People all across the planet have reported hearing a strange humming/droning noise at the dead of night usually in their bedrooms like my wife and myself heard last evening.
This is a bit off topic but as I am in an industry that makes a living out of recording sound and vision I feel obliged to report this weird phenomena that has occurred a second time over the last two years.
I was in the edit suite which is right next door to our bed room when my wife came in and asked me what the humming noise was, it was about 1.30am. I switched off all the equipment and could still faintly hear a low, almost mains hum in our bedroom, it is officially reported to be between 40-80 Hz.
I decided to see if the noise was only in the house or outside so we drove round the local area in Burnside, Rutherglen stopping and listening, strangely the noise could also be heard a quarter of a mile up the hill from my house facing south but going the same distance north, nothing.
I looked for the obvious train line maintenance or any kind of construction but once again nothing, the same happened about a year and a half ago and we went through the same exercise.
This strange low frequency hum has also been reported from Canada and England all with the same story only noticeable at night, we don’t have any overhead pylons anywhere near us so it remains a mystery.
Is mother earth being mined under our very feet ?
A recent question… “Anyone have any ideas why it’s mostly heard at night and in the bedroom?”
Editor : Night time is simple…a lot less noise from cars, birds etc its probably in every room but you are more in tune with your bedroom as you spend a third of your life in it and more importantly in the same place i.e.. your position in your bed remains a constant so your ears are highly tuned to that particular space.
“The Hum is a mysterious and untraceable sound that is heard in certain locations around the world by two to ten percent of the population. Historically, the area that has been most affected by the Hum is the United Kingdom, where reports have been frequent since the early 1970s. In the United States, Hum reports date from the early 1990s, with the two most publicized locations being Taos, New Mexico, and Kokomo, Indiana. The source of the Hum has never been located. The Hum does not appear to be a form of tinnitus and may not be an acoustic sound. More than just a noise, the Hum is also capable of manifesting as vibrations felt throughout the body and is often accompanied by a suite of physical symptoms that includes headaches, nausea, and pain in the ears. Analysis of the largely anecdotal data that are available at the present time suggests that the most probable explanation is that some people have the capability to interpret radio transmissions at certain wavelengths as sound. It is well established in the scientific literature that people can hear electromagnetic energy at certain frequencies and peak power levels. Previous studies have found that a subset of the population has an electromagnetic sensitivity that is significantly greater than the mean. Several hypotheses are considered and discussed as possible sources of the Hum. These include cellular telephone transmissions, LORAN, HAARP, and the TACAMO aircraft operated by the US Navy for the purpose of submarine communications. “
http://www.scientificexploration.org/journal/jse_18_4_deming.pdf
Here is a BBC radio program on this topic…
Glenn Marden “Anyone wishing to create the exact tone/frequency as to what they hear, can create and download an MP3 file here: http://onlinetonegenerator.com/
Maybe show to others. Have one headphone in, and use slider on tone generator to align sound until you then hear the hum equal in both ears. For me it was 36Mz.
Taken from the Largs and Millport news 30th December 2020
A Largs (A seaside town in the West of Scotland) history buff believes he has found a credible explanation for the infamous hum that has plagued the town for more than 40 years.
Robert Cathcart believes the electrification of the local railways line and how it interacts with the surrounding landscape is to blame.
He says he made the discovery, which he believes has never been put forward before, while researching the Largs hum for a timeline project.
Robert said: “I was trawling the net in recent weeks to find when the hum started as I wanted to add it to the town’s timeline we are creating from the Largs History Group, which I run.
“When I went to put it in I noticed that Largs railway was electrified at the same time and I thought it was a bit of a coincidence.
“So I looked into the description of the hum as measured by university studies, the frequency of the current and where it’s been heard from.”
Robert believes the noise comes from the hum of the railway tracks bouncing off the hills and echoing, creating a small noise only in certain areas of the town.
He said: “I believe that the noise is an interference pattern resulting from an almost inaudible electric hum interfering with its own echo from the hill behind Cathcart Road.
“This creates pockets where the crests of sound are doubling up and becoming audible, even though you cannot hear anything when you stand beside the railway.
“Poor shielding, cable problems and proximity to magnetic fields cause hum, which may be inaudible at source but when crossing its echo every second wave doubles in volume.
“The people hearing it are mainly between the hill and the railway line, which also supports the electrification theory.”
Although there have been other ideas put forward by locals over the years, Robert believes his explanation stands up to scrutiny.
