Things that go "BANG!" in the night

2009-05-06 04:12:04

#1

Fenris_GreyClaw: Real Хорошо; +826|6928|Adelaide, South Australia

For the past month and a bit, there have been large BANG noises echoing through my nearby streets at night. At first, both me and some other people I've spoken to about it thought it was cars backfiring and/or fireworks of some sort.

It's been happening more and more now. About a week ago I heard one during the day, just as loud as the ones at night and just 10 mins ago I heard 2 within 5-ish mins of each other. It's got me stumped.

It can't be the prison - It's much to far away and there's been no news of breakouts.
It can't be the CAVpower yard down the block - There's no 'clang' of dropped metal, and it's empty at night.
It can't be cars backfiring - It's much too loud to be anything car related.

It might be gunfire - but there's been absolutely no local reports of shootings/near shootings on the news at all, and no Emergency sirens either. The only hint has been frequent helicopter activity, but they always look like News helicopters to me, and they're never out on the nighs of the sounds.
It might be fireworks - There's a fireworks shop decently close by and plenty of people who can buy them, but we've never had noises this often 'in succession'.

What the hell is happening?

2009-05-06 04:14:17

#2

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7030|London, England

Maybe some Bogans shooting cans in the backyard

2009-05-06 04:21:10

#3

RavyGravy: Son.; +617|6814|NSW, Australia

the rapture has started

2009-05-06 04:21:51

#4

Fenris_GreyClaw: Real Хорошо; +826|6928|Adelaide, South Australia

That makes 4 tonight now....

2009-05-06 04:22:38

#5

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,822|6514|eXtreme to the maX

Late night gun testing would be my guess, or could be a big circuit breaker..
Which suburb are you in?
There is no shortage of ferals with unregistered guns in Adelaide, and they do like to test them.
Phone the fuzz and let them know, if they don't know they can't do anything.

Living in Hampshire in the UK I once heard a long burst of full auto fire, followed by the Police aircraft circling for several hours.
That didn't make the news either.

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Fuck Israel

2009-05-06 04:25:11

#6

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6561|what

Dilbert_X wrote:
Phone the fuzz and let them know, if they don't know they can't do anything.

PTG isn't going to be much help tbh.

2009-05-06 04:30:41

#7

Fenris_GreyClaw: Real Хорошо; +826|6928|Adelaide, South Australia

Dilbert_X wrote:
Late night gun testing would be my guess, or could be a big circuit breaker..
Which suburb are you in?
There is no shortage of ferals with unregistered guns in Adelaide, and they do like to test them.
Phone the fuzz and let them know, if they don't know they can't do anything.

Enfield, and through my 14-ish years of living here, I've never even heard anything like this happen this often.
I can understand 'test-firing' happening occasionally, but it's occurring way to often to be a test.
Already have tbh, note the chopper activity, but like I said, they tend to miss the nights when something actually happens.

The last two I heard may have been backfiring, because I heard a car screech it's tyres just following it.

Dilbert_X wrote:
Living in Hampshire in the UK I once heard a long burst of full auto fire, followed by the Police aircraft circling for several hours.
That didn't make the news either.

Did it happen off-daily for over a month? You'd think something would come up in that time, even if it is just idiots with firecrackers.

2009-05-06 04:37:54

#8

krazed: Admiral of the Bathtub; +619|7188|Great Brown North

sounds like morons with guns tbh

2009-05-06 04:44:46

#9

Fenris_GreyClaw: Real Хорошо; +826|6928|Adelaide, South Australia

That makes 5 now....

2009-05-06 04:54:13

#10

KuSTaV: noice; +947|6920|Gold Coast

fireworks tbh

noice

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2009-05-06 04:55:38

#11

TeamZephyr: Maintaining My Rage Since 1975; +124|6938|Hillside, Melbourne, Australia

Call that "if you hear any suspicious terrorism related blah blah blah" hotline Fenris.

2009-05-06 04:57:04

#12

RavyGravy: Son.; +617|6814|NSW, Australia

be alert, not alarmed

2009-05-06 05:11:45

#13

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7058

Be armed, not alarmed.

2009-05-06 07:39:22

#14

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6110|College Park, MD

Are you sure you haven't gone mad?

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2009-05-06 07:43:45

#15

Hakei: Banned; +295|6404

Do you live in hackam west or tea tree gully

2009-05-06 07:46:18

#16

Ioan92: Member; +337|6131

aliens tbh

2009-05-06 11:32:17

#17

M.O.A.B: 'Light 'em up!'; +1,220|6631|Escea

I used to hear this weird sound early in the mornings, almost like thunder. It would roll up, get really loud and then disappear. I eventually discovered it was the milk float, its electric so all you hear is the bottles and crates on the back clattering when it hits the dip in the road. I do see strange random flashes at night though, almost like lightning. Yet to discover what the hell that is.

2009-05-06 11:36:26

#18

Ioan92: Member; +337|6131

M.O.A.B wrote:
I used to hear this weird sound early in the mornings, almost like thunder. It would roll up, get really loud and then disappear. I eventually discovered it was the milk float, its electric so all you hear is the bottles and crates on the back clattering when it hits the dip in the road. I do see strange random flashes at night though, almost like lightning. Yet to discover what the hell that is.

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Resistance is futile.

2009-05-06 11:42:14

#19

M.O.A.B: 'Light 'em up!'; +1,220|6631|Escea

Ioan92 wrote:
M.O.A.B wrote:
I used to hear this weird sound early in the mornings, almost like thunder. It would roll up, get really loud and then disappear. I eventually discovered it was the milk float, its electric so all you hear is the bottles and crates on the back clattering when it hits the dip in the road. I do see strange random flashes at night though, almost like lightning. Yet to discover what the hell that is.
http://www.abduct-anon.com/images/AUTHEN5.jpg

Resistance is futile.

What if I hire Will Smith though?

2009-05-06 11:50:11

#20

Ioan92: Member; +337|6131

M.O.A.B wrote:
Ioan92 wrote:
M.O.A.B wrote:
I used to hear this weird sound early in the mornings, almost like thunder. It would roll up, get really loud and then disappear. I eventually discovered it was the milk float, its electric so all you hear is the bottles and crates on the back clattering when it hits the dip in the road. I do see strange random flashes at night though, almost like lightning. Yet to discover what the hell that is.
http://www.abduct-anon.com/images/AUTHEN5.jpg

Resistance is futile.
What if I hire Will Smith though?

That movie was awsm.

2009-05-06 11:52:55

#21

m3thod: All kiiiiiiiiinds of gainz; +2,197|7080|UK

The noises from the bed board banging against the wall when and mom and dad get up to some 'wrestling'.

mystery solved

Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.

2009-05-07 08:55:39

#22

david363: Crotch fires and you: the untold story; +314|7148|Comber, Northern Ireland

any airforce bases near by? might the sound of jet breaking the soundbarrier

2009-05-07 09:09:22

#23

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7030|London, England

david363 wrote:
any airforce bases near by? might the sound of jet breaking the soundbarrier

Well most of the Aussies here on bf2s live in areas that are deemed to be worthy of only being a target range for the military (lots of US members too), so your theory might not be so far-fetched

2009-05-07 09:43:50

#24

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6909|so randum

i loved living at cottesmore for 2/bit weeks, tornados would buzz the base at 3 in the morn at mach just to piss the harrier lads off.

Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2009-05-07 09:46:10

#25

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7141|St. Andrews / Oslo

Probably just your mum banging your best friend in the nearby dumpsters, nothing to worry about

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