I've been fascinated by strange natural phenomena sifrom the time I first saw a lightning fireball. It was a dark, dreary, stormy day outside. The windows were open because we didn't have air conditioning.
I was in the first grade and watched enthralled as a fireball entered an open window and danced in the heavy, humid air around the classroom above our heads, sizzling and sputtering, sparkling, spinning, glowing yellow and eerie green.... making all our hair stand on end (literally -- imagine the rub a balloon in your hair static electricity trick amplified to an entire room filled with children) and prompting squeals if it came near... only to see it explode, disappearing with a deafening boom. It lasted only seconds.... but it was amazing....
We lived on the North Carolina coast for a few years, often hearing (and feeling) strange booms and rumbles along with accompanying vibrations. You could feel something like a pressure in the air, vibration in the earth or the floor - sometimes dishes would tinkle or clink together. Very eerie -- but
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These noises that Chayton has posted about have been heard before. Unfortunately, I can't find the old book with the specific reference. It was probably in something by Corliss on strange natural phenomena.
A list of Corliss's books can be found there.
The vid of the two guys in the woods... Canada?... with the boom, boom, boom like huge rocks falling (think Tetris with huge boulders) sounds fake, as if the sound were overlaid onto the video. But what do I know.
Thanks for the interesting post and links, Chayton!