Strange Sounds
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A big mystery is surrounding Desert Hot Springs tonight after a series of powerful explosions has rocked the city. They shake windows and some residents describe them as small earthquakes.
The blasts began a couple of months ago and as recently as Monday night, the big booms have been shaking the foothill community.
Comment: They've been regularly heard throughout Southern California, along with many other parts of the US, off and on for some years now.
In a city of 27,000 people, no one knows what they are or where they are coming from. But they sure do hear them and feel them.
"They're like a big explosion. Totally like boom!" said Desert Hot Springs resident Regina Robinson.
Almost every evening big blasts rock several areas of the city. The Desert Hot Springs Police has received call after call. Everyone saying the same thing.
The weird 'woooooo' sound scared him enough that he ran back to his home after hearing it.
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Local resident Lesley McKeever posted a question on her Facebook status shortly after 10am asking if anyone else had heard the loud bang - or felt the "huge shake".
She said: "Anyone else in Swords just feel a huge shake and hear a loud bang about ten minutes ago???
"The whole house shook...have checked everywhere inside and out nothing seems out of the ordinary???"
Others reported hearing the noise, which some suggested may have come from the nearby quarry at Feltrim.
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A commenter on the video reported they heard the same sounds, the same day in Ohio.
I heard weird noises outside while watching TV and decided to record them.
Comment: That strongly suggests something non-local, either atmospheric or deep underground. We suspect that most of these booms, particularly in an earthquake-prone areas like SOCAL, are seismic in origin.
Update:
On December 24th, Brian Blueskye of the CV Independent reported that residents of Desert Hot Springs are still hearing these baffling booms: