Clintonville becoming a real boom town. For reals.
Now the The Washington Post is talking about the late night and early morning “mystery booms” (awesome band name alert) alarming the fine citizens of Clintonville, Wis. The unexplained booming woke people up on Sunday and Monday nights, and again early this morning (Wednesday), just after 5am. People are calling the cops like crazy to report them, and some befuddled Clintonvillians have even wandered into the streets in their jammies to wonder, “WTF?”
The city is actually having a special meeting tonight at the local high school so people can “vent their frustrations.” From The Post ