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“Noid” was dense and menacing, Tyler’s flow somewhere between a growl and a yowl; “Darling, I” was light and whimsical but almost painfully yearning too.

"All of a sudden there was a horrendous growl and this dog came running and pounced on Alfred," Ms Gunston said.

A decorator working alone also reported hearing doors slamming and then a growl in his ear.

Legend has it you can still hear the growls and roars from inside the decaying cages of the mistreated.

Seizing 13 audiotapes from the compound, police found hours of Dederich ranting menacingly in his distinctive bombastic growl.