He said: “My theory definitely explains why it’s heard in certain locations and measured loudest just to the east side of the main road.
“I’ve never read any of the theories where people have mentioned windmills and activity at Hunterston.
“To me any source of sound could be pointed to, walked towards and pinpointed, except of course an interference pattern.
“It beats me how 10,000 people could wonder and debate it for 30 odd years and still not agree on the cause. I just wanted to throw this theory out there.”
Hope this maybe useful to others.
Unless i can hear it 10 miles away in Otley its not a factory. People all over the UK and other places in the world are hearing it.
This is just crazy,this problem should be fully investigated ,put on the news ,the newspapers,whatever….is it a government experiment…..????
Definitely needs further investigation, would be nice to see all the locations plotted on a map, so we can try and work out the cause. Where I live (Blyth, Northumberland), It is relatively flat ground, we have countless wind turbines, and many (flooded?) mineshafts below us – we are also near the ocean. Where I am is not particularly built up, with flat fields pretty much across the road from me. I have put up with this noise now for 2 full years, it doesn’t go away, it’s just there 24/7 (though more noticable at night). I regularly ‘escape’ to other parts of the UK, but in all honestly, much of the Northern area of England upover seems to have the hum nowadays to one degree or another. Halifax was pretty quiet. Outside of the UK (Most recent was Crete) – SILENCE 🙂 Anything in common with you guys around the world?
It was particularly noticeable this morning (31st Dec) at 6.00 am NZ Time here in Timaru New Zealand. My house has a corrugated iron roof – would that cause the hum to resonate?
Its just bonkers…when you hear it push your ear right up against a large widow and you can hear a distant rumbling noise, i wonder whether they are doing some sort of testing for fracking or something. I first started hearing this sometime in the 1990’s before there was any real access to the net to see if anyone else heard it. I went around to all the neighbours to see if they had a fan on or a fridge next to the wall and the local pubs to see if there was a large fridge cooler room running all night. All to no avail. Then it just disappeared again until this year when it started all over again…
I dont know what it is but it is driving me insane! Constant droning sound and it has gotten so much louder in the last few months. I can not believe no one else in my family can hear it….it’s ridiculously loud. It has stopped a couple of times but not for very long. I hear it in my right ear. If I plug my right ear I can still hear it but it’s quieted. I dont hear it from the left. I can feel it on the right side of my head. I dont hear it in other locations, just at home. I live in Menlo, Wa. There are no gas lines, power lines or factories near me. My area is all pastures and forests. There is one 100+ year old store, a tiny school and very small fair grounds here. The only road through town is state route 6. No stop signs, no traffic lights, just a straight shot through town. The nearest cell tower is around 20 miles away. I have lived here for 14 years and started hearing the hum 2.5 years ago. I really would love to move somewhere else.
What we need to remember is that a small percentage of people estimated to be between 2 and 12% can hear very low frequencies. To the rest of the population it is inaudible. Low frequencies can travel great distances, many miles, and resonate through buildings. This is why we may only hear it inside but not outside. It can often feel like the hum is vibrating inside your head, this is most likely when the hum is the resonant frequency of your inner ear. I can’t think of much worse torture than this and think maybe we should have a facebook page/group. That would make it easier for people who are afflicted by this to at least make contact and share experiences easier.
I have the same problem also and now im hearing it during the daytime , i also started hearing it 2 years ago and since then its got alot more noticable…yes its driving me up the wall, i have no idea what it is, maybe something to do with all the mining we do around the world,its heard all over the world……
I live in Bournemouth on the south coast of the UK.
Usually work full time but have been at home over Xmas and New Year. Noticed the constant HUM for the first time and then found all these web sites about it.The descriptions are perfect … like the low drone of an engine or distant aircraft and also causing pressure in my ears. It is constant but I hear it more easily at night and early morning. Actually, when I stop typing this, I can hear the low rumbling as if it were in the distance.Impossible to shut it up….have to put on the radio or music.
If you search the web you will find a fairly comprehensive digest on this subject, especially on Wikipedia, where there is reference to the following website dedicated to mapping the hum:
http://www.thehum.info/
i believe it hear it more in my right ear as well, joey. a while back i found out i had an inverted right ear drum – maybe that is why?? altho i do still hear it in my left ear. it seems to me is definitely more a vibration or sound wave; i can also hear it outside of my house altho its very faint and impossible to pinpoint a direction. inside the house it is definintely stronger, and also stronger on one side of the house moreso on the west and south sides (sadly, the side the bedroom is on), and its not as loud on the upper floor. i do hear it in the basement too. i open my front door and step outside and the intensity decreases. the hum IS always there, even during the day. altho i think that day time traffic sounds, people sounds, etc drown out the hum during the day. seems the hum really becomes evident at night, particularly late. i was wondering if the type of construction of the house has anything to do with hearing it, perhaps it amplifyies the soundwaves or some such..?? my house was built in 1910. any ideas on this theory?
