Wisconsin Mystery Booms: This Explanation Is Not It, Or, At Least, All Of It..

Wisconsin Town Figures Out Source of Mystery Booms  Newser.  Excerpts:

The mysterious booms heard in Clintonville, Wisconsin, had experts stumped—but there may be a simple explanation. "The mystery is solved. We have experienced an earthquake here in Clintonville,"
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..explains that the fact that Clintonville's soil and granite isn't like what's normally found under towns suffering earthquakes.
And:
Portable detectors picked up a magnitude 1.5 earthquake—which can only be felt within a 5-mile radius—early Tuesday morning. The devices make their way around the country, and very few are in the state; it was a pure "fluke" that they were in the right place at the right time, adds the city official.


Not that booms don't occur with earthquakes; they do.  But not always, and usually of larger magnitude.  So maybe..  There could be an earthquake swarm in Clintonville.  Have many EQ's does the USGS think happened before the recorded EQ?  Have more sounds/booms occurred?  That equipment would still be there, or was it "Mystery solved:  Let's get the fuck outta here!"  And the seismometers are already gone?

And what of Montello?  The eyewitness reports seem to all point to more intense episodes.  Wouldn't the USGS make the effort to get some seismos just 80 miles to the south west of Clintonville if Montello's shaking harder?  Assuming seismometers are still in Clintonville, how many quakes have they recorded since?  Also, only a small quadrant of Clintonville was effected, opposed to most of Montello.  Also, according to reports from Montello, the boom events overlapped, with Clintonville starting Sunday, and Montello starting Tuesday.  How many quakes have been recorded in Montello?

Tunnels?

Rift Expansion?

Solar-triggered Skyquakes?

Wisconsin Mystery Booms And More: March 23, 2012

Mysterious Sounds And Rumble Now Being Reported In Montello, 80 Miles South of Clintonville – March 21, 2012  Follow up/More background from The Truth Behind The Scenes.   Excerpts:



In Montello, it’s the talk of the town.



Lekas said, “There was a loud boom and all the windows shook. The whole house shook.”


A loud rumble around 5-thirty last night immediately triggered calls to the police department.

Montello Police Chief Richard Olson said, “We have a lot of good, reliable sources that reported this pretty much community wide.”


Jean Dawidziak’s son heard the boom.


She says, “He was out at the farm and said mom there was this big thing, the whole house shook.”

Pretty much everyone we talked to in Montello says they either heard and felt this rumble themselves or they know someone who did. One person even described it like a really bad train wreck, all the cars slamming into each other at once, right where you’re standing.


Olson says, “They reported it almost as if it was under ground or ground level.”


The police chief is still trying to make sense of it.

These booms are much more intense and widespread than those in Clintonville.  And you thought anything with the word "Mystery" or "Mysterious" couldn't get more mysterious..

It's also happening in Oklahoma.  That sound is ominous.  Lots and lots of videos at the link.

Developing..

Wisconsin Mystery Booms: More Booms, New Town..

Mystery Booms, Ground Shaking in Second Wisconsin Town – Videos  Death By 1000 Papercuts.  Excerpts:

The “Big Story” in Wisconsin: mystery booms appeared in a second town Tuesday night. The still unexplained phenomena heard by residents in Montello, Wisconsin, 80 miles southwest of Clintonville, the location of mystery booms or ‘blasts’ and shaking that have frightened residents three nights in row beginning Sunday night. Ruled out as the cause of the mystery booms and ground shaking in Clintonville: mining, the military, earthquakes, sewer gas, and anything caused by humans. The current theory: the granite bedrock beneath the town is the culprit. Other theories in the comment sections of news reports: The mystery booms are caused by ‘HAARP’, a ‘sinkhole’ beneath Clintonville, or, ‘giant earthworms’.
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The latest news: “There are reports of more booming sounds 80 miles away. Police in Montello are now investigating similar sounds.”



“It’s the talk of the town in Montello today, a loud rumble last night that was apparently loud enough to shake walls and rattle windows. Last night the police department received several reports of loud noise and a loud rumble around 5:30. Police say they are investigating.”


Meanwhile, Clintonville residents tired of booming noise.



Meanwhile, the Mystery Booms remain a mystery.