July 20, 2017
Ever heard the space roar, or at least of it? The sky quakes? A persistent low pitch hum that people complain about from Taos, NM to Bristol, England? Mysterious squeals in Forest Grove, OR? The link below describes these and other sound phenomena and claims there are not real scientific explanations. Hm. Not wasting my time to scour the internet for alternative claims, but rolling my eyes at the usual internet sensationalism. Still a fun read, though, if you need small talk topics for your next awkward-at-a-party situation.
Here is a mystery related to sound that grabbed my personal attention on a hike this week.
Why would anyone place a piano, dressed up as a raccoon, in the middle of the beginning of a trail? Inviting “play”, no less?
A: Irritated mothers, having dragged kids off the computer/TV couch for a walk during summer break, now have to drag them away from endlessly banging on the piano, which is much more fun for them than huffing up the hot hills.
B: Why would you disturb the sound of birds singing, wind swooshing, bees humming or coyotes howling by kids banging on a piano? All the “music” of a summer meadow blared out?
Are my photos making the point?
Here is a truely wonderful link that can be used to cheer oneself up when needed, raccoon pianos be d….mned.
Go to any place in the world that they display on their maps and listen to recorded sounds from that very place, from nature to urban landscape. It transports you as if on a flying carpet…..
http://freesound.org/browse/geotags/