I can hear it outside, I just cant find it. Its like a rainbow as you walk towards it, it moves. I live in the sticks surrounded by pastures and forests…i’ll never figure it out 🙁
I just want it to go away 🙁
I never used to hear it in the summer months in queensland or western australia ,now i can and generally only hear the sound outside on very cold days and its usually at night,its definitely becoming more noticeable.
HA HA HA …..so does everyone else…………..we have so many things powered by electricity ..it may never go away…..will only get louder…..sorry
That’s the even stranger thing. I live in the middle of forests that go on for hundreds of miles and pasture land. No trains run anywhere near me, no mining, factories, power lines, power sub stations, gas lines etc. The only thing around me is a tiny fair ground, a super old tiny store and a school. No stop signs or signals, just a straight shot down state route 6. The only reason I get internet is because I live near the school LoL. I live in the middle of nowhere with only an occasional semi truck going down the road. At least for my situation I dont think its electrical and I know its not any of the above. Nothing new has been built here for….wow a long time. Maybe EMF? I dont know anything about lay lines (that how its spelled?) Its probably some earth made sound or something but I dont know why I would just start hearing it 2 years ago, ive lived here forever. I would like to go to a place where someone else hears the hum and see if I can hear it there too. I have only heard it here at home so far. Omg…..I dont know, cant it just be aliens? Lol it would be awesome if it was! At first when I found out that not many people could hear it, It seemed cool…..until it went on and on and on……aaaaaaah!
Stay put where you are you will only here it elsewhere,its all over the place,people are hearing it in buildings in Ny city of all places…………..
I’m in Quebec Canada, I’m hearing that fuc&”*! sound since almost 5 years, it is not constant for sure; It come back few days per month, my girlfriend and I hear it very well, its loud.
I was hearing it in my last apartment, and now in a brand new house since 2 years I still hear the hum from time to time, always at night when going to bed, until 3 am.
I confirm to you that its like an engine idle beside the house.
Here in Quebec this hum sound is still very unknown and new to people, I talk to some autorities about it but in veins, they are all answering to me as if I was totally insane 😉
We’ll probably die very old without having ever known what was this humming sound…
Note: Today there was a big sun flare, and that make me think that I will keep a log for the fun, tonight the hum start very soon during the dinner.
I’ve heard it here off and on since about 2004. I moved to a house 2 miles from the other house 6 years ago, and I would hear it off and on… and now it’s ON again, for about a week now … and it’s almost painful how annoying it is … I live near Tarpon Springs, Florida, and I’m exactly 2 miles walking distance from the waterfront of the Gulf. This area carries heavy traffic most of the day, but it’s loudest at night, when traffic is lightest. It’s more than traffic noise. It’s worse inside the house than outside, but I can still hear it outside. Everyone thinks I’m nuts. Sigh. I have always had very sensitive hearing. Oh yay for me.
just been doing some more research into this and tried a few apps to try determine what frequency was the hum. It could be wrong but the app was showing between 2 to 7 Hz. I also came across something called the Schumann Resonance, I wonder if this is relevant?
…also from a sound recording POV I’m wondering what type of mics would be required to try record this. Might dig up my old sennheiser 816 and try it through an SQN see if i can record it.
I live in the Rutherglen area and I am hearing this low frequency humming day and night. It has becomemore frequent over the last month or two.At first I thought Iit must be traffic on mill street. Buses etc in 2nd gear pulling up hill until I investigated and found no traffic but the sound persists. The sound can even be heard standing at croftfoot train station.
My partner cannot hear it however I hear it constantly. Glad I found this article as it has assured me I am not loosing or lost my marbles.
Any feedback would be most appreciated.
