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Poll_Blind

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29. I dunno what it was but...Well, based on the metrics of the sound I still find...
Fri Apr 27, 2012, 03:39 PM
Apr 2012

...it difficult to construct something Earth-sized which could have caused it. By Earth-sized, I mean your biggest animal (AFAIK) is the blue whale. And while that's big, that's still an order of magnitude or two or three or ten (or whatever) smaller than the size of what would have caused a sound that loud and with those characteristics.

I think the closest I can guess is maybe a giant methane belch from frozen-now-thawing methane deeeeep down somewhere. That shit can happen and unless there's someone to witness it, those types of events can go entirely unnoticed, a-la the Bermuda Triangle as methane-saturated water causing ships to loose buoyancy theory.

PB

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It's the magnetic field of the Earth resonating in the atmosphere thelordofhell Apr 2012 #1
If it's been happening for decades why are people only reporting them now? snagglepuss Apr 2012 #2
Because they have youtube now? I used to hear this kind of thing in the southwest. It had to freshwest Apr 2012 #4
you tube has been around for awhile now and even before you tube, word would've snagglepuss Apr 2012 #5
I didn't claim it was. It's been howling outside my window all week. If anything else is going on, freshwest Apr 2012 #7
Look up "Taos Hum" or "Mistpouffers" for starters thelordofhell Apr 2012 #9
It's HAARP MrScorpio Apr 2012 #3
If it were HAARP wouldn't other countries/UN either complain or snagglepuss Apr 2012 #6
How would that poster know if other countries would complain or not? ronnie624 Apr 2012 #8
just my opinion d_r Apr 2012 #10
Dr. Who? BanzaiBonnie Apr 2012 #14
actually I was thinking it might be cybermen d_r Apr 2012 #26
sigh iverglas Apr 2012 #11
As I get older, I tend to think of these (and similar) events as caused by geologic or atmospheric.. Poll_Blind Apr 2012 #12
Folks who are interested in this sort of thing might cross-reference these sounds from NOAA: Poll_Blind Apr 2012 #13
damn! zappaman Apr 2012 #28
I dunno what it was but...Well, based on the metrics of the sound I still find... Poll_Blind Apr 2012 #29
I have a friend who had to sell his house... Atman Apr 2012 #15
Freaky AsahinaKimi Apr 2012 #16
There are sounds in the Louisiana Swamps B Calm Apr 2012 #17
The Earth is alive! randome Apr 2012 #18
Morlocks. chemenger Apr 2012 #19
Gawd I hate morlocks. I'm with Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory LaurenG Apr 2012 #20
I like the Time Traveller's theory on how they evolved ... the 99%ers vs the 1%ers ... chemenger Apr 2012 #22
The flash, in the first instance, is called Piezoelectric Flashes or Earthquake lights TalkingDog Apr 2012 #21
+1 Poll_Blind Apr 2012 #23
Being the resident Conspiracy Expert.... Jello Biafra Apr 2012 #24
Nibiru approaches! All hail our Alien Overlords! piratefish08 Apr 2012 #25
At least it isn't THE BLOOP zappaman Apr 2012 #27
Momma Earth has an upset tummy caused by hydrofracking. Zorra Apr 2012 #30
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