the bloop

[badducky]

ever hear this one?

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=517

and this site has a wav file, among other interesting wav files:

http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/sound01/background/seasounds/seasounds.html


So, what do you think the bloop is?

Lovecraftians have already latched on.

[Pthom]

A little digging produces this page (http://www.bloopwatch.org/thebloop.html) with realtime "bloop" recording (not sped up 16x as in the above sound link).

I have no clue as to what it is, really, but it kinda sounds like a very large someone with a very bad case of indigestion. :-\

[badducky]

It's awesome because it's REAL!

"There are more things in heaven and earth..."

[Sassee]

It sounds like someone farted underwater...

[badducky]

Maybe they did, Sassee. Maybe they did.

When scientists explain why it couldn't be a giant squid, they say it's because the squids they've found don't seem to have gas bags.