Kind regards
Hi all, I too, hear this whatever it is…I believe it is directly related to earthquake activity….I say this only as in 2004 it was totally annoying, getting louder and louder and then BAM! it abruptly stopped after the quake in Indonesia….coincidence? I don’t think so…. Try charting the “Hum” with the earth vibrations….there’s quake activity somewhere all the time….
im in Baillieston ,East end of Glasgow and have been hearing this for a few months.Tonight 16th jan 2014,at 17.30 gmt.it sounds like a jet engine of a plane just about to take off.very loud and comes and goes,but only because of a change in wind direction.my local shopkeeper commented on it also,but not everyone can hear it at the same time as i can,very loud as i write this,yet the icecream van driver said he cant hear a thing,what the hell is going on !!!
I live in north east england i am 23 years old so nowhere near the age of which people are saying is the most common age range. I have heard it for a long time now and i thought i was going crazy or something, judging by this post i arent. It happens at about 2am it happens suddenly, and then after an hour or so dissapears again. Its freaking me out to be honest,
When the yearly fair comes to the nearby Miami,FL.school,I hear a definite humming at night from the time they start setting up before the fair opens. I’ve always thought this was because of the extra usage and storage of electricity to be needed.
I moved house a couple of weeks ago. Very quiet neighbourhood. Bliss. A few nights into my new place i could hear a noise when i went to bed. A very low bass like sound. Thought it must be my neighbour running her washer/dryer. Managed to get to sleep. Woke in the night and all quiet. Heard it another night exactly the same. A few mornings ago i heard it again and decided it couldnt be my neighbour. As it would be too much washing for one person! The noise really gets in your head! It was there again last night all night and i havent slept much. Its still there this morning. It feels like its coming from outside and vibrating in the house. But when outside i cant hear anything! i live in Sandhurst Berkshire
Welcome to the nightmare world of the HUM Maxine 🙁
This is going on all over the UK and other parts of the world.
I do have to note that a few posts back some people were describing noises that are something quite different (loud wailing or booming sounds) thats not the hum, which is a low frequency vibration just as you described. often heard only indoors sounds like an idling car engine, ticking over, not quite at the same revs varying up or down. Feels like its vibrating inside your head.
I’ve been hearing this for a few years now and it is certainly getting louder and the vibrations worse. No-one else I know can hear it. I am interested in helping to plot where others hear it too. I am in South Edinburgh. If anyone knows of any current scientific/medical research on this I would be very interested.
I live in West Jordan, Utah, USA and I have heard it the last two years. I have not met anyone else around here that would admit to hearing it. A military and small aircraft airport is nearby. as well as several industrial businesses, but also Kennecott Copper Mine is not far. Most times it is faint and my fan or space heater will block it out, but other times it is louder and I can hear it over the fan. One time it was so loud that it made me nauseous. I have heard it at all hours of the day, however, it is mostly at night, typically in the early hours of the morning. I hear it inside the house, but then not outside. I hear it on one side of the valley where I live, but not on the other side, although I have heard it faintly a time or two across the valley. Mostly just in West Jordan though. it is incredibly annoying and I wonder how I’m going to get some sleep tonight, as tonight I hear it over the fan. it is a great relief to know that others hear it. I’d like to get someone from the U out here to measure the decibels or something or take a look at my ears! I have had issues with my ears my whole life. I don’t care what it is, I just want to fix it and stop hearing it. Why though would I hear it inside the house and not out in the same moment? I have heard it down the street though. Or I have gotten home from driving, parked the car, gotten out of car to quiet and then as soon as I got in the house, bam hearing it super loud. What is that??
Thanks for posting that map. by the way, I have never posted on that map, so I add to the others in Utah, and I am glad to see there are a few in West Jordan. although it’s discouraging to see all the places it is…I have thought about moving to get away from it. I would like to get together with anyone else that hears it and see if we both hear it in the same place.
Hello everyone, I live in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada and it’s been 6 month since I first heard that loud noise at night. I’ve Tried 10 different gauge/size ear plugs but nothing seems to be working a 100%. As if the hum was not a noise but some kind of acoustic low frequency vibration that is passing through the bones/skull which could explain the fact that even if you plug yourself your ear the hum. All I can do is start the dishwasher machine before I go to bed, Somehow the noise of the dishwasher machine overcome the hum and it let me fall asleep. Sometime, This hum noise is so loud that it wakes me up at night. As many of you mention it, if I plug my right ear, I can still hear it but it’s quieted. I don’t hear it from the left. Is it some king of ear problem/disease/mental illness if somebody knows please tell? I’m starting to freak out over this! You ear this sound once and then you expect it every night. Good luck to you all, you are not alone!
