1 00:00:05,921 --> 00:00:07,281 Speaker 1: Approach production. 2 00:00:14,601 --> 00:00:19,881 Speaker 2: Hi, Welcome to Silent Secrets, a bedtime podcast for curious minds. 3 00:00:20,441 --> 00:00:25,481 Speaker 2: I'm jay, I'm glad you're here. This is your time 4 00:00:25,601 --> 00:00:30,081 Speaker 2: to let go of today, to settle in and slow down, 5 00:00:30,841 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 2: and let curiosity gently carry you towards sleep. In each episode, 6 00:00:37,921 --> 00:00:40,481 Speaker 2: I'm going to share a true story of the unexplained, 7 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,361 Speaker 2: not to alarm you, but to quiet your mind, to 8 00:00:44,441 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 2: remind you that the world is full of wonder and 9 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:54,601 Speaker 2: some things we'll never truly understand. So take a deep breath, 10 00:00:56,161 --> 00:01:01,401 Speaker 2: feel your body sink into comfort, let the weight of 11 00:01:01,441 --> 00:01:14,881 Speaker 2: the day drift away. As we begin tonight's story. Taos, 12 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:20,321 Speaker 2: New Mexico, is a quiet, artistic town surrounded by desert 13 00:01:20,441 --> 00:01:23,961 Speaker 2: and mountains. It's the kind of place where the sunsets 14 00:01:23,961 --> 00:01:27,281 Speaker 2: stretch wide across the sky and the nights are peaceful 15 00:01:27,521 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 2: and still. But in the early nineteen nineties, some residents 16 00:01:33,601 --> 00:01:39,761 Speaker 2: began reporting something strange, a low, droning hum that seemed 17 00:01:39,761 --> 00:01:46,681 Speaker 2: to come from nowhere. Imagine lying in bed the night, 18 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:54,161 Speaker 2: silent except for this constant, faint rumble, like a distant 19 00:01:54,201 --> 00:02:03,761 Speaker 2: truck engine idling just out of sight. Some described it 20 00:02:03,801 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 2: as a vibration they could almost feel in their bones. 21 00:02:08,201 --> 00:02:12,201 Speaker 2: Others said it was like a heavy base note, impossible 22 00:02:12,241 --> 00:02:21,361 Speaker 2: to escape even with the ear plugs. As more people complain, 23 00:02:21,761 --> 00:02:27,641 Speaker 2: the hum gained attention. Around two percent of Tause residents 24 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:31,001 Speaker 2: could hear this sound, but the other ninety eight percent 25 00:02:32,041 --> 00:02:41,721 Speaker 2: nothing For them, the town was silent as always. By 26 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 2: nineteen ninety three, the reports had grown enough that local 27 00:02:44,561 --> 00:02:49,241 Speaker 2: authorities asked for help. Scientists from the University of New 28 00:02:49,281 --> 00:02:53,961 Speaker 2: Mexico and even national labs were called in to investigate. 29 00:02:55,001 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 2: They arrived with sensitive microphones, recorders, and instruments to measure vibrations. 30 00:03:01,481 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 2: They recorded their environment for weeks, setting up equipment in homes, 31 00:03:06,281 --> 00:03:11,721 Speaker 2: fields and open deserts. But no matter how sensitive their 32 00:03:11,721 --> 00:03:17,881 Speaker 2: gear was, they found nothing unusual, no low frequency signals, 33 00:03:18,361 --> 00:03:24,401 Speaker 2: no mechanical hums. For science, the Taus hum didn't exist, 34 00:03:25,481 --> 00:03:29,881 Speaker 2: but for the people who heard it, it was real, constant, 35 00:03:30,121 --> 00:03:37,921 Speaker 2: and unbearable. One woman living on the outskirts of Taos 36 00:03:38,241 --> 00:03:41,281 Speaker 2: described it as if her entire house was buzzing. 37 00:03:41,321 --> 00:03:41,761 Speaker 1: At night. 38 00:03:42,721 --> 00:03:47,201 Speaker 2: She'd wake up with headaches, unable to rest. A man 39 00:03:47,281 --> 00:03:50,881 Speaker 2: said the hum followed him even on walks, like an 40 00:03:50,881 --> 00:03:58,161 Speaker 2: invisible companion, just beyond his sight. For some reason. The 41 00:03:58,241 --> 00:04:02,001 Speaker 2: hum was so relentless that they considered moving away from 42 00:04:02,001 --> 00:04:09,441 Speaker 2: tauosl together. Imagine how frustrating that would be to hear 43 00:04:09,481 --> 00:04:14,561 Speaker 2: a sound no one else can hear. Some residents began 44 00:04:14,641 --> 00:04:19,921 Speaker 2: to feel isolated, even doubting their own sanity. Yet when 45 00:04:19,921 --> 00:04:22,921 Speaker 2: they talk to each other, they all described the same thing, 46 00:04:24,201 --> 00:04:35,041 Speaker 2: a steady, low drone that never seemed to stop. So 47 00:04:35,161 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 2: what could it be? Scientists and residents have suggested countless theories. 