The Loudest Underwater Sound Ever Recorded

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    The ocean is wide, vast, and terrifying. But for the last 40 years, researchers around the world have been recording audio from hydrophones to try to understand it better. And we've learned a lot. But a surprising number of sounds have been recorded that defy explanation. Here are some of the most mysterious.
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    0:00 - Intro
    2:48 - Hydrophones
    4:01 - The Bloop
    5:17 - Bloop Theories
    7:50 - The Bloop Mystery Solved
    8:58 - Other Unexplained Sea Sounds
    13:54 - Sponsor - Henson Shaving

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  • @joescott
    @joescott  ปีที่แล้ว +499

    Thought I would hop into the comments and say thanks to everyone for your patience as I've been slower on the uploads this month. And also (grab a kleenex), this is the last video that you will see with this background. I've got a whole new set that I've built and I've already got a couple videos shot with it that will start rolling out on April 3rd.
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    • @AwkwardSquirrel13
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      Much love Joe! Thank you for keeping me sane, best of luck with the new Ikea shelf! Looking forward to getting to know it's acquaintance!

    • @aretoo-2
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      Lemme know if you're gonna sell any of the 'old stuff'...😉

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      We come for the knowledge and laughs, not the number of videos posted. But we stay for the A class quality!!

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      Please tell me the Tron disc will still be there!

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      @billyhendrix5544 ปีที่แล้ว

      ❤❤

  • @dt843
    @dt843 ปีที่แล้ว +1569

    I know you probably won't see this. But i'm currently 17, i've been watching you since i was 12, and you've helped me get through a lot of things. Whenever you don't post anything i actually watch a lot of your old or past videos, and i go to sleep while listening to your videos even though i've seen them a million times already. I just wanted to let you know that there are people out there who absolutely love you, and there are people who's lives have been influenced by you. I hope that one day i can meet you and let you know in person how much you have helped me

    • @joescott
      @joescott  ปีที่แล้ว +617

      That’s an incredibly nice thing to say, thank you. 🙂

    • @Jozsof
      @Jozsof ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Atta boy

    • @clueless4085
      @clueless4085 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      100% Agreed. Joe is the man.

    • @mattvjmeasures
      @mattvjmeasures ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Great comment DT.

    • @dt843
      @dt843 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      @@joescott thank you, it means a lot that you would reply.

  • @TimeBucks
    @TimeBucks ปีที่แล้ว +808

    Great video, great topic, and fun samples to listen to

  • @robot_spider
    @robot_spider ปีที่แล้ว +592

    Growing up on a lake in Northern Michigan, my first thought when I heard the bloop was "Sounds like ice cracking on the lake". When the ice is getting thicker (4"-6" of ice depth), the expansion of the ice causes huge cracks to relieve the stresses that build up. They have a weird organic sound to them. When the ice is thin,

    • @squirlmy
      @squirlmy ปีที่แล้ว +45

      You grew up on a lake? Mermaid? Or: I'm picturing a little crab typing away on a cell phone dropped from a boat...

    • @elio7610
      @elio7610 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Raft house

    • @Robbiebert14
      @Robbiebert14 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Oh man it's so freaking fun!! It sounds wild!! You almost have to be there to believe it

    • @dannygjk
      @dannygjk ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Awww the poor souls who have never experienced the outdoors other than taking out the garbage.

    • @dannygjk
      @dannygjk ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@squirlmy It's English dontcha know kinda weird.

  • @xaviergordillo9712
    @xaviergordillo9712 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    One day I was walking my dog next to a frozen lake... and suddenly a very deep, very loud sound "appears". I wouldn't say that I "hear" it... to be more exact... I would say that I "felt" it... I felt it inside me and everywhere. Of course that left me in shock... I had never heard anything like this in my life... and I have never heard it again. I am not able to express the depth of that sound. It was like being in a movie. I didn't imagine it because my dog listen it too.
    I'm not sure what I heard... but I think what happened is that the lake was thawing... and I think what produced the sound was the entire surface of the lake descending a few cm and reverberating like a gigantic drum. Nature is really amazing

    • @eekee6034
      @eekee6034 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I'd love to hear -- or feel -- something like that! :D

    • @SecondLifeTravels1
      @SecondLifeTravels1 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Sounds like some part of the ice cracked!

    • @audreymuzingo933
      @audreymuzingo933 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Or there was a sasquatch nearby (they use infrasound).
      Sorry, couldn't resist.
      Kinda sorry, kinda serious.

