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Lisa Paterson was watching television when she heard a succession of "booms" late Wednesday night. The second one was so loud
it shook her house.The incident prompted her to call Vermont State Police, and she soon learned that she wasn't the only Hartland resident to report the noises, which several people said sounded like gunshots and an even louder explosion."I have horses, so I was worried about them breaking out," said Paterson, who lives along Route 12 north.
Other than that, she wasn't too frightened, she said, but she certainly was curious about where the noises came from and what they were.
Amy Richardson of Richardson's Family Farm recalled hearing one "low-pitched boom," something akin to fireworks, while walking her dogs near her home on Hartland Hill around 10:45 p.m. She said the sky appeared as if it briefly lit up."It definitely startled me," she said.
The explosion, which state police said occurred between 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., prompted several people to take to Hartland's Listserv, including Paterson and Richardson's husband, Scott. While Paterson questioned whether others had information about the incident, some posed possible answers.
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