MYSTERIOUS EARTH NOISES.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 23, Issue 8, 30 January 1912, Page 2

MYSTERIOUS EARTH NOISES.

The mysterious underground noises of many parts of the world—variously known as barisal guns, mist-poeuf-feurs, marinas, etc. —have attracted the notice of the Filipinos. The Rev. M. Saderra Maso finds that in the Phillippines the sounds are heard on enclosed bays or inter-island .seas, and rarely on the open coast, and occur most often between twilight and dawn, and especially during the hot periods of March, April and May' though in the Paugasian provirfce they are chiefly confined to the rainy season. They almost always seem to come from the mountains inland. They are usually low rumblings, not unlike thunder, and the natives commonly believe that they are due to waves breaking 'on beaches or in. caverns and are connected with aP; preaching typlu ns or other weather changes. This explanation is thought to be reasonable. The typhoons are offen heralded days in advance by very heavy swells, and special atmospheric conditions may carry the sounds far, their apparent inland origin bejng due to reflection. I

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