    • @duchuynhvuong1733
      @duchuynhvuong1733 ปีที่แล้ว

      ok

    • @garethbaus5471
      @garethbaus5471 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Warmer fluids dissolve fewer gases, could have been a release of gas under the ice as the water warms. Definitely would need more information to know for certain.

  • @Razorfiend
    @Razorfiend ปีที่แล้ว +162

    I love that you used Neil Breen as the stranger in the attic. Finding him up there would be both terrifying and for some reason, unsurprising.

    • @douglasboyle6544
      @douglasboyle6544 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Exactly what I thought. That's a totally Neil Breen thing, he'd be up there with a bunch of satellite dishes and cans of tuna.

    • @joescott
      @joescott  ปีที่แล้ว +51

      He'd make too much noise breaking all those computers.

    • @81sorted
      @81sorted ปีที่แล้ว +6

      #eyesonbreen

    • @rse1113
      @rse1113 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can’t believe it. I can believe you committed a Neil Breen reference in my garage next to my Ferrari.

    • @H-Man1
      @H-Man1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sometimes when I'm laying in bed, I hear him drop a tuna can up there.

  • @tnd5080
    @tnd5080 ปีที่แล้ว +409

    Who ever made the names for the sounds needs a award 🥇

    • @glenn_r_frank_author
      @glenn_r_frank_author ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sounds like a fun job, huh?

    • @TheStarMachine2000
      @TheStarMachine2000 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      an

    • @liammeharry
      @liammeharry ปีที่แล้ว +4

      His name was Adolf hitler. Still think he needs an award?

    • @TheStarMachine2000
      @TheStarMachine2000 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@liammeharry yes

    • @viscache1
      @viscache1 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Do you know why the Whale makes the sad noise? Because it Hertz!

  • @mikebauer6917
    @mikebauer6917 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    If you’ve ever been on a large frozen lake (or sea ice) you’ll know that shifting ice makes loud sounds something like huge metal wires twanging.

    • @dickJohnsonpeter
      @dickJohnsonpeter ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yes and even booming sounds. I've heard some crazy sounds on Lake Michigan when ice fishing during a small thaw and even the large river that runs through our town makes very loud noises sometimes that I can hear from a half mile away and people have reported it to the police not knowing what it was. The river is very deep here and has very strong currents that are probably the cause.

    • @brianforman6093
      @brianforman6093 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’ve heard that twanging sound

    • @HypocrisyHuntress
      @HypocrisyHuntress ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not going to lie, I though you said
      "shi💩💩ing ice." I was so confused. I think I need a nap.

    • @xeokym223
      @xeokym223 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My parents used to take me ice skating on a big local river and it would make deep popping & cracking sounds that would scare the crap outta me & my parents told me it didn't mean anything...and it didn't. Just sounded scary.

  • @DanRyanCarter
    @DanRyanCarter ปีที่แล้ว +886

    Okay but the 'people living secretly in the attic' thing has happened and it's absolutely terrifying 🙅🏻

    • @alastairward2774
      @alastairward2774 ปีที่แล้ว

      Especially the ones who came out and murdered people.

    • @joescott
      @joescott  ปีที่แล้ว +254

      Yeah there’s some videos out there of people catching those guys on security cameras. Freaky as hell.

    • @Sambroke
      @Sambroke ปีที่แล้ว +147

      @@joescott I'm in your attic

    • @mathieuleader8601
      @mathieuleader8601 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Hugo is fed a bucket of fisheads every weeks

    • @selfproclaimednobody4614
      @selfproclaimednobody4614 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      The people under the stairs are more worser...

  • @briandoolittle3422
    @briandoolittle3422 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The lonely whale reminds me of Bruiser the Elk. On Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound in Washington State, theres a single Elk named Bruiser. Elk are not native to the island, so he's the only one on it. Hes been there about 10 years, after swimming across the Sound to the island. You can occasionally hear him bugling during mating season. People have reported him destroying their clotheslines.

  • @Chrismas815
    @Chrismas815 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Thank God you posted, I was stuck watching old Joe Scott videos

    • @joescott
      @joescott  ปีที่แล้ว +19

      More stuff on the way. 😉

    • @Chrismas815
      @Chrismas815 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@joescott till then I'll keep watching old videos 😂

    • @dannytunz6993
      @dannytunz6993 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@Joe Scott there is a massive TH-cam audience for quality and thought provoking content on paleoanthrropology I would love to see you make some videos on the subject and see what your ideas about the new studies

    • @squirlmy
      @squirlmy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      IDK, do you have statistics on how large the audience is? Because, it sounds like wishful thinking to me. Can you list some recent discoveries?