Woowowowow thank goodness for all of these posts…….SO i am not alone in all of this.. I started to hear this 3 yrs ago.. I live in Edinburgh and thought i was the only one in Scotland but now i find there are a few others experiencing this too… I would love to find out where it is coming from too. I thought it might be due to all the sky dishes and now all of the mobile phone masts that have appeared all over the city .. I have been thinking of moving but after reading the posts it looks like this is world wide 🙁 🙁 There must be someone with the answer …??!!!
The hum has been louder and more frequent this evening in Rutherglen, Glasgow. Althoughvin the past 10mins it has faded. Its actually driving me insane.
J asked if anyone knew of any current scientific/medical research on this, and I’d like to suggest he goes to the University of Salford Acoustics Research Centre website. The centre has done research into low frequency noise funded by DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs):
http://www.salford.ac.uk/computing-science-engineering/research/acoustics/psychoacoustics/low-frequency-noise
It is so reassuring to know that so many people can hear this hum. My husband and I hear it all over the older part of our house but it is loudest in our bedroom (which is in the middle part of the house) and seems to be more noticeable upstairs. Sometimes it is so loud at night we cannot sleep. It starts off quietly and becomes louder, dies away and then returns. This can go on all night and into the next day – in fact it lasted for 3 days one time and then disappeared completely. It happens all year round. We live in western France in the middle of nowhere with nothing mechanical anywhere near us so it is totally baffling. WE are very curious to know what causes it – and would really like to make it go away 🙁
woken up again her in Leeds UK by the hum…just so loud. Tonight it sounds like a higher tone in the distance and the vibration is wandering like the buzzing of a wasp or a bee caught at a window. My whole inner ear is vibrating and it makes me feel very nauseous All I can do is put on my tinnitus maskers at full volume and blast out some white noise!!
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If I could find out who was responsible I would beat them to a pulp.
So I’m glad I’m not the only one. Just heard this last night in Southeast Texas. It was faint, not so much low pitched, but low volume. Yet I could still hear it despite the fan going, my wife lightly snoring and hearing my heartbeat while laying with my head in my arm. The first thought I had was it was some sort of radio frequency, but I don’t know. What I do know is that I woke up from some rather disturbing dreams and continued to feel uneasy as I drove to work today. Whether theyre related or not I don’t know.
Oh, thank goodness for this site and the posts. I have heard this funny ‘hum’ noise for nearly seven years and thought I was going mad.
I am deaf on my left side and have partial hearing on the right but I can still hear it all the time.
I have asked colleagues but they can’t hear it and said I was making it up.
The humming noise varies during the day and is sometimes louder at night at home. I’ve turned things off at home thinking its something electric and decided that it must be my neighbour – but no looks like I was wrong on both accounts.
Thanks for the reassurances from your posts above – I am not some crazy lady after all!
Thanks Eddie, I have been given some information from our local environmental health officer which also mentions the Salford research. Environmental health will come out and try to measure the noise for me but their equipment only goes down to “8Hz frequency octave band frequency” and I’m not sure that is going to be low enough. I suppose if I can hear it, it should be. There is an issue that they probably can’t pinpoint it even if it is recordable. I too often feel the vibrations as well as the noise and it can be extremely uncomfortable when trying to sleep. The next step might be to contact my local MSP and find out if they can push for further research to be done. I think it is probably related to increase in radio masts, as I do hear it in other places. But if we have the technology to create the noise, perhaps we can create something to counteract the effects. It’s just such an annoying sensation and distrupts sleeping patterns. More irritating is that no-one else I know can hear it. I’m thinking of putting flyers round the neighbourhood as investigations won’t be taken forward unless there is a cluster of people who are affected. So anyone else in South Edinburgh, please make yourselves known!
Hi J I live in Edinburgh and have been hearing this noise for over 3 yrs now. I have moved to different parts of the City Oxgangs Gorgie Road now Near Broomhouse and it is following me around ….It has been quite bad this past couple of days. My health is really taking a battering my body is badly stressed through lack of sleep etc.. I have had Environmental health guys out they can hear the noise but cannot pin point it. So my case is closed with them…Also had guy from the Uni out to measure the noise… He sent me the findings/info but once again cannot pin point where it is coming from….I believe the sky dishes etc have a lot to do with it and all the moblie masts that have suddenly appeared beside every phone junction in the city… I am so relieved to know that i am not the only one in the city that is hearing it….
