The Taos Hum: The Sound Science Can’t Explain
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In this Nature Mysteries Minisode, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole tune into one of the strangest modern mysteries: the Taos Hum.
Since the 1990s, people in Taos, New Mexico have reported a low, constant humming sound that only a small percentage of the population can hear. The rest? Silence.
🎧 What is the Taos Hum—and why can only some people hear it?
🌍 Is it microseismic vibrations from the Earth itself?
⚡ Could it come from hidden electrical or industrial sources?
🌬 Or is it all in the mind—a psychological echo that science…
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