Ok I managed to sign in at last so apologies to the Mods if a double post comes through from me as anon etc.

Here goes.

I live in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK on a busy main arterial route into town.

I live alone and don't do any drugs etc boring mundane life, pay bills and so forth.

I very rarely go to bed much before 2am so I am constantly up late partly due to my job self employed DJ / Karaoke entertainments business.

Somewhere between 6 to 8 months ago I began to hear anywhere from 11pm onwards (or as less traffic pass by) a humming noise which is accompanied by low level vibrations that I can feel through my bedroom floor.

Because of the nature of the busy road outside I sometimes feel the vibrations through the day but I put that down to the traffic although recently because of fuel costs even the traffic levels have subsided too and to be honest its odd to hear it so quiet outside in the daytime having lived here for four years.

That said, the odd taxi and emergency vehicle pass by at night but no way produce the humming or vibration that I experience and sometimes even when I have got in bed the vibration is still noticeable.

I liken it as one other poster mentioned to underground workings etc, its seems sub sonic although that said Barnsley was once the centre of the coal mining industry in South Yorkshire so I would assume beneath where I live it must be riddled with passages as less than a mile from me at one time Barnsley Main Collery was situated.

Hope that helps.

hi there to all the recent posters, i am the OP.

i strongly think that some of these are underground related, esp the last poster, in Barnsley.

as for the other cases, can you poss find out the direction of the noises ??

thanks to all who have contributed so far

snoopyuk

drilling for oil from suffolk to iran at a slight angle....lol

lol fatdad, that was hilarious.

I can theorize a few reasonings at the moment...

1: As I stated earlier, there could be an EM resonant source near a conductive object, which is vibrating it causing the noise. Essentially an accidental version of a speaker. Only, by the sound of it, much larger in scale.
(Look for transformers near metal frames. That could do it in theory.)

2: Wind resonating between two solid objects acting as an accidental whistle.
(But that would occur during the day as well. Unless it's a crane being erected at night acting as the whistle)

3: Traffic (cars, trains, etc) vibrating a steel frame as it passes over it, causing the noise.
(Again, it should happen during the day, unless the trains there run primarily at night.)

4: Something bizarre and in need of research.
(You sci-fi enthusiasts can use your imagination here.)

5: Anything basic, or intentional I might have missed.
(Remember, it could be something very simple, like a prankster with an amp.)

hi, snoopyuk. i used to live in the north georgia mountains. although i never experienced a hum while living at harper valley when i visited my sisters approx 13 miles away each time i lay my head on the pillow at night i could hear a hum. she also acknowledged the hum each time she lay down.

i too agree it comes from down under and not Australia.

Okay, got my recording rig set up - better than my N95 mobile (Shure mic, Tascam and Teac multi-tracks (analog and digital), so I should be able to get some good quality audio recordings out my window. I'll try for the eerie noises tonight, but I'll also see if I can get a normal plane take-off from the airport for comparison. Sadly, only one mic works, so it'll be mono.

Just got a great recording of a fly by but unfortunately forgot to take the effects processor out of the loop, so it had a large hall reverb on it - oops lol

[edit on 21-8-2008 by dogsounds]

Originally posted by Regenmacher
Funny how they never look into RF pollution creating all these cross over frequencies and subsequent audio harmonics. Can't have them brain cooking cellphone towers off the market though and people that hear hums can buy earplugs.

you really have absolutely no concept of the difference between RF and audio, do you? You do realize that even right now, you're being bombarded by multiple RF frequencies within range of hearing frequencies and you can't hear them.. why? because RF isn't sound, which is a pressure wave.

I and others here in the west west of the uk have been hearing a humming noise too. it must have been going on for about 5/6 months sometimes it sounds as if it is pulsating, when it happens I have disterbed nights sleep............... this may sound strange but it seems stronger on a Sunday??? no idea why okay myself and others hearing it live miles apart on fringes of town and in the country where there is not much traffic,,, there are underground tunnels in this area ancient ones which they say are closed (mmmH not so sure about that) as sometimes it sounds as if its coming above but then it also can sound as if it is coming from below................. i have acute hearing and i can tell the difference between the humm of electricity or phone masts etc this is not any of those................

Very interesting thread this. Does anyone know the frequency of the hum? or does it change from time to time and place to place. If it was the same frequency that might mean its the same kind of source making the noise.

I used to hear this deep low chugging type noise, at night, when i lived near rosyth in fife. A map of hum location would be good, some might be near military bases.

my shillings worth

cant wait for the recording, 8 tracks bring back memories

Just an update.

I am sat here now and can hear the hum, I would would describe it more as a hum rather than a "buzz", it seems to have a cycle / repetitive machinic rhythm.

It is accompanied by the vibrations that I can feel through the floor (upstairs bedroom where my PC is located) my bed is in other room and as posted by another reply I can also feel the vibrations whilst laid in bed.

The vibrations seem to intensify then revert then intensify again, sometimes minor hardly noticeable and sometimes much stronger and quite noticeable, theres a point when I feel slight aprehension just as I did before the tremble / quake occured some months ago.

Even to the point my Landlord came round and I mentioned it to him he seemed bemused but did notice a crack in the ceiling plus others I have noticed however I also noticed these after we experienced the earth tremble / quake some months ago.

Maybe a link there perhaps ?

Well, I'm quite frustrated, I have my recording equipment set up and nothing, not a sausage. Darnit.

I'll be up for a few hours yet though, so I will keep listening

update: it's 2:15am and I am getting nothing I'll try again tomorrow.

[edit on 21-8-2008 by dogsounds]