I too have been hearing this droning vibration noise on and off since about 2004. I live in SW Missouri and moved here from Kansas in 2002. I stumbled across different websites by accident and saw that many others were experiencing the same thing…have to say that in itself is relieving! When I first heard it I thought it might be industrial in nature but I find many of the suspected causes to be interesting and worthy of research, hopefully we will all get answers and a solution. I am going to be buying a white noise machine and I do find ear plugs help, but long term ear plug use is harmful to the ears. It’s now 1:20 am and I am laying here awake because of the HUM. I also notice a lot of head pressure and tinnitis from time to time. So thankful for all the posts! It gives me hope and reassures me that I too am not alone in this!
I’m in St. Louis, Missouri US and I’m sitting in my family room and can here it quite distinctly right now. I just started hearing it again after a long absence without hearing it. My wife can’t hear it at all. It is louder in certain rooms of our two story house. It also keeps me awake at night. Some have said it is tinnitus. But then can just stop sometimes. Tinnitus just doesn’t stop like that.
FFS please no more posts from end times nutcases, a polite suggestion: go peddle nonsense somewhere else.
I live in the country in Louisiana and this is happening to me in certain parts of my house I went to my daughter’s house an hour away and it started it in my granddaughter’s closet .I then thought I am losing my mind or something wrong with my ears.It is the worst when I walk in my den and I feel pressure when it happens.This just started happening.The only thing that I notice is the satellites in the sky are so much closer than normal.I can see the flashing lights from them with my normal eye.
It’s possible we’re not all hearing the same noise, but, I too have to admit, I (almost ) got out of bed to investigate the second time it occurred, once in Novemeber 2013 and once this January 2014.
I live on the edge of a major City Centre. (Edinburgh Scotland)
As a video producer/ cameraman I’m fairly technical, -and don’t believe in UFOs! -Actually, I don’t believe in Alien spacecraft to be precise, but there are almost certainly manmade “UFO” aircraft, perhaps some kind of prototypes?
However,this is a generated sound wave, within the human hearing spectrum, It’s man-made for sure, (though I admit your Movie brain instantly jumps to a Sci-Fi craft buzzing the area!
For me it sounded like it was petty far off, but had that real outdoor, powerful sound, which would (imply) it was EXTREMELY loud at source!
Sound can play amazing tricks though, so I could be totally wrong about that! However, It had me sitting up in bed for more than a minute before very slowly fading away.
I have a zoom H4n Field recorder on standby on top of my kit case, and a pair of boots by the door if it happens again, haha-but do not fear, its not an Alien invasion. it’ll be man made..
I live in a port side town on the east coast of the South Island in New Zealand. I have been hearing the drone for a while now. An observation I have made is the hum seems to get louder and more intense during dry spells in the weather. We are currently at the height of our summer and the soil moisture is very low at the moment. Our town is on approx 20 feet of clay base over a bed prehistoric volcanic rock. My theory is the sound is coming from within the earth and being amplified by the dry clay base – similar to a speaker cone. Or possibly from above and reflected off the rock base. After significant rain, the sound seems to fade and almost disappear. I can’t begin to guess where the sound may be originating but it can be damned annoying. Do other sites have similar soil/rock combinations below their houses?
Rod, that is a very good observation. I live in south central missouri and my wife and i have both heard the sound inside and outside of our house . The sound stopped here this past summer , we had been in a 4 year drought but finally got some good rain this past summer. There is no industry here and we have heard the sound when the electric was completely out in our area. We have a well and i have wondered if it does not pick the sound up and we hear it coming into the house through the water line ,we can hear the hum of the well pump when it is running and it is 350 feet down in the well. But like i said we have heard the sound when the electric was out so it is not the well pump. Maybe if others could tell if they are also in dry weather it could help isolate the sound. Thank you
You’re right about us not all hearing the same thing but some posts don’t seem to describe what we generally describe as the “Hum”.
I’ve been up since 3am here in leeds as it got so loud I could no longer sleep. Its there even now at 6.30am. You can’t really hear it all outside. I’ve tried recording it with pro equipment using a sennheiser 816 and get zilch.
Inside is somewhat different and its a very low frequency continuous drone whose pitch changes and varies. It makes your whole head vibrate. It sounds like a generator is continuously running loudly in the distance.
But as I said if I step outside all I can hear are the birds tweeting and the wind rushing through the trees behind the house. Later there will be a rumble of cars in the distance but that is not the hum.
As mentioned before putting ones ear right next to the glass window makes it sound like there is machinery very loud in the far distance.
Good look recording anything outside.
i am sorry my comment was to Gary Black . i think that there is something to hearing it in dry weather .