Screeching sounds have long been used in film, games and online video as a shortcut for friction and alarm, from braking vehicles to metal on metal. This particular recording is a generic high and loud screech shared on soundboards, with no single documented source or creator. Its length helped it spread in edits and memes, where creators loop or trim it to stretch tension before a punchline or impact. It remains popular because the noise is instantly recognisable and needs no context to make a scene feel chaotic.