48 00:04:41,761 --> 00:04:47,601 Speaker 2: Some believe it's mechanical, like distant engines, electrical transformers, or 49 00:04:47,681 --> 00:04:53,961 Speaker 2: underground machinery. Others think it might be geological vibrations caused 50 00:04:53,961 --> 00:04:57,241 Speaker 2: by the shifting of the earth or underground lava tubes. 51 00:04:58,921 --> 00:05:04,041 Speaker 2: A more far fetched theory involves secret military experiments. New 52 00:05:04,081 --> 00:05:08,561 Speaker 2: Mexico or ale As a long history with experimental aircraft 53 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:14,161 Speaker 2: and research facilities. Could the HUM be connected to some 54 00:05:14,241 --> 00:05:18,601 Speaker 2: kind of classified project. There's no evidence for this, but 55 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:26,481 Speaker 2: in the absence of answers, imaginations run wild. Another explanation 56 00:05:26,761 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 2: is even stranger, that the hum isn't external at all, 57 00:05:30,921 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 2: but something inside the people who hear it. Some scientists 58 00:05:35,521 --> 00:05:39,281 Speaker 2: suggest it might be a form of tenatus, or over 59 00:05:39,361 --> 00:05:44,121 Speaker 2: sensitivity to natural, low frequency sounds that most people can't detect. 60 00:05:48,161 --> 00:05:50,801 Speaker 2: The Tause hum is just one of the many hums 61 00:05:50,841 --> 00:05:55,641 Speaker 2: reported around the world. People in Bristol, England, have complained 62 00:05:56,001 --> 00:06:01,841 Speaker 2: about a similar low frequency hum. In Windsor, Ontario, residents 63 00:06:01,921 --> 00:06:07,161 Speaker 2: reported that sounds so disruptive because sleepless nights for entire neighborhoods. 64 00:06:09,361 --> 00:06:13,201 Speaker 2: Even in remote parts of the USA, people have documented 65 00:06:13,281 --> 00:06:24,241 Speaker 2: mysterious humming noises. What connects these events, no one knows. 66 00:06:25,801 --> 00:06:29,561 Speaker 2: In many cases, the sounds come and go without explanation. 67 00:06:31,561 --> 00:06:37,961 Speaker 2: Sometimes they vanished for months, only to return later for taos, 68 00:06:37,961 --> 00:06:48,161 Speaker 2: though the reports have persisted on and off for decades. Today, 69 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:52,841 Speaker 2: the TuS hum is part of the town's folklore. Tourists 70 00:06:52,961 --> 00:06:56,961 Speaker 2: come hoping to hear it, but most walk away disappointed 71 00:06:57,681 --> 00:07:02,561 Speaker 2: or may be relieved. For those who still hear it, 72 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:07,961 Speaker 2: life has become a balancing act of coping. White noise machines, 73 00:07:08,841 --> 00:07:11,801 Speaker 2: ear plugs, or even simply moving to another part of 74 00:07:11,881 --> 00:07:17,161 Speaker 2: town are some of the ways they find relief. What 75 00:07:17,321 --> 00:07:21,401 Speaker 2: makes this mystery so fascinating is how personal it is. 76 00:07:22,601 --> 00:07:27,321 Speaker 2: Unlike a UFO siding or a mysterious light in the sky, 77 00:07:27,481 --> 00:07:31,881 Speaker 2: the hum is something deeply subjective. Two people can stand 78 00:07:31,961 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 2: side by side and only one will hear it. Thanks 79 00:07:54,641 --> 00:07:58,121 Speaker 2: for spending this quiet moment with me as we explore 80 00:07:58,281 --> 00:08:02,881 Speaker 2: the Taos hum. Whether it's a physical sound or something 81 00:08:02,961 --> 00:08:06,841 Speaker 2: deeper in our perception, it remains one of the world's 82 00:08:06,921 --> 00:08:13,921 Speaker 2: quietest yet most persistent mysteries. As you lie here now 83 00:08:14,881 --> 00:08:19,161 Speaker 2: listening to your own breath, let the day fade away, 84 00:08:20,681 --> 00:08:23,681 Speaker 2: no matter what hums in the background of your life. 85 00:08:24,081 --> 00:08:27,801 Speaker 2: No that you can let it pass like a gentle 86 00:08:27,801 --> 00:08:37,841 Speaker 2: wave rolling back into the ocean. Close your eyes, breathe slowly, 87 00:08:39,081 --> 00:08:41,401 Speaker 2: and let sleep take over. 88 00:08:44,041 --> 00:10:11,081 Speaker 1: Good Night, l Mu.