Has anyone heard the banshee scream or know what that would mean?

[Trout]

Banshee -- the woman of the fairy mounds

They will scream when the death of someone is near and some can hear them -- they say - They scream in order to warn you that the death of someone is close at hand

--- I have heard people talk about them ( not for a long time ) and claim to hear them -- and each time someone did die soon thereafter

I have never heard them --

Have you ?
choko_canyon

Isn't that a little like me refusing to believe in Peru because I have never met or seen anyone from there but only heard of others who made claims that it existed?

 

[angel]

Sounds dreadful. Probably just the scream would give me a heart attack.

 

[davidh]

No, but I have heard my neighbor's cat howl like a banshee when she's in heat.

 

[choko_canyon]

Be glad you've never heard them, for this would mean that you were suffering from psychosis, as there are no "banshees".

 

[AuroraDawn]

It is Celtic folklore. I've heard of the banshee, but never heard one since they are completely fictional.

 

[emfederin]

"Isn't that a little like me refusing to believe in Peru because I have never met or seen anyone from there but only heard of others who made claims that it existed?"

No, it isn't. There's a big difference between skepticism and utter stupidity.

And speaking of utter stupidity, your question implies that just because you hear a story, it must be worth investigating.
*

 

[RuthAravahaJPA]

answer: I've not. Around here if you hear a non-human scream it's likely a mountain lion. Not sure if the Banshee crossed with the family in the 1600s.

 

[mArchiem]

I have heard *of* them, but never heard one, as they are made up.

Being of gypsy descent, I believe they are the crys of foxes or owls (both kind of scary), which are also omens of death.

 

[NoniSequitur]

No Banshee; just the honeymoon couple next door.

 

[NoniSequitur]

No Banshee; just the honeymoon couple next door.