    • @dannytunz6993
      @dannytunz6993 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@squirlmy the recent homo naledi papers may have completely upended decades of established thought on the subject... and essentially all of our models are pure conjecture so it's a ripe field for intrigue

  • @johnopalko5223
    @johnopalko5223 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Thank you for mentioning Cthulhu. As a lifelong fan of Lovecraft, Cthulhu has always been my tongue-in-cheek explanation for anything weird. Phnglui w'gah nagl fhtagn.

    • @ladymacbethofmtensk896
      @ladymacbethofmtensk896 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Fungi from Yuggoth are my usual joke involving Pluto. Talk about the edge of the universe also reminds me of Yog-Sothoth.

  • @Anonymous-pb2pg
    @Anonymous-pb2pg ปีที่แล้ว +62

    i love that after so long you still keep the cephalopod joke running

    • @MeganVictoriaKearns
      @MeganVictoriaKearns ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Definitely an awesome topic to reference as often as possible. They're some of the most incredible creatures out there.

    • @margauxf4321
      @margauxf4321 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I loved that video 😅

  • @Vaaluin
    @Vaaluin ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Life has been a bit rough for awhile now and having your weekly 15 minutes of chatting helps a ton. Seeing a new vid in my subscriptions today brought me so much comfort.

    • @moniqueengleman873
      @moniqueengleman873 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hang in there. I promise Life is so worth it.

    • @joescott
      @joescott  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Sorry you've had a rough time. Happens to all of us. And I'm glad my banter has helped - I hope you find a lot more things to give you joy.

  • @robsquared2
    @robsquared2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I'm glad we know what the bloop is. I await the blarp.

    • @tamradavisson2156
      @tamradavisson2156 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂 yet another reason to not go on a cruise ship. 😂😂😂

  • @ThisIsTheWay05
    @ThisIsTheWay05 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I'm learning so much from this channel and I'm not even done with high school yet. I've learned things that I haven't even heard from school books. Keep on teaching!

    • @joescott
      @joescott  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Keep on learning! ;)

  • @jmcurleypoker
    @jmcurleypoker ปีที่แล้ว +94

    I love this channel. Always learn something new with these videos. Like the sounds scientists make when they’re surprised.

  • @antonnym214
    @antonnym214 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is a very entertaining and thoughtful video. Thank you! One helpful grammar tip: Use "farther" for distance, as in "Sound waves travel farther in water than they do in air." Use "further" for just about everything else. As in: "These night courses will further my criminology education." Or "The further I get into this story, the more confused I become." All good wishes.

  • @dg8620
    @dg8620 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    When I was a preteen we had a pond in our garden. Two ducks showed up and had ducklings. We fed them and they were like outdoor pets. They grew into teenage ducks.
    One day my dad was taking a bath and my sister and I thought it would be a funny prank to drop them in the bath with my dad, who was laying back in the tub with his eyes closed. Two things hadn't occurred to us - 1) ducks have claws at the tips of their toes, 2) ducks instantly poop when introduced to hot water containing an angry bleeding middle-aged man. While emerging from the water he screamed a certain sound that perfectly conveyed pain, confusion, anger, and surprise.
    While it wasn't recorded, I attest that was definitely the loudest sound ever made underwater.

  • @nadiayorc
    @nadiayorc ปีที่แล้ว +5

    the thing I rarely see mentioned whenever the recording is talked about but is in my opinion very important to how it could be perceived is that it (and most other of these sea noises) have been sped up and pitched up by a lot (the bloop is 16 times), the original recording lasted about a minute and ranged from around 10hz to 50hz, which most speakers are incapable of reproducing, half of it is outside the human hearing range, and the rest is just barely within it, if it were possible to perfectly reproduce it would likely just sound/feel like a rumble at it's real pitch/tempo (if played at a safe volume)

  • @dillonrostorfer202
    @dillonrostorfer202 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I found your channel a few weeks ago and I love it! Your ability to explain things in such an easy to understand and concise manner is amazing!

    • @MeganVictoriaKearns
      @MeganVictoriaKearns ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome! I've been here about 3 months. I've watched about 70% or so of the older videos. Joe's a great communicator. Very funny too. You're going to learn a lot!

    • @joescott
      @joescott  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! Glad you're here!

    • @kindlin
      @kindlin ปีที่แล้ว

      I may be closer to 3 years (probably longer?), but his humor hasn't changed while his videos have improved.

  • @Nolantrees
    @Nolantrees ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video, but the Ad for Henson shaving made me try out the razor and it’s INSANELY AMAZING. So nicely made and such a great deal.

