Environment
A British Town's Insomnia Could Be Due to Loud, Horny Fish
A massive orgy under the waves might be filling the homes of Hampshire with an irritating droning that makes it impossible to sleep.
At first, the residents of Hampshire thought the noise was coming from the docks. The county is situated on the southern coast of Britain, after all, an area often visited by cargo vessels.
Then they formed other hypotheses: It was the sound of industrial machinery. It was irritating neighbors running their washing machines all night long. It was tinnitus. The guesses kept coming, as did the baffling and supremely bothersome noise, which locals described as a low-pitch droning that "literally pulsates through the house," according to a disheartened woman interviewed by the Independent.