indeed possible that it was. I am very familiar with the wildlife present in my state. This was nothing I've ever heard. I've searched the web in an effort to identify the growl with no success as of this time. The closest thing I've heard to the screaming shriek was this clip from Stan Courtney's fine collection of sound recordings: http://www.stancourtney.com/sounds/bigfoot/2008.07.22_Scream_01.mp3 Truly one perplexing event regarding the flutter and a very concerning situation in regard to the screams and growl. I'll never forget these events.