  • @abbacchio5649
    @abbacchio5649 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    hi joe! thank you for always accompanying me through my sleepless nights :)

  • @185MDE
    @185MDE ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I am so happy you included 52 Blue. It's my favorite ocean mystery.

  • @devinodonnell
    @devinodonnell ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Once again, great video, great topic, and fun samples to listen to. :D

  • @ericwiese7479
    @ericwiese7479 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video Joe! Been with you since you were a wee channel, well done, Sir!

  • @thatsnailguy
    @thatsnailguy ปีที่แล้ว +20

    1997 seems like a good year for several hydrophonic mysteries. I wonder why that year seems like an outlier with it's number of unidentified recordings. Perhaps the bloop brought more attention to that year's recordings.

    • @kstricl
      @kstricl ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Looks like the initial deployment was may 1996. Likely they have had better success tracking and identifying sounds after due to calibration and better algorithms.

    • @drelocs2878
      @drelocs2878 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or purposely hiding them don’t forget. 🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @WastedYouth89r
    @WastedYouth89r ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Litterally just searched this topic today for fun. And suddenly just a day ago you release a well made video on the exact topic?!

  • @Dufus_Puncher
    @Dufus_Puncher ปีที่แล้ว +84

    A big ol thing in the ocean farted... Scientists baffled

  • @GogiRegion
    @GogiRegion 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don't know if I missed it, but I didn't notice this in the video: the audio clip everyone shows (such as in this video) is significantly sped up. The original is so low frequency that humans could not hear it. The "bloop" sound is only perceivable with audio editing.

  • @lmc333
    @lmc333 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Legend goes that the sound is still going around the ocean to this day, being reverberated and echoed back and forth.

  • @WhispyWoods.
    @WhispyWoods. ปีที่แล้ว +27

    You can’t deny it’s bloopiness ❤️

  • @LaurieAnnCurry
    @LaurieAnnCurry ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’m not the least little bit ashamed at how excited I was to see a new vid! Love me my Joe.

  • @IndridCold00
    @IndridCold00 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would like to just say, as an old school fan of the vlogbrothers from back in the day, I appreciate any creator that references "the dooblydoo"

  • @makerspace533
    @makerspace533 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In the 1960s, the US military set up a huge underwater surveillance system to track submarines, ours and theirs. In 1968 a soviet submarine had an onboard explosion which sank the submarine. The US knew precisely where the sub was located, it turned out the soviets knew nothing. The Glomar Explorer was build ostensibly to explore for undersea mining, but actually was to recover the missing soviet submarine.

    • @rodchallis8031
      @rodchallis8031 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Back in the before times, I used to read the colour comics section of our weekend paper. On the back page there was a feature dedicated to sciency stuff. The Glomar Explorer was featured and it always stuck in my head. Knowing how security agencies use P.R. companies etc., to plant "news" from time to time, after I found out the true purpose of the Glomar Explorer, I wondered if that feature was a CIA plant.

    • @hk-wr2jt
      @hk-wr2jt 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How loud was the USS Thresher implosion?

  • @Hach_Composer
    @Hach_Composer ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think the cephalopod script has been heralded like 6 times since that video came out and it never ceases to be funny

  • @jacobdarling4172
    @jacobdarling4172 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you joe,I’ve greatly enjoyed your videos

  • @marie_h1104
    @marie_h1104 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This video is fascinating; I thought that it was due to ice but the distance the sound traveled is remarkable!

  • @izaacgavin4903
    @izaacgavin4903 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I just wanted to let you know joe that your videos always lighten up my day💪🏼

  • @catalind3304
    @catalind3304 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Joe,
    Big fan here, thanks for your work. Beautiful video as usual!
    Quick one, any plan to check the seaweed farming industry in a future video?
    Stay safe! 🤗

  • @mimidestiny1
    @mimidestiny1 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Hello Joe! I am really curious about the sounds of the ocean during the pandemic when all the shipping traffic was quiet. I tried to attempt to research this but hit a bunch of dead ends.

  • @ShadowInTheSky2
    @ShadowInTheSky2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    TH-cam stopped showing me your videos. I remembered today I haven't seen you in months. Well... at least I have like 25 Joescott videos to watch now. Commented for the algorithm. Keep being awesome.

  • @swordmonkey6635
    @swordmonkey6635 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    When looking for a solution to mysterious underwater sounds, the best method is to use Occam's Razor; which in this case leads to the answer that it's an interdimensional city phasing back into our spacetime and the pressure of the displaced water causes the noise. 😛

    • @Nitephall
      @Nitephall ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Or maybe it's an underwater Wakanda. The shield failed and the ocean claimed the city.

