The Bloop

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:56 am

The Bloop is the name given to an ultra-low frequency underwater sound detected by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration several times during the summer of 1997. The source of the sound remains unknown. The sound, traced to somewhere around 50° S 100° W (South American southwest coast), was detected repeatedly by the Equatorial Pacific Ocean autonomous hydrophone array, which uses U.S. Navy equipment originally designed to detect Soviet submarines. According to the NOAA description, it "rises rapidly in frequency over about one minute and was of sufficient amplitude to be heard on multiple sensors, at a range of over 5,000 km." Though it matches the audio profile of a living creature, there is no known animal that could have produced the sound. If it is an animal it would have to be huge — much larger than even a Blue Whale, according to scientists who have studied the phenomenon. To date there has been no explanation as to what produced the sound. Further efforts to research the sound have been unsuccessful, because it has not been heard since 1997. Coincidentally, the geographic coordinates of the sound are somewhat close to those given by H.P. Lovecraft for the lost city of R'lyeh.

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:32 am

Cthulhu must have farted

Moderator's edit - GRAMMAR-ED!

E.A. Lovecraft · Post by **E.A. Lovecraft** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:12 pm

Somebody get that guy a bottle of Beano. Every time he lets one loose, tsunamis wipe out half of Indonesia and various small Pacific islands.

krakenten · Post by **krakenten** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:49 pm

This keeps appearing.
Maybe next time it'll be identified.
It might well be an air bubble from the wreck of the schooner attacked and sunk by the 'Alert', or even one of the structures in the corpse city?
There are damned strange things in the deep parts of the sea.

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:42 am

oui, déjà vu about 8nahalf months ago

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:19 pm

Something must be done!

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:26 pm

Drop a lot of beans and brocolli on the location, and hope he blows the depths to the surface.

Rodr-Evil · Post by **Rodr-Evil** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:15 pm

That was the sound of Great Cthulhu, without a doubt.

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:43 pm

i am a loyal subscriber to the beano podcast