An eerie flute-like sound is driving citizens of one Oregon town bananas.
Aliens, ghosts and leaking gas pipes have all been touted as possible explanations for the high-pitched, whistle-like note heard at random times in Forest Grove over the past few weeks. But residents can't figure out where it's coming from, and experts are equally stumped.
Here's what it sounds like:
Mystery sound frustrates people in a west Forest Grove neighborhood. Where it could be coming from? #LiveOnK2 @ 11pm pic.twitter.com/p0inj5TBr2
Fire, police and public works officials have investigated the noise that's plaguing the community of 22,500, about 25 miles west of Portland, but to no avail.
Forest Grove Police Capt. Mike Herbs said if someone was making the noise on purpose, then it was a city ordinance violation.
A spokesperson for Forest Grove Fire and Rescue said it was business as usual, although firefighters are collecting information about the sound.
"We aren't waiting for it to make a noise. We are going about our duties," the spokesperson said.
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Audio engineer Tobin Cooley, president of Listen Acoustics, was drafted by Reuters to assess the phenomenon and he said its high pitch and ambiguous point of origin was "unusual."
"What surprises me is that neighbors have not been able to locate where this is coming from," he added.
It's not the first time Forest Grove has been hit by such a sensation. Former residents reported hearing similar sounds echoing through the night several decades ago. However, the cause was not solved back then either.
The truth of the sound must be out there. Now it just needs to be found.
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