    • @swordmonkey6635
      @swordmonkey6635 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Nitephall It's a wild held fact that underwater Wakanda sounds more like a kazoo or slide whistle. 😛

    • @joescott
      @joescott  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Obviously

    • @mildredfippen5396
      @mildredfippen5396 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why not?

  • @michelebeuttel3289
    @michelebeuttel3289 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks!

  • @davidjeffery3532
    @davidjeffery3532 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Another quality video! Love your work :)

  • @MattV704
    @MattV704 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    never change. I always love your side comments, noises, and made up words.

  • @MatthewSmith-qd6du
    @MatthewSmith-qd6du ปีที่แล้ว +3

    love that at 6:40 joe used a mtg card (specifically scourge of fleets) to illustrate a giant underwater sea creature,

    • @mn6334
      @mn6334 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was like "I recognize that art"

    • @MatthewSmith-qd6du
      @MatthewSmith-qd6du ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mn6334 pretty cool

  • @2nd-place
    @2nd-place ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I didn’t know you were friends with Andy Weir! I read Project Hail Mary last summer and it was great! I love Rocky. Hope they make it into a movie!

  • @Nick_Slavik
    @Nick_Slavik ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Anyone else really enjoying the background track Joe has during these vids? Just a really good vibing tune 😎

    • @patrickgrassey2290
      @patrickgrassey2290 ปีที่แล้ว

      Found it distracting... it worked to make me rewatch, for sure.

    • @Nick_Slavik
      @Nick_Slavik ปีที่แล้ว

      @@patrickgrassey2290 I'm enjoying it! I find myself bobbing along to it lol the old tune he had was still great, it kind of reminded me of the Metropolitan Zone from Sonic 2 haha

  • @meganthearchitectbrown1111
    @meganthearchitectbrown1111 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your humor is so good that it DOESN'T fail.

  • @RationallySkeptical
    @RationallySkeptical ปีที่แล้ว +8

    0:01 SPOILER alert! ⚠️ The Bloop happened to be detected at the exact moment my buddy Ralph and I ran into one of these on a dive, and he dared me to fart into the mic. Coincidence?! I think NOT.

  • @amandab.recondwith8006
    @amandab.recondwith8006 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your segways from the program to the advertising is always a treat. I usually laugh my ass off! You're a hoot, Joe!

  • @adrianaad6058
    @adrianaad6058 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The sounds on your video scared my dogs enough so I had to pause and take them outside to brush off the uneasiness. I thought this is scary stuff for humans only, but apparently we're not alone in this. Thank for the video, great work!

    • @joescott
      @joescott  ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Sometimes my dogs bark when I'm recording. Then later when I'm editing or playing it back, they'll hear themselves bark and get scared.

  • @geoffschell9476
    @geoffschell9476 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm so confused. I got a wicked sense of deja vú watching this and could have sworn you already did a video on the bloop, now I don't know where I learned about this

  • @SooprTruffaut
    @SooprTruffaut ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Very curious and interesting, as per usual!
    I have a question though: a lot of the sounds you mention were first recorded in 1997. Was that the year the array was built across the sea floor or was that just a particularly terrifying period for marine science?
    Keep up the good work!

    • @joescott
      @joescott  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hehe, I can't say for sure, but I assume there was some change in aggregation or recording around that time.

  • @katanaki3059
    @katanaki3059 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What I love about this channel is the acceptance of ideas
    And razors

  • @Drmcclung
    @Drmcclung ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As if the bloop isn't weird enough, there was another mysterious oceanic noise called "the event" that turned out to be fish farts. Seriously.

  • @rickoleary7060
    @rickoleary7060 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As soon as you said I'm not going to play the whole clip nit here you go it gave me an ad lmfao perfect timing

  • @kingofflames738
    @kingofflames738 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    After listening to singing ice, I'm convinced this must have been one MASSIVE ice sheet cracking.

