Mysterious violent vibrations from the ocean have led residents near Tampa to band together to solve the mystery, locals leading the effort told Fox News.
“No one really knows where the noise is coming from, where it’s coming from,” South Tampa resident Sarah Healy, who started investigating the noise, told Fox News. “It’s more of a vibration than hearing it, it’s more of a feeling than it is. It just confuses residents and keeps people up at night, both literally and figuratively, trying to figure out where this noise is coming from.” It’s just making it hard to sleep.”
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Frustrated South Tampa residents have been hearing mysterious, heavy bass sounds on a regular basis since 2022. Dozens of noise complaints and theories posted on social media to local mothers’ groups prompted Healy to launch the grassroots effort.
The Florida mother of three first heard the sound on January 13 and contacted Dr. James LoCascio of the Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota, who confirmed the sound was… It was speculated that it may have arisen from mating of black drumfish. she also GoFundMe page To raise funds for underwater microphones to analyze noise along with citizen experiences and observations.
“Social media definitely played a big role in this,” Healy said. “We have a lot of ears out there…and every time someone hears or perceives a bass noise, they go into a group and say, ‘Hey, is anyone else listening?’ It is.”
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Mr. Healy’s experience of mysterious vibrations was not as intense as his neighbors’ accounts. She said the inexplicable low-pitched noise has left some community members extremely confused.
“My friends say it was so loud it rattled the windows,” she said. “Some people say their kids wake up. Others say they can’t sleep because when they put their head on the pillow at night, the vibrations just come through the pillow.”
Tampa neighbors banded together to raise money to investigate mysterious bass sounds. (Getty Images)
The GoFundMe raised more than $2,650, exceeding Locascio’s threshold of $2,500 to cover the cost of the equipment. Local marine scientists have set up five microphones in the bay, with a sixth to be added soon, but Healy said citizen scientists’ diaries about the activity are more useful than recording their analyses. He said that there is.
“People have been very generous,” Ms Healy said, adding: “The connections with neighbors and local residents through social networks have been great.”
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Healy has already created a spreadsheet listing citizens’ accounts by date and time. She said she has tracked concerts and parties that were being held while the bass was blaring, and one resident followed the sounds to find two minivans with 40 speakers in the trunk. It is said that
Sara Healy, a 10-year Tampa resident, began investigating the mysterious bass sounds that had been shaking the community for years. (Fox News Digital)
“These are all alternative explanations that we’re trying to catalog and track down to compare and contrast when we pull Mike out of the water,” she said.
Community members have proposed a variety of theories behind the mysterious noises, ranging from boat parties to secret military projects to aliens. But LoCascio said the noises matched in tone, rhythm and distance. black drumfish Mating sounds — species currently in heat; FOX13 reported.
A South Tampa resident has started a GoFundMe to raise money for local marine scientists to install underwater microphones in the bay to help solve mysterious noises. (Courtesy of TikTok / @donevperfect)
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LoCascio conducted a similar experiment decades ago and found that black drumfish were retarded. mysterious noise The incidents occurred in Cape Coral and Punta Gorda, FOX 13 reported. As in Tampa, marine scientists used underwater acoustic equipment and citizen observations to give Healy hope that he might be able to solve his own mystery.
“There are two leading theories: it’s the fish or it’s the music,” Healy said. “I think it’s probably a combination of things. I think more information would be helpful.”
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Healy said the underwater device will collect 20 seconds of sound every five minutes until mid-April, when it will be removed for analysis. She hopes to have a final answer as to the source of the noise by mid-summer.
“We hope that any information we can provide helps them narrow their focus, even when it comes to non-fish,” Healy said. “And if it’s fish, I hope people find comfort in knowing it’s not a rude neighbor or a rude business.”
