It has been a year since I recorded some unusual sounds at what I call the Troll Bridge. This bridge is located in rural Greene County, Illinois.

Painting (1915) by John Bauer -  Wikimedia Commons

To familiarize yourself with the incident it would be best to read the three posts from last year.

Troll Under The Bridge, Pt. 1 

Troll Under The Bridge, Pt. 2

Thoughts on ‎”Troll Under The Bridge”

The discussion has centered around whether the sound that was recorded:

1. Is the sound bipedal or quadrapedal?

2. Is the sound that of a dog, a horse or unknown?

It must be remembered that I was unable to record either a dog or a man running across the bridge in that neither was heavy enough. I weigh 240 lbs and the recorder did not pick up any sounds at all as I ran back and forth the bridge. It is assumed that whatever was running across the bridge was very heavy. I was unable to find anyone living close to the bridge that raised horses. Therefore, I was unable to record a horse galloping across the bridge. However I found a couple of horse sound samples on the net.

Although I can not the answer the question as to the source of the recording  I can provide several other recordings for comparison, (Copyrighted horse sound clips courtesy of  Soundrangers.com)

1. The original recording of 24 Nov 2010. The Troll Under The Bridge

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Clip # 2 – The original file (shortened to 13 seconds) showing just the running sounds.

Click here to listen to sound clip:   The Bridge Runner – 24th of November 2010

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Clip # 2 – A recording of my dog Belle running up the wooden stairs between the deck and patio of our home.

Click here to listen to sound clip:   Belle_Running_Up_Stairs

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Clip # 3 - A recording of  a horse galloping on dirt.

Click here to listen to sound clip:   Horse Galloping on Dirt # 1

Copyrighted sound clip courtesy of  Soundrangers.com

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Clip # 4 - A second recording of  a horse galloping on dirt.

Click here to listen to sound clip:   Horse Galloping on Dirt # 2

Copyrighted sound clip courtesy of  Soundrangers.com 

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