TL;DRAn Alexa smart speaker reportedly made “guttural sounds” while counting numbers with their kids.When confronted, Alexa reportedly blamed the user’s environment for the spooky sounds.The issue was seemingly replicated several times by the affected individual, though there are no widespread online complaints detailing this problem.Voice assistants like Alexa have a history of occasionally messing up. Earlier this year, for example, we’ve seen Alexa Plus gaslight a user after turning on a light unprompted. We now have another Alexa-based incident to add to the list, and it’s as spooky as it can get.A video shared by Organic_Help7007 on Reddit shows the voice assistant randomly making “guttural” sounds, fit for a horror movie or an indie game. This reportedly happened while they were asking Alexa to count from 1 to 40 with their kids.