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Oh, you know what? I just read this article today.

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Yeah. Probably a good one. And it's not sad or

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depressing, necessarily. Okay. I'm skeptical.

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This comes from gizmodo .com written by Margarita

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Bassey, May 1st, 2025 article title, A strange

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unexplained hum is keeping Scottish Isle awake

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at night. Yes. I love mystery hums. Residents

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of the Scottish Isle of Lewes in the Hebrides

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are claiming to hear a strange humming noise.

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No one knows where it's coming from or even if

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it's real. Nevertheless, some hum hearers claim

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it's severely disrupting their lives. Lauren

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Grace Kirtley, founder of the Herodian Hum, Low

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Frequency Noise Disturbance Action and Support

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Group on Facebook described it to BBC Radio's

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Good Morning Scotland program as, quote, I'm

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not going to do it in the Scottish accent just

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so we can all actually understand what's being

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said. That's disappointing. A very low humming,

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droning, pulsating noise. It's incredibly intrusive

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and distressing. I get lots of fluttering in

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my ears. It's making me dizzy and giving me headaches,

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end quote, she has said, according to BBC. In

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a Facebook post, currently wrote that the group

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has made spectographed recordings, graphs that

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show sound frequencies over time at each location,

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where people reported hearing the strange humming

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sounds. They identified a persistent recordable

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50 -hertz signal of variable strength present

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in all locations, indicating that the hum isn't

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being produced from the center of the island.

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Using this approach, they ruled out all known

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potential on -island sources, including posts,

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turbines, and other infrastructure. The group

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is now exploring offshore origins the group says

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it's reached out to various organizations for

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support but there's still no widespread agreement

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on the possible cause currently however believes

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that it is of human and not natural origin aren't

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humans natural very unnatural actually Yeah,

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that's fair. Pamela Weaver Larson, a member of

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the 546 -person Facebook group, suggested in

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a post that phenomena might be caused by auto

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-acoustic emissions, low -intensity sounds produced

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in the cochlea, a part of the inner ear. In other

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words, hum -hears might be hearing noises created

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by their own ears rather than external sound.

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Quote, then why wouldn't I hear the hum wherever

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I go? End quote, Larson mused in the post, explaining

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that she didn't hear the hum in Florida or upper

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Michigan. The recent reports join a host of other

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mysterious hums that have been reported around

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the world for decades. There's even the World

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Hum Map and Database Project, which I did not

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know about, that we can click on. It's called

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the hum .com. I'm there. Founded by hum hearer

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Glenn McPherson, a former University of British

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Columbia lecturer. No way, they're right around

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here. Wow. Yeah, which documents the map's self

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-reported data on what is frequently called the

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World Wide Hum. According to the website, the

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hum is typically compared to a car or truck engine

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idling outside your home or down the block, or

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as a low rumbling or droning sound, it's often

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perceived louder at night than during the day

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and louder indoors than outdoors. The description

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also claims, however, that sufferers hear it

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wherever they are, which was consistent with

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Larson's experience. Kumherl -Nan -Elen -Siar,

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the local council on the Isle of Lewis confirmed

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receiving reports from other islanders about

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low frequency sounds and said that the environmental

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health team is investigating the situation as

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reported by the BBC. That said, Kirtley, in conversation

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with the Times, said they are now pretty certain

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that whatever is causing this has a marine source

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and is likely impacting marine wildlife. It makes

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it even more important that the source is traced

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and the hum is silenced for good. It remains

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to be seen whether the group will actually hone

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in on the source of the reported hum. and what

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experts will have to say about it. End of article

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at that point. Chelsea, have you checked out

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the website? Oh, yeah. Can I just read? So there's

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there's dots all over the place indicating one

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person that has heard a hum. Oh, OK. Yes, I'm

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actually. Hey, one person in Colona heard it.

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There's even one person in. Where is this? It's

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off the coast of Portugal. This has to be either

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Spain or something. big fan of the questionnaire

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like right in the middle of the ocean yeah villa

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de corvo so listen what's your age please describe

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the sound low hum changing pitch between two

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tones how much effort have you put into looking

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for the source of the sound some what is your

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gender male please list any scientific or technical

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training you have none what year did you first

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notice the hum 2012 by the way this is like fort

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mcmurray or something Alberta. Are you still

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hearing it today? Yes. Which ear is the loudest?

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It is equal. Does the sound tend to start a certain

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time? No. What was the one that I thought was

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funny? Please list symptoms, if any, caused by

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the sound. It's annoying. It can be annoying.

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Which is your strong hand? I'm left handed. Like,

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why is that even relevant? Anyhow. Okay. Well,

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yeah, and we have we've covered the hum before

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I just thought it was a fun one and it's not

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depressing As much as everything else that I

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can do it's gonna be a good Wednesday Oh good.

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And with that we'll give you 48 hours Hopefully

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homeless to just appreciate life and what it

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has and just just enjoy. Bye