  • @MikeArnado
    @MikeArnado หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just put you on in the background even if I’ve seen this video before and I’m not sure why but you are just so therapeutic to listen to while working or drifting to sleep thank you for your videos

  • @MattJDylan
    @MattJDylan ปีที่แล้ว +5

    People estimated that the bloop beast was supposed to be more than 250m big. Now imagine: a population of those, somehow not leaving any sign of their presence apart from that one sound that one time. And let's not start thinking about what does that even eat and all.
    Also, Scott, THANK YOU. The first time I heard the "loneliest whale story" I was almost 30, and CRIED MY EYES OUT FOR HALF AN HOUR and had my mood destroyed for days. Like, I feel like crying right now just remembering it.
    So, having now an explanation with a plausible happy ending for that whale feels like a huge gift.
    Funny enough, I was very sympathetic with its loneliness, but now my austic lonely butt are even more empathetic with that little "odd" dude than before, and I'm just glad that one of us managed to likely find their way to someone who accepts them even if they are a bit "different".
    So, thank you scott for reporting it and heal this "wound" I felt for years the little guy 😂

  • @flyin4352
    @flyin4352 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have something super similar to a Hensen razer. I loved the thing but one of the replacement blades was a little too big for the razer and I dropped it in just the wrong way to literally flay open a part of my finger. Still can't look at it without feeling sick unfortunatly, but it was a fantastic razer before that.

  • @paulhaynes8045
    @paulhaynes8045 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good to see you back, Joe. Mondays have been a bit odd recently...

    • @joescott
      @joescott  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lots of big stuff coming in April. ;)

  • @gtbkts
    @gtbkts ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for the awesome content and great videos!!!

  • @bradleywall2246
    @bradleywall2246 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool episode and I can vouch for the razor; great shave

  • @CaptainMisery86
    @CaptainMisery86 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    That bloop was the sound of a wormhole opening and closing real quick. An alien space craft was aiming for the upper atmosphere, but they fudged the coordinates and ended up warping in to the ocean.

    • @joescott
      @joescott  ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Poor, wet aliens.

    • @Geolaminar
      @Geolaminar ปีที่แล้ว

      Yet another alien invasion, thwarted by delta P

    • @jookya2
      @jookya2 ปีที่แล้ว

      they meant to go directly to the water. Why else would they come to such a wet planet?

  • @masonl.8859
    @masonl.8859 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Project Hail Mary is a great book, I really enjoyed it. I also really like my Henson Razor. Thanks Joe!

  • @Balin_James
    @Balin_James ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Fun fact! Julia has a chorus effect guitar pedal named after it, made by Walrus Audio! I have one and it very much captures the spirit of the Julia sound. It just a LITTLE different than other chorus effects

    • @joescott
      @joescott  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh, that's super cool.

  • @nomekop777
    @nomekop777 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:41 i love that this particular Magic the Gathering art is used so much as some kind of stock image

  • @valiantwarrior4517
    @valiantwarrior4517 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It’s interesting that I have seen bird spectrograms with patterns very similar to some of these underwater sounds.

    • @MeganVictoriaKearns
      @MeganVictoriaKearns ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Everything's connected, man. Everything's connected...

    • @larrywest42
      @larrywest42 ปีที่แล้ว

      So.... Undersea dinosaurs?

    • @valiantwarrior4517
      @valiantwarrior4517 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@larrywest42 Wellllll…technically, by scientific definition, the term “dinosaur” only applies to land reptiles during the Mesozoic Era. 🤓

  • @hansjohannsen6722
    @hansjohannsen6722 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So cool. I have heard similar bloops on deep big ice. Fun to hear all this . Thanks for sharing

  • @simonwilczynski5863
    @simonwilczynski5863 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Sounds like an air bubble escaping the sea floor.

    • @squirlmy
      @squirlmy ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Could be methane, which would be pretty bad for global warming.

    • @RemoWilliams1227
      @RemoWilliams1227 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's what I thought

    • @Souchi-ito
      @Souchi-ito ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Timestamp: 5:01

    • @tommydplayskeys
      @tommydplayskeys ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There were definitely some 'fart in a bath' sounds in this vid

    • @biazacha
      @biazacha ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, gas scraping some seafloor seismic activity is my best guess

  • @ditzieluv
    @ditzieluv ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi Joe!! 👋 Just wondering if you were able to make the documentary about the Baker Hotel. Would love to hear about it. Love your videos!! Thank you!!

  • @adambier2415
    @adambier2415 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    A glacier calving is still the most awesome sound I have ever experienced. The sound comes from everywhere.

  • @KimdraStBiryukova
    @KimdraStBiryukova ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your multiple Andy Weir plugs got me interested in his other books (I've read The Martian many times), and though Artemis was kinda meh to me, Project Hail Mary was *so good!*
    I work at a library and Project Hail Mary is one of my go-tos when suggesting books to people.
    So thanks for your shameless Weir plugs, Joe!

  • @geoffstrickler
    @geoffstrickler ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Should be able to triangulate it based on timestamps when it was recorded at each hydrophone. As long as you know the time and location of each hydrophone. Without knowing the exact geography and speed of sound in the various media, you might only locate it to a several kilometer area, but it’s possible.

