kmossel
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- Dec 14, 2006
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I'm posting this under "Minor Strangeness", since I'm sure there's a perfectly ordinary explanation for what happened, I just can't think what it is. Perhaps the collective mind of the board can help.
This happened on a Saturday night. I had been out with two friends, and we were sitting in my apartment, watching a bit of TV, laughing at the late-night commercials. Some alcoholic beverages had been consumed, but certainly not to the point of imagining things.
At about 3.30 pm, a very loud, very low-frequency noise started. It sounded like a large motor, for example of a truck, suddenly starting. It wasn't prefaced with the typical sounds of a motor starting, though.
At the exact same time, all lights in the apartment started flickering and burning low. The TV seemed unaffected.
This lasted for about 30 seconds, while we were looking at each other bewildered. After that, the lights returned to normal, and the sound ceased.
Me and one of my friends ran outside to see what had been causing this, but of course, there was nothing to be seen.
I've been turning this over in my mind, but have been unable to come up with something that could cause both phenomena - the noise and the lights - simultaneously. Any ideas?
This happened on a Saturday night. I had been out with two friends, and we were sitting in my apartment, watching a bit of TV, laughing at the late-night commercials. Some alcoholic beverages had been consumed, but certainly not to the point of imagining things.
At about 3.30 pm, a very loud, very low-frequency noise started. It sounded like a large motor, for example of a truck, suddenly starting. It wasn't prefaced with the typical sounds of a motor starting, though.
At the exact same time, all lights in the apartment started flickering and burning low. The TV seemed unaffected.
This lasted for about 30 seconds, while we were looking at each other bewildered. After that, the lights returned to normal, and the sound ceased.
Me and one of my friends ran outside to see what had been causing this, but of course, there was nothing to be seen.
I've been turning this over in my mind, but have been unable to come up with something that could cause both phenomena - the noise and the lights - simultaneously. Any ideas?