Bad vibrations
The hum is a phenomenon that has been reported in towns and cities across the world from Vancouver in Canada to Auckland in New Zealand.
In Britain, the most famous example was the so-called “Bristol hum” that made headlines in the late 1970s. One newspaper asked readers in the city: “Have you heard the Hum?” Almost 800 people said they had.
The problem persisted for years. Residents complained of sleep loss, headaches, sickness and nosebleeds. Experts eventually found traffic and factories were to blame.
There have been other cases in Cheshire, Cornwall, Gloucestershire, London, Shropshire, Suffolk and Wiltshire.
A low-pitched drone known as the “Largs hum” has troubled the coastal town of Largs in Strathclyde for more than two decades.
At least one suicide in the UK has been linked with the hum.
Is this a cover version of a parallel universe "evil" Beach Boys hit tune?
Agreed . . . it’s not a figment of folks’ imaginations.