2012-03-21

Mysterious missiles, mysterious explosions and now mysterious booms

There's always "mysterious" new stories floating around, but they are hitting with greater frequency due to the negative social mood.

Mysterious booms baffle officials in eastern Wis.
Local resident Al Miller said he's been hearing rumblings for a couple weeks but chalked it up to thunder or didn't think much of it. But an especially loud boom woke him around 3 a.m. Monday.

"My house shook and it was just like a shock," the 71-year-old said. "I got out of bed and was like `Wow.' I thought one of my trees fell onto the house."

When he went outside and saw the trees still standing, he also noticed his neighbors' lights popping on because they'd heard it, too.

Harold Tobin, a University of Wisconsin-Madison seismologist, said there are similar reports of booms in different parts of the U.S. and world from time to time. Sometimes they're explained, sometimes they're not, he said.

"I'm as intrigued and as puzzled as other people are," he said Tuesday.

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