Mysterious "booms" in Clintonville

[paul253]

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/whats-shaking-in-clintonville-g74krbl-143300926.html

 

Apparently this is happening elsewhere too, like in North Carolina. And it happened in Georgia a few months ago. Isn't this how alien invasion movies always start? I'm just curious if anyone lives near Clintonville and can describe what these things sound and feel like.

[homer]

I have family there. Should see if my parents have talked to them about this.

[OglivieHomePerm]

Probably just Russell Branyan taking batting practice.

[pretendastronaut]

This was in the comments of the JS article. Lots of videos and such. Weird stuff.

 

http://strangesoundsinthesky.com/

[owbc]

Very odd. When I lived in Madison I experienced a strange flash/boom that turned out to be a meteor exploding over western WI. But there is clearly something else going on here.

 

This is different. The sounds have continued for multiple nights and appear to be coming from the ground. This isn't the first incident, they have been documented all over the place for decades. I can't even speculate on the cause, I honestly have no idea and many of the online theories do not seem plausible. If past cases are any guide, the booming will go away after a day or two and there will never be a good explanation.

[PKBadger]

Could be the Beer Baron mixing up some illicit beverages in his basement.

[bani1717]

2012?

[brettac1]

Good thing I DVR Doomsday Preppers.

[Invader3K]

The theory I heard about someone using dynamite to kill varmints seems plausible.

[TooLiveBrew]

Could be the Beer Baron mixing up some illicit beverages in his basement.

Nice! It is, after all, the cause of & solution to...

[trwi7]

Could be the Beer Baron mixing up some illicit beverages in his basement.

 

Hello, fishies.

[ttsather]

Possible explanations:

 

Mining/Excavating

Quarrying

Meth Labs

Military Whatnot

 

 

Real answer:

 

Dinosaurs

[Baldkin]

Crab People.

[mothershipconnection]

My guess: stupid kids and their satanic rock and roll music.

[CheezWizHed]

The molemen are coming (up)!

[JimH5]

The ghost of Helen Kunz.

[RobDeer 45]

Crab People.

 

Excellent!

 

I also was thinking 2012....... Crazy! But I'm sure it's just some crap that kids, govt, or big business is doing that they don't want to admit to.

[homer]

Apparently it was an earthquake (or quakes).

[PeaveyFury]

After they basically said they were sure it wasn't an earthquake?

[owbc]

Apparently it was a 1.5 magnitude quake, but it wasn't noticed because the USGS doesn't have very much instrumentation in Wisconsin. They went back and reanalyzed the data and found the quake. One issue is that they do not know how shallow the quake is and whether it is related to human activity or not.

[paul253]

So were these just a bunch of aftershocks?

[homer]

Tremors leading up to the 1.5 quake.

[PeaveyFury]

Kind of sounds a lot like the 'fireworks scared them' reasoning for all those birds dying last summer... 'Nothing to see here!!!!'

[thebruce44]

Thats exactly what they would say if it was a cover up for something awesome.

[hawing]

I'll admit, even I thought right away, that sounds like an answer that's intended to make people stop wondering.