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UCD Whale Noises

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  • 27-02-2014 10:03pm
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    mhangasor
    Registered Users Posts: 51 ✭✭


    I know this might sound crazy, but I promise this is a genuine question and I'm not trolling.

    I live on campus (Roebuck) and I regularly hear loud noises that sound like a whale roughly between 8-9am. The noises sound like they're coming from the centre of college itself and not my building. I have friends in Merville who hear it too so it's clearly very loud. This has been happening since the start of the semester (unless I just never noticed it before!)

    Has anyone ever heard this before or does anyone know what it could be?! I know this sounds so stupid but it's been annoying me for a while now, haha!:D

    PS, some people have suggested it's the pipes/heating? Although I don't see how it can be so loud that I'd hear the pipes from here!


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    pheasant tail
    Registered Users Posts: 941 ✭✭✭pheasant tail


    Did you check the new lake?


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    Riamfada
    Registered Users Posts: 10,246 ✭✭✭✭Riamfada


    Could it be wind through the buildings??


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    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    mhangasor wrote: »
    I know this might sound crazy, but I promise this is a genuine question and I'm not trolling.

    I live on campus (Roebuck) and I regularly hear loud noises that sound like a whale roughly between 8-9am. The noises sound like they're coming from the centre of college itself and not my building. I have friends in Merville who hear it too so it's clearly very loud. This has been happening since the start of the semester (unless I just never noticed it before!)

    Has anyone ever heard this before or does anyone know what it could be?! I know this sounds so stupid but it's been annoying me for a while now, haha!:D

    PS, some people have suggested it's the pipes/heating? Although I don't see how it can be so loud that I'd hear the pipes from here!

    Riding noises is your best bet.


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    Mr Pseudonym
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,237 ✭✭✭Mr Pseudonym


    WoollyRedHat wrote: »
    Riding noises is your best bet.

    I heard that there are gay cruising spots on campus? Maybe you're hearing humpback-ing.


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    Dermot Illogical
    Registered Users Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dermot Illogical


    Is it the moaning sound you sometimes get nearby when you charge your phone on campus?


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    UCDCritic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 272 ✭✭UCDCritic


    Dermot Illogical wrote: »
    Is it the moaning sound you sometimes get nearby when you charge your phone on campus?

    It's the principal


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    AndonHandon
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    It's the bin trucks' loading/unloading the big bins. I, too, pondered some type of giant beast yawning at one point. Disappointing when I realised what it actually was as I preferred believing it to be some whale-like creature.


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    convert
    Registered Users Posts: 9,338 ✭✭✭convert


    Yep, it's the bin trucks. You can hear it outside the library, too, when they're emptying the bins/skips between the Library and Newman buildings.


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    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,386 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    AndonHandon wrote: »
    It's the bin trucks' loading/unloading the big bins. I, too, pondered some type of giant beast yawning at one point. Disappointing when I realised what it actually was as I preferred believing it to be some whale-like creature.
    convert wrote: »
    Yep, it's the bin trucks. You can hear it outside the library, too, when they're emptying the bins/skips between the Library and Newman buildings.


    :( Spoil-sports.


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