TAMPA, Fla. ( WFLA ) — It’s a noise heard all over South Tampa: a faint, low-pitched sound that is more pronounced on some nights than others, and a sound that has proven difficult to track to its source.
Now, some people are trying to find out what’s causing the noise and where it’s coming from. Several thousand people are a part of a local group discussing the sound.
“When it’s active, everybody hears it,” said Sara Healy, a group administrator.
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Healy has heard some pretty wild guesses about what’s causing it.
“Earlier in January, people were saying, ‘Oh, we saw a party barge and that’s what was causing this noise,” she said. “People have speculated secret operations at MacDill [Air Force Base]. Everything as crazy as aliens.”
Others believe the noise is being caused by fish.
Healy’s group has started a GoFundMe campaign to pay for a scientific study to find out if the noise is being caused by fish, specifically the Black Drum fish .