    • @MeganVictoriaKearns
      @MeganVictoriaKearns ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thought the same! No idea HOW to do it, but I did think "Can't they (blah blah math math...) and pin down the source location?"
      (Edit: I can't spell words well today, apparently)

    • @larrywest42
      @larrywest42 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Still tricky, though: lots of reflections (valleys, mountains) and changes in water temperature/density (= speed of sound) over long distances.

    • @geoffstrickler
      @geoffstrickler ปีที่แล้ว

      @@larrywest42 Right, but you should still be able to localize it significantly, to an area probably less than 10km radius, perhaps much closer.

  • @lostsock9852
    @lostsock9852 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oddly enough, I find the explanation of the bloop as an icequake more soothing than the idea of an as-yet undiscovered huge creature

  • @Rapiddrive1
    @Rapiddrive1 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I know I've said this before, but some things bear repetition! Joe, you make me laugh out loud more often than just about anyone other than Dave Chappelle. I come for the knowledge, I stay for your humourous takes and delivery on this crazy world/universe. Genuine appreciation for your thoughtful insights delivered so lightly. THANK YOU! Right next to love, the world needs more laughter!

    • @joescott
      @joescott  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awe, that's awesome, thanks for saying that. :)

  • @phil4986
    @phil4986 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The ocean floor release makes most sense. The characteristics of the 'bloop' are identical in structure to the release of a bubble of air that travels upward and then contacts the surface of a body of water and then is released into the atmosphere. Ergo, a bubble of gas, of some form, was under a part of the ocean floor, and was released when the ocean floor covering it ruptured, and released the bubble of gas, to the surface of the ocean. It must have been an amazing sight when it cleared the ocean surface.
    There are numerous volcanic and chemical processes that can cause the production of gasses under the surface of the ocean floor. It is just that normally the gas seeps through fissures before there is a large release event. Apparently, in this case, the gas was produced very deep under the surface of the ocean floor, for a time, before it overcame the holding power of the soil above it and finally released itself enmass from the ocean floor.
    Some other reasons, this appears to be a natural phenomenon is the construction of the sound's characteristics. For humans to produce a sound this intense, would normally require the use of a nuclear device under the ocean floor. The use of such a device would produce a seismic signature as well as a much sharper characteristic in the sound recordings. It should also produce a substantial echo effect that could also be seen on the data. None of those characteristics were reported to have been seen. This points to an ocean floor event were gases flipped open a huge layer of ocean floor covering and escaped to the surface.
    I pray it was not a human derived sound. Humans have copied the sonar that whales use to guide their submarines through the ocean floor, and in the process, have subjected any mammal using that same sonar to horrendous suffering due to the strength of those human derived sonar systems. This phenomenon is a large part of why whales and dolphins beach themselves. And why whales and dolphins have been found with exploded sonar hearing systems in their skulls after they have beached themselves.
    There is a potential that this could have been an experimental anti-submarine sonar defeat secret weapon made by the US government that was tested only once to see if it would work. The event structure of such a device would involve using the microphones as speakers on the ocean floor and using them to produce a horrendously loud group of sound waves that would blind an enemy nations submarines, from being able to use their sonar.
    But to do this would likely require huge 'speakers', all fired, in a computer derived sequential pattern that would promote the bloop waves movement through the water as well as an enormous amount of suddenly delivered electrical power to drive them. And there again, the sound structure would denote numerous sound events from numerous locations, not one single sound event centered in a particular location in the ocean.
    Finally, I really doubt it was human, because humans can never use something that powerful, one time.

  • @devilsadvocate1436
    @devilsadvocate1436 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The eerie unknown sound must have been C'thulu's mating calls. He's lonesome down there :(

    • @ladymacbethofmtensk896
      @ladymacbethofmtensk896 ปีที่แล้ว

      He waits dreaming until the time when the stars are right, when he will rise from his abyssal tomb, devour his devotees, and subject the rest of humanity to to utter madness before he finally devours them too.

  • @raineob4996
    @raineob4996 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One other use of hydrophones that wasn’t mentioned here - they were also used to track the sounds of Soviet subs during the Cold War.

    • @w.neuman
      @w.neuman ปีที่แล้ว

      *( ActuaLLy, He DID Kinda Mention °That ! ) 🚢

  • @ZanzatheDivine
    @ZanzatheDivine ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I don't care what it is, I've played enough Subnautica to know to avoid loud, unidentified underwater noises

  • @connermcgee15
    @connermcgee15 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Appreciate you playing all of the sounds

  • @SundanceKidCreates
    @SundanceKidCreates ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ocean sounds are beyond terrifying 😳

    • @MeganVictoriaKearns
      @MeganVictoriaKearns ปีที่แล้ว

      The whole ocean is terrifying! 😢

    • @joescott
      @joescott  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nexpo did a great video about fear of the depths.

  • @Mark_Bridges
    @Mark_Bridges ปีที่แล้ว

    Joe said the underwater sound was 180 decibels which is louder than a 747. Underwater sounds are measured on a different decibel scale, you can't compare decibels underwater to decibels in the air, they're quite different because they use a different base, or zero-decibel point.

  • @SMunro
    @SMunro ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Joe is always interesting.

  • @zombiasnow15
    @zombiasnow15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Scott!❤

  • @JohnYowan
    @JohnYowan ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The RadioLab episode "Red Herring" (FEB 19, 2021) has a really interesting underwater sound story involving an odd sound heard off the coast of Sweden during the cold war. It's both very educational and pretty funny. Worth giving it a listen if you get a chance.

    • @zapfanzapfan
      @zapfanzapfan ปีที่แล้ว

      Another Whiskey on the rocks? 🙂

    • @Crackracket
      @Crackracket ปีที่แล้ว

      It was fish fucking lol

    • @squirlmy
      @squirlmy ปีที่แล้ว

      It referenced a Ted talk, whose title is a spoiler so I won't mention it, but it was a classic Cold War submarine story.

    • @sneakyfox4651
      @sneakyfox4651 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zapfanzapfan I remember that incidence. I was in my mid teens and it sparked my interest for geopolitics. Being a Dane with (former Soviet) Baltic relatives, anything happening in these parts of the world naturally catch my attention.
      A couple of decades later I happened to find a book by two Swedish journalists, covering the odds and ends of the Uboat 137 beaching, including e few things that never made it to the public news, like Soviet submariners swapping their mechanical diver's watches for cheap Japanese digital watches, or one Swedish officer scooping up some adult magazines and giving them to the Russians to their great delight.
      There were also a few quite serious episodes like a small Swedish boat almost being shot at when they tried to get close to the stern of the submarine to do clandestine measurements of possible radiation, indicating torpedos equipped with nuclear warheads.
      Many years later the political officer visited Sweden which was filmed for TV. The broadcast was called "Whisky on the Rocks" and can be found here on TH-cam.

  • @ryanmichaelhaley
    @ryanmichaelhaley ปีที่แล้ว

    I can vouch for Henson blades, they are good for sensitive skin. It’s not nearly as close of a shave as my Merker, but I never cut myself. If I’m in a hurry and I’m trying to shave outside of my schedule of shaving safely, this is my go to razor.

  • @michellethong8476
    @michellethong8476 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this video and the names of the sounds are FANTASTIC. I also love when two things I love cross paths (there is a BTS song called 52 Whalien - which is where I first learned about the 52 hertz whale) and seeing it here made it even cooler. Love your channel, as always, and yes... the oceans are terrifying.

  • @ku8721
    @ku8721 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HA!!! That is at least TWICE Jason got you with that same bit!!!
    Also WELCOME BACK!!! Are the weekly uploads coming back soon??? Please you're easily the best part of my Mondays.

  • @JeepnHeel
    @JeepnHeel ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As someone with severe thalassophobia, I can assure you those sounds are indeed either Cthulhu or giant cannibal spider sharks

  • @sujimtangerines
    @sujimtangerines ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Alexa, play Whalien 52

  • @TheSkystrider
    @TheSkystrider ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I absolutely love my Henson shaver! ❤️
    I absolutely highly recommend it! No affiliation.

  • @rasmusb639
    @rasmusb639 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey Joe. Great video! Since you are at the ocean topics - you should make a video on the baltic sea anomaly!

  • @PureChaosCosplays
    @PureChaosCosplays 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thalassophobia, this video, and night time. A perfect combo for a school night.

  • @sharpieton
    @sharpieton ปีที่แล้ว

    oh my god ever since all my youtube recommendations got nerfed for no absolute reason on my TV, I completely forgot you existed.

  • @veganwiener8047
    @veganwiener8047 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love seeing Magic: The Gathering art show up randomly in different video essays, like at 6:43

  • @ku8721
    @ku8721 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd love to see the outtakes for this video! The Bloop Blooper B-reel!!!

  • @sulanis8444
    @sulanis8444 ปีที่แล้ว

    bought the razer, because I wanted a different choice and it's a Canadian Company. So i wanted to support them. It really works well. ITs a bit of an adjustment going from a three blade down to a one blade, but it was worth it.