Taoist hum is felt by only 2% of the city's population. These people claim that the hum is better heard in buildings. The devices recorded this noise. It remains only to find the source.
One day in May 1991, the inhabitants of Taos (New Mexico, USA) heard a low rumble, reminiscent of the sound of a diesel engine at idle speed or distant rumbles of thunder. Once it started, it never stopped, and no one could explain its origin. For 8 thousand residents of the small town, life has become a daily nightmare.
The sound did not subside for a minute, it was heard everywhere, causing dizziness, insomnia, pressure in the ears and nosebleeds. Earplugs didn't help. For fear of being laughed at, some townspeople chose to suffer in silence, and when it became impossible to endure, they left the city in search of a more peaceful place to live.
The US Congress has appointed a commission that includes scientists from a wide variety of specialties. But their bright minds, as well as ingenious microphones, antennas and other devices were powerless against the phenomenon that was dubbed the Taoist hum. It was suggested that the victims are too sensitive to infrasounds, that is, sounds below 20 Hz, emitted, for example, by objects of an industrial complex. But … in Taos there was not a single similar object. A variety of versions were proposed - from military communications to seismic activity, but none of them stood up to criticism. All kinds of fantastic theories still arise that this is the work of aliens or otherworldly spirits. There are versions that the sound comes from the interior of the Earth or is due to the magnetic activity of the Sun. But the mystery of the Taoist rumble still remains unsolved.
Similar phenomena have been recorded in various parts of the Earth. Noises and vibrations are so intense that it seems to a person that he is sitting on the hood, under which a diesel engine is raging. In some cases, we are talking about sounds that do not physically exist, but are phantom and are formed in the head of a person experiencing discomfort: this condition is called low-frequency tinnitus (from Latin tinnitus - "ringing"). But more often than not, the nature of sounds is understandable and amenable to measurement and recording. Low frequency noise comes from compressors, pumps, fans, boilers, aircraft, ships, windmills, and strong winds around buildings."
