The New Mexico town of Taos is artsy and picturesque, bringing in tons of tourists each year for its pueblo, arts festival, and other trappings. The town has had several celebrity residents including Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence, Julia Roberts, and Dennis Hopper.
But there is a dark phenomenon underlying this eclectic desert oasis, a mysterious sound that only a handful can hear, and a small few are tormented by. It’s called the Taos Hum.Though perhaps the most famous case, it isn’t only in Taos. Other mysterious droning sounds have cropped up in Windsor, Ontario, Bristol, England, and Largs, Scotland, to name a few. Dozens of cities and small towns around the world have logged reports. Because of this, sometimes it’s called the “Worldwide Hum” or merely “The Hum.” To see if there’s one near you, check out the World Hum Map and Database Project.
Only 2% of the Taos population can hear the incessant vibration which usually grows louder at night. “Hearers” explain it as a hum, a throbbing sound, or a low rumbling which can only be heard indoors. Those who live in rural areas or the suburbs are more likely to hear it over city dwellers. A city usually offers enough background noise to drown it out.
69 year-old Katie Jacques told the BBC that she considered the Bristol Hum “a kind of torture.” She said, “Sometimes you just want to scream.” Jacques went on, “It has a rhythm to it – it goes up and down. It sounds almost like a diesel car idling in the distance and you want to go and ask somebody to switch the engine off – and you can’t.
” This makes sleep for her “impossible.”Besides sleep disturbances, some hearers complain of headaches, dizziness, nausea, and even nosebleeds, as a result of constant exposure. Most tear their houses apart only to give up in vain, unable to locate the sound’s origin. And…
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