Jason says:
In Bude (Cornwall, England) today there was the sound of a huge explosion that caused huge cracks in at least one person's house. The thing is no one knows what caused it — there is no obvious explosion site, and the MOD and RAF deny any supersonic planes were flying over that area. Although the Ministry of Defence have been known to lie sometimes, surely a sonic boom that could crack houses would have smashed everyone's windows too. It's a fascinating mystery.
Reader comments:
Brad says:
This has happened in the US as well. In April, I experienced it in San Diego and it was reported in the newspaper. Every agency or entity that could conceivably be responsible says it had nothing to do with it and though it shook my four story office building, there is still no explanation for it.
Leah says:
Writing in from Toronto to say that the same phenomena was reported to have
happened here about a week ago, some time around 4am. I didn't personally
hear it, but woke to the radio personality I listen to discussing it with
his co-host. It was described as sounding like a sonic boom, and none of the
city's emergency personnel could provide any information as to what caused
the sound. Later reports during the day claim that people as far as
Mississauga heard the same noise.
manuel says:
the exact same weird thing happend 2 years ago on the island of sylt, where i live, as well (july or august).
i was sitting at the beach, where i work, in my hut and waited for customers/tourists.
suddenly the whole hut was shaking like crazy. coffeepots and mugs were falling down and all that
stuff you see on the telly when there is an earthquake. it lasted 3 to 5 seconds.
tourists.
i immediatly thought there is some freak/buddy below my hut (it sits on poles because of hightide)
who is doing some hoax fun crap with the poles to wake me up or scare me,
but there was noone. but a lot of people who looked very distrurbed.tourists.
everybody on the island felt this "earthquake" that day. but there was no officially recorded seismic activity,
no highspeed mach planes faster than sound, no military testing or whatsoever. there was no
mini-tsunami kinda wave as well from a possible sea-quake either. i grew up on the beach (33 now),
i know how that looks.tourists.
everybody on the island of sylt who i know remembers that earthquake, but noone knows what it was.
Rob says:
regarding your post about the mysterious booms that have been happening around the world.
my mother used to tell a story of when she was a teenager -it must have been the early 70's- growing up on Bell Island, off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
she was down in her parents creepy cellar getting something, when she heard and felt what she told us sounded like a sonic boom, followed by someone dropping a bag of marbles on the floor above.
thinking it a joke, she angrily ran back upstairs only to find everyone freaking out about themselves.
Apparently a lot of chickens just keeled over that day, as well as all the the glass covers on the electricity meters on the sides of houses were smashed.
