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Usa, Fredericksburg · 2019-08-10 · from the WORLDHUMMAP archive

A low hum in Usa, Fredericksburg

Like a truck engine keeping outside my window or the gym in a highway if you were to put your ear on the pavement or the lowest base from a base speaker from the car next to you annoying the hell out of you. Sometimes the sound slows down and you can feel it hum in your whole body.

What they reported

First noticed: 2009

Pitch: It is more like the binural beat lower than 100 hz. The other sounds had too much of a buzz

Loudest: During the night

Where: Indoors

Symptoms: Headache, Insomnia, Sense of vibration, Anxiety, Extreme annoyance

Changes with weather: No

What stood out: a low hum

 

Others who described something like this

2019-12-26

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2018-08-30

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2024-10-02

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2018-03-14

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both described a low hum · 78 km away

2018-11-03

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both described a low hum · 82 km away

2021-05-03

A low hum that can slightly fluctuate. It reminds me of the sound of the old oscilloscopes. I only hear it at night, generally after 1 A.M. and it awakens me from my sleep. It keeps me awake…

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This is a Hum report from Dr Glen MacPherson's World Hum Map, an open, worldwide record of people who hear an unexplained low-frequency hum. Reproduced with permission and with thanks; the project is at thehum.info. We remove anything on request. Location shown is approximate.