Dark winter on the Yorkshire moors—anyone else heard the screams?

Posted this in the local Reddit and got absolutely demolished, so I'm trying here where people might actually take it seriously. I've got a small cottage just outside Hebden Bridge on the edge of the moors, and every winter - and I mean every single winter without fail - I hear screaming in the early hours. Not human screaming. This sound is... wrong. Like an elk call mixed with a man's roar, if that makes sense.

It started about six years ago, always between October and March, always between 2am and 4am. It wakes my partner up too, so I'm not losing my mind. We've got decent wildlife knowledge - I'm pretty sure we can distinguish a fox from something else. This is something bigger. The sound carries for miles across the moors when the wind's right, and the local sheep absolutely freak out when it happens.

I've never seen anything, never found tracks. But the acoustic profile is consistent, and it's definitely not a known British mammal. The question is whether we've got something large and undocumented living in the Pennines, or whether this is misidentification of known animals. Keen to hear from anyone with similar experiences in upland areas during winter.

The Yorkshire moors absolutely could support large cryptids - excellent cover, plenty of deer to hunt, remote enough to avoid detection. There's been occasional Bigfoot activity reported in the Scottish Highlands, so why not the Pennines? You might want to set up a wildlife camera if your property permits. Something like the Bushnell 20MP (about £120) would capture decent footage even in low light.

Have you considered it might be a deer in distress? Red stag roars can sound genuinely horrifying if you're not expecting them, and the moors definitely have populations. Or possibly a boar - feral pigs have been turning up all over northern England. Both can make sounds that seem utterly alien if you're half-asleep.

Like an elk call mixed with a man's roar, if that makes sense.

This is actually a really good description and I don't think it's a red herring. The vocal range you're describing isn't consistent with standard British wildlife. Have you recorded it on your mobile? Even a dodgy audio recording would be worth analyzing.

I'm in Calderdale and I've heard odd sounds from the moors too, though I always assumed fox or badger. Never thought it might be something larger. Do you notice any pattern to when it happens? Lunar cycles, weather conditions, anything like that?