Imagine if you woke up one day and there was a distracting background humming noise invading your ears. Imagine that only you, or a select few, can hear it. Imagine that doctors can find no problem with your hearing or ears. That is what people who can hear the so-called Taos Hum have to deal with. They hear a sound that can interfere with their lives, making it difficult to sleep and think. The worst part is that no one knows where the sound is coming from or how to stop it.
The Taos Hum is named after Taos, New Mexico. Some people there can hear the noise, but it is not relegated to Taos alone. In fact, there are numerous places around the world where the noise plagues a select few people who can hear it. While the noise can come and go, it is relentless when it is affecting "hearers."
The sound of the Taos Hum has been described as the far away sound of a diesel engine. People who have lived near a highway know that this sound may seem distant enough to be ignored, but that is not the case when you are trying to sleep or concentrate. Imagine doing your taxes with the sound of diesel engines in the background.
While it is generally accepted that the Taos Hum is not caused by mass hysteria, it goes unrecorded and unexplained. People who hear the noise do not hear it everywhere. They hear it in the area where they live and in outlying areas. It gets worse when they are indoors or in a vehicle. There is not much research on people passing through hum areas, but it is possible that some sensitive people pick it up on their travels. Hopefully, these people will lend insight into whether it is best for people who suffer from the Taos Hum simply to move to another area.
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Deep-Sea Mystery: The Bloop
In 1997, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA recorded a loud noise in the South Pacific. The sound had never been heard before by man or machine. It came from an area roughly 1, 750 miles west of Chile. The average depth of water in the area is more than 2 miles. Researchers were able to record the sound from more than 3,000 miles away. There are no islands in the area and no known animals make a sound particularly like that. Fourteen years later, the sound is known as The Bloop and we still do not have a clue what makes it.
Listen to The Bloop here. When you think about the magnitude and mystery of the sound, it can give you the chills. Remember, the sound is actually longer because the released version was sped up to 16 times its speed.
As far as we can tell, the NOAA has made no claim as to what The Bloop is. Of course, they are not the only ones talking about it, so we do have some crazy theories, most which run along the lines of a gigantic cryptid (heretofore undiscovered creature) living in the depths of the Pacific. Yes, the Pacific Ocean is rather vast and there probably is room for such a creature in the Earth's oceans. However, we know that there is not one of anything and being that big makes it hard to hide. So, where are the rest of the gigantic bloop-makers? Yeah, there probably are not any. Is this disappointing? Hardly. There is still a very loud mysterious sound coming out of the ocean. We do not need gigantic creatures to make it awesome.
The best story regarding the gigantic bloop creature is that it is none other than H.P. Lovecraft's very fictional Cthulhu. In that case, R'lyeh must be located somewhere in the South Pacific. Well, L. Ron Hubbard has Scientology and he is, well, L. Ron Hubbard. H.P. Lovecraft is much cooler, so it stands to reason that he should have his own little following of people who think Cthulhu is really sleeping in the ocean and that the NOAA has recorded his snores.
At this point, there is no suitable hypothesis regarding the origin of the bloop. So, just do what pseudo-scientists and science-fiction fans are doing. Make up a cool story to explain the bloop and tell it to everyone on the internet.
Read an important update from the NOAA here.
Listen to The Bloop here. When you think about the magnitude and mystery of the sound, it can give you the chills. Remember, the sound is actually longer because the released version was sped up to 16 times its speed.
As far as we can tell, the NOAA has made no claim as to what The Bloop is. Of course, they are not the only ones talking about it, so we do have some crazy theories, most which run along the lines of a gigantic cryptid (heretofore undiscovered creature) living in the depths of the Pacific. Yes, the Pacific Ocean is rather vast and there probably is room for such a creature in the Earth's oceans. However, we know that there is not one of anything and being that big makes it hard to hide. So, where are the rest of the gigantic bloop-makers? Yeah, there probably are not any. Is this disappointing? Hardly. There is still a very loud mysterious sound coming out of the ocean. We do not need gigantic creatures to make it awesome.
The best story regarding the gigantic bloop creature is that it is none other than H.P. Lovecraft's very fictional Cthulhu. In that case, R'lyeh must be located somewhere in the South Pacific. Well, L. Ron Hubbard has Scientology and he is, well, L. Ron Hubbard. H.P. Lovecraft is much cooler, so it stands to reason that he should have his own little following of people who think Cthulhu is really sleeping in the ocean and that the NOAA has recorded his snores.
At this point, there is no suitable hypothesis regarding the origin of the bloop. So, just do what pseudo-scientists and science-fiction fans are doing. Make up a cool story to explain the bloop and tell it to everyone on the internet.
Read an important update from the NOAA here.
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