What in the world is a Mistpouffer?

 

 

"The angelic Gabriel will blast his trumpet, signifying the end of times and prepare us for the last judgment"

Years ago, my wife's cousin lived in Taos, New Mexico. When she came home, I could not wait to ask the question everyone who lives in Taos get asked - what is the world is up with the "hum"? She had not heard it - not everyone does. However, she did know of people who could hear it. There were other places on the globe which a similar hum could be heard.

As strange as that was, what has been happening as of late is even stranger. Loud noises, seemingly coming from no direction, have been recorded with increasing frequency. Okay, before you think I am an Art Bell clone, lets look at this closer.

These sounds have been around since the 1800's - maybe even earlier. It is reported that Lewis and Clark heard them while on their travels. Many today think they might be nothing but a series of sonic booms. However, it is illegal to fly at supersonic speeds over the United States. Also, aircraft, supersonic or otherwise, did not exist in the 1800's. The theories go all over the map from interference due to "Planet X", to UFOs, to Gabriel's Trumpet, which is announcing the beginning of the end.

Here is what the site Interesting Thing of the Day had to say about this in July of 2007:

Today’s interesting thing is a phenomenon consisting of similarly mysterious booming noises, but without such a ready explanation. The most generic term I could find for such sounds is mistpouffers (spelled “mistpoeffers” in Belgium and the Netherlands). In various areas they go by such diverse terms as “Guns of the Seneca” (near Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake in New York), “Barisal guns” (in Bangladesh), “uminari” (in Japan), “fog guns,” “lake guns,” and many others. In all these instances, the terms describe a sound or series of sounds that resemble loud but distant cannon fire, usually heard near the edge of a large body of water. The sounds occur when there are no storms in the vicinity that could produce thunder and no other obvious source. Sometimes they’re accompanied by a rumble that can be felt strongly enough to shake plates and hanging pictures; other times no vibration is felt.

In fact, one country reported a series of these sounds so loud, windows were broken and chickens died.

Whatever these things are, they are strange and spooky. If you want to hear them, there are many posts on YouTube that have excellent recordings of them. Whatever they are, they are real enough to be witnessed by thousands and picked up by recording instruments. As for me, I am going in my basement and hide until someone figures out what these things really are.