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Hear The Taos Hum

The Taos hum is a mysterious low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise that can only be heard by 2-11% of the population. The essential element that defines the Hum is what is perceived as a persistent low-frequency sound, often described as being comparable to that of a distant diesel engine idling, or to some similar low-pitched sound for which obvious sources (e.g., household appliances, traffic noise, etc.) have been ruled out. There are a number of audio reproductions of the Hum available on the web. The Taos Hum was featured on the television show Unsolved Mysteries, as well as in the XFiles, when agent Mulder speculates that extremely low frequency radio waves are the source of the noise. Hums have been widely reported by national media in the UK and the United States. The Hum is sometimes prefixed with the name of a locality where the problem has been particularly publicized: e.g., the "Bristol Hum", the "Taos Hum", or the "Bondi Hum".
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