and you want a chance to solve one,
all you have to do is travel to Holmfield, a village in Yorkshire, England and listen, the village is plagued by a mysterious
hum, having said that not
everyone can hear it, but those whose who do claim to have had their lives
seriously impacted, by the “Holmfield Hum”, as the mysterious low-frequency sound
plaguing the English village is known, residents who can hear the mysterious hum describe
it as the whirring of a washing machine or an idling diesel engine, it is most
annoying to many people and some have said it affects their sleep, “I love my home but some days I absolutely detest being in
it. It feels like there’s no happy space here anymore,” Holmfield resident
Yvonne Conner recently told the
BBC. “As much as I can hear it I can feel it on my eardrums. It resonates
and feels like a pressure against them. That’s pretty much what it’s like all
the time.” Adding “It leaves you feeling worn out because it’s worse on a night
so trying to sleep is hard,” local woman Zoe Millar said. “We have considered
moving but why should we when it’s something that’s not our fault?”,
“We have given our all to this investigation and left no
stone unturned because we care about local people and understand the impact
that the alleged noises have had on some residents,” Councillor Jenny Lynn
told Yorkshire Live. “We have given our all to this
investigation and left no stone unturned because we care about local people and
understand the impact that the alleged noises have had on some residents.” acoustic expert Peter Rogers told the BBC that sound is a
very complex topic and that in this case, the infamous hum could indeed be
caused by some industrial activity that only some people can hear, or even
something as mundane as water running through mains, a transformer or a
telegraph pole, “The problem is then trying to find where it’s coming from and
it’s a bit like searching for that elusive needle in a haystack,” Rogers said.
“If you imagine the soundscape people are living in, there’s all sorts of
noises coming and going day and night so you’ve to effectively turn everything
off to start the job of finding it.” and that has not happened yet, so there you have it, if you want to become a local hero, solve the modern mystery of the Holmfield Hum!
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