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Juan Lara, 67, of Flint has experienced the explosion-type noises bellowing through his house. "For a minute I thought we were being attacked," Lara said of the sounds.
Flint -- Something mysterious is spooking residents on the eastern edge of the city.
It comes unannounced. It shakes the walls and the floors and freaks out the pets.
People who have experienced it all describe it the same way.
"Explosions," said Juan Lara, a 67-year-old man who lives near Center Road and Davison Road.
Lara and others said it's been happening off and on for about a year. It usually happens in the afternoon, maybe once every few weeks. But, lately, it's more frequent.
"(It's) loud," Lara added. "I don't know where they're coming from."
Nobody does.
Not the neighbors, not the fire department, not the power company.
"I haven't heard anything like that," said John Babb, Flint Fire Department battalion fire chief.
Fire crews haven't responded to anything that matches what residents are describing, Babb said. And if anything was blowing up, firefighters would be out there.
He wondered if it was maybe a power transformer or some activity under a manhole.
If either were the case, Consumers Energy would know, Babb said.
They didn't.
