Posted on 10/09/2012 6:58:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Police in Manchester Township, NJ are investigating a mysterious boom that shook block after block in the Ocean County community Thursday night. Residents say it felt and sounded like an explosion.
“It was so loud that my windows were rattling" said Jayne Yereance. "I really thought the house next door blew up. That’s how bad it was.”
Residents say there have been similar incidents since the summer. Police are trying to determine if they're connected, but investigators don't yet know where the sounds are coming from or who is responsible.
There's been no damage and no one's been hurt, but many people are on edge.
"I really wish they would knock it off so we can stop jumping out of our skin” Marissa Bartles said
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcphiladelphia.com ...
An unlikely source for noise.
Came in low and fast. rattled my store windows. And I mean real low!
Haven’t there been several towns, in different regions, that have reported mysterious booming noises in the past year or two?
Someone made a really big tater cannon.
The unusual booms in Wisconsin not long ago were determined to be earthquakes.
Sounds like something we’ve been experiencing in northern NJ in the last couple of years: Earthquakes.
These are small, very localized earthquakes. They feel different from California-style quakes. Most people describe them as sounding like a loud explosion.
In my town these quakes scared the heck out of people in a neighborhood near me a few weeks ago. Neighbors ran out of their houses, terrified that a bomb must have gone off. A short distance away, nobody noticed anything.
North Jersey had a really weird quake a couple of years ago. It felt and sounded like someone had switched on a gigantic vibrator right outside our house. Bzzzzzzzz. No kidding.
Sounds like something we’ve been experiencing in northern NJ in the last couple of years: Earthquakes.
These are small, very localized earthquakes. They feel different from California-style quakes. Most people describe them as sounding like a loud explosion.
In my town these quakes scared the heck out of people in a neighborhood near me a few weeks ago. Neighbors ran out of their houses, terrified that a bomb must have gone off. A short distance away, nobody noticed anything.
North Jersey had a really weird quake a couple of years ago. It felt and sounded like someone had switched on a gigantic vibrator right outside our house. Bzzzzzzzz. No kidding.
I watched her for 10 minutes and she didn't slow down!
Let me be the first to offer sone advice: If you could watch that for 10 seconds, let alone 10 minutes, professional help might be advised.........
Jersey Dump Gas
Dang... Doug Heffernan has been working out!
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