If you live in Harford, Baltimore, or Montgomery County, you might have seen the frantic posts on your neighborhood group chat this week.
It usually starts with a grainy video from a backyard in Bel Air or Burtonsville. Then comes the caption: “Did anyone else hear a woman screaming in the woods last night?”
It is a sound that triggers a primal fear—a high-pitched, wailing screech that sounds like a person in distress. But when police arrive, they find nothing…