[Homestead] The weirdest thing
Sage Austin | Eureka! Design
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Tue Jan 6 18:22:21 EST 2009
Bev, I have not experienced this, but it sounds plausible in areas of
karst like ours.--Sage
EarthNSky wrote:
> While I was out today, admiring the beauty of the creek and taking
> pictures of it before it goes away, I was standing on the creekbank near
> a small 'waterfall' a drop of about 18". I mention this because it may
> have bearing on my mystery. While I was there, mesmerized by the
> falling water, I felt and heard a rumble, a recurring thud-like sound,
> that seemed to be directly underneath me. I have no clue as to what it
> was, but I got the impression that perhaps there was an underground
> waterfall there??? The ground sounded hollow almost, like a drum half
> full of water that you could hit and hear the thud of the water and the
> air, if you know what I mean? Perhaps a crystal glass with varying
> amounts of water would be a better analogy. I could hear and feel both
> water and air. It was really, really weird. I crossed the creek and I
> could barely hear it on the other side of the creek, but I could still
> make it out. Had I not been paying attention though, I might have just
> passed it off as part of the myriad of sounds rushing water makes. I
> could not feel it as well on this side of the creek. The only way I can
> describe the feeling is that it was almost like thunder under foot,
> except it was oddly rhythmic. a gushing/swooshing/thudding sound.
> Has anyone ever felt anything like this next to a creek where there is
> probably underground caves?
>
> Bev in rainy NW Georgia, where the rain stopped long enough for me to
> take some nice pics, and now we are under a severe thunderstorm
> warning!!! It is raining so hard I can't even see the creek!
>
>
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