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Mysterious booms worry Osceola, Polk residents
baynews9.com ^ | Wednesday, March 19, 2014, 10:25 PM | Bakari Savage, Reporter

Posted on 03/25/2014 1:57:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin

We’ve gotten email after email, not to mention Facebook posts, from people who say they're hearing a boom around the same time every night. Not even the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office has an answer.

“It was like a ‘BOOM!’ Then, the windows kinda shook,” said Kissimmee resident Daryl Mercado.

“A loud BOOM sound…like they throwed a bomb,” explained young AJ.

His mother, Lori Chezem, said, “Loud booms. It reminds me of when the space shuttle used to come in -- the Sonic Boom.”

Kids and adults alike are talking about it. But what exactly is it?

Chezem is in St. Cloud and was one of the people who emailed us about these mysterious booms. We’re also hearing from people in Kissimmee and even as far away as Haines City in Polk County

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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: florida
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1 posted on 03/25/2014 1:57:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

“It reminds me of when the space shuttle used to come in — the Sonic Boom.”

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/Uh_Yeah.mp3


2 posted on 03/25/2014 1:58:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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Central florida


4 posted on 03/25/2014 2:00:52 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: BenLurkin

Was it followed with “Out Go the Lights”?


6 posted on 03/25/2014 2:01:39 PM PDT by freedomlover
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To: F15Eagle

It’s about equidistant from Hillsbourgh, Pasco and Citrus.

8^)


7 posted on 03/25/2014 2:02:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

So just where did this take place?


8 posted on 03/25/2014 2:02:28 PM PDT by mountainlion
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To: F15Eagle

Seriously though...I think this is Florida.


9 posted on 03/25/2014 2:02:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

FRACKING! It MUST be FRACKING! We’re all gonna DIE!


10 posted on 03/25/2014 2:03:32 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: BenLurkin

We used to hear sonic booms when I was a kid all the time.


13 posted on 03/25/2014 2:04:39 PM PDT by exnavy (Fish or cut bait ...Got ammo, Godspeed!)
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To: JimRed

sure it isn’t flight 370?


14 posted on 03/25/2014 2:05:31 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: F15Eagle

Someone set them up the bomb.


15 posted on 03/25/2014 2:07:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

CANNON PRACTICE!!


16 posted on 03/25/2014 2:07:32 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: BenLurkin

This is sinkhole country....I would not be surprised if it’s a geological phenomenon....

Collapsing soil / rock into the water table...vibrating up into the soil. ...

JMO...though ...I really how no idea...


17 posted on 03/25/2014 2:10:16 PM PDT by Popman ("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: BenLurkin

Hope they made their time.


18 posted on 03/25/2014 2:10:21 PM PDT by SpinnerWebb (IN-SAPORIBVS-SICVT-PVLLVM)
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To: BenLurkin

In Death Valley the wind makes booming noises as it blows over the dunes.


19 posted on 03/25/2014 2:11:06 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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Sonic Boom

That's the economic activity generated when a drive-in restaurant moves into the neighborhood.

It's a good thing.

20 posted on 03/25/2014 2:11:14 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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