Burrowing animals species are known to whistle to communicate threats, such as marmot species including the groundhog (woodchuck) and the alpine marmot. Prairie dogs are able to communicate an animals speed, shape, size, species and for humans specific attire and if the human is carrying a gun. And then, through the silence, the widow's whistle began to whine and a shape emerged, one that seemed cut out of something blacker than the night itself. Ullman, who has won the competition so many times he is listed in the International Whistling Hall of Fame. This method of communication became popular before the invention of electronic means of communication, and is still in use, primarily in older "hemp" houses during the set and strike of a show.

Beautifully written, the fear builds as the novel progresses, revealing more of the characters' pasts and ultimately, the cause of the haunting. Transcendental whistling ( chángxiào 長嘯) was an ancient Chinese Daoist technique of resounding breath yoga, and skillful whistlers supposedly could summon supernatural beings, wild animals, and weather phenomena.

Whistling is used by animals such as prairie dogs to communicate threats, who have one of the most complex communication systems in the animal kingdom. I listened, and heard on the other side of the door a shouting voice, accompanied by an extraordinary rumbling and whistling sound, traveling backward and forward, as well as I could judge, over a great space. The Seven Whistlers have been mentioned in literature such as The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, as bearing an omen of death.

At least nine separate whistling sounds are used to produce usually four vowels and five consonants, allowing this language to convey unlimited words. In the alternating method there is no problem of breathlessness or interruption as breath is taken when one whistles breathing in, but a disadvantage is that many times, the consistency of tone is not maintained, and it fluctuates.rumours abound about William, that he was not a good child, witchcraft rears it’s head, and we are well into creepy spookiness! On La Gomera, one of Spain's Canary Islands, a traditional whistled language, Silbo Gomero, is still used. Chilling, twisty and emotionally gripping, The Whistling is an atmospheric page-turner with shades of the classics, yet a unique character of its own. By moving the various parts of the lips, fingers, tongue and epiglottis, one can then manipulate the types of whistles produced. In the United States and Canada, whistling is used much like applause, to express approval or appreciation for the efforts of a team or a player, such as a starting pitcher in baseball who is taken out of the game after having pitched well.