Wookey is a small English village located near Chewton Mendip, on the outskirts of Wells, Somerset. Apart from having a name that bears curious similarity to certain hairy denizens of the Star Wars universe, Wookey also happens…
In October of 1935, a series of earthquakes occurred in the Helena Valley, Montana, that caused widespread damage. The quakes occurred along the Lewis and Clark Zone, which is recognized as a 30-mile wide meagshear…
Since 2009, significant increases in earthquake activity, particularly in the central and eastern United States, have led scientists to study the ways some earthquakes may be induced by industrial operations and other manmade practices. Particularly,…
Loud “bangs” that were likened to artillery fire were reported around Northampton, UK, on the night of April 22. Locals reported the noises via social media at around 10 PM local time. According to the…
Throughout southern Wisconsin on Sunday night, several residents near Janesville reported hearing a strange “roaring sound” that purportedly lasted longer than a typical airplane passing overhead. The loud noise, which some speculated was caused by a…
Residents of Eureka, California were surprised last night by a series of loud booms that rattled homes and set off car alarms in the area. Some of the noises (four were reported in total) were…
There are a number of locations around the world where so-called “Earth hums” are reported. Among the most famous locations where this low, droning or rumbling sound is reported are Taos, New Mexico, and Bristol in Southwest…
New Jersey, if ever there were any, would appear to be the ‘epicenter’ of the so-called mystery boom phenomenon in the U.S. Since the late 1970s, more reports of strange, loud rumblings have centered on…
Since well before there were super-sonic aircraft flying over the Atlantic, reports of “Seneca Guns” have been reported along North Carolina’s Outer Banks. David P. Hill of the USGS documented North Carolina’s mystery-boom phenomenon in 2011 in…
Though physicist William R. Corliss passed away in July of 2011, his website for scientific research, Science Frontiers, remains online, thanks to the steadfast dedication of the site’s original webmaster. And, since Corliss spent years of…