UCD Whale Noises

mhangasor

I know this might sound crazy, but I promise this is a genuine question and I'm not trolling.

I live on campus (Roebuck) and I regularly hear loud noises that sound like a whale roughly between 8-9am. The noises sound like they're coming from the centre of college itself and not my building. I have friends in Merville who hear it too so it's clearly very loud. This has been happening since the start of the semester (unless I just never noticed it before!)

Has anyone ever heard this before or does anyone know what it could be?! I know this sounds so stupid but it's been annoying me for a while now, haha!:D

PS, some people have suggested it's the pipes/heating? Although I don't see how it can be so loud that I'd hear the pipes from here!

pheasant tail

Did you check the new lake?

Riamfada

Could it be wind through the buildings??

WoollyRedHat

mhangasor wrote: »

I know this might sound crazy, but I promise this is a genuine question and I'm not trolling.

I live on campus (Roebuck) and I regularly hear loud noises that sound like a whale roughly between 8-9am. The noises sound like they're coming from the centre of college itself and not my building. I have friends in Merville who hear it too so it's clearly very loud. This has been happening since the start of the semester (unless I just never noticed it before!)

Has anyone ever heard this before or does anyone know what it could be?! I know this sounds so stupid but it's been annoying me for a while now, haha!:D

PS, some people have suggested it's the pipes/heating? Although I don't see how it can be so loud that I'd hear the pipes from here!

Riding noises is your best bet.

Mr Pseudonym

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Riding noises is your best bet.

I heard that there are gay cruising spots on campus? Maybe you're hearing humpback-ing.

Dermot Illogical

Is it the moaning sound you sometimes get nearby when you charge your phone on campus?

UCDCritic

Dermot Illogical wrote: »

Is it the moaning sound you sometimes get nearby when you charge your phone on campus?

It's the principal

AndonHandon

It's the bin trucks' loading/unloading the big bins. I, too, pondered some type of giant beast yawning at one point. Disappointing when I realised what it actually was as I preferred believing it to be some whale-like creature.

convert

Yep, it's the bin trucks. You can hear it outside the library, too, when they're emptying the bins/skips between the Library and Newman buildings.

looksee

AndonHandon wrote: »

It's the bin trucks' loading/unloading the big bins. I, too, pondered some type of giant beast yawning at one point. Disappointing when I realised what it actually was as I preferred believing it to be some whale-like creature.

convert wrote: »

Yep, it's the bin trucks. You can hear it outside the library, too, when they're emptying the bins/skips between the Library and Newman buildings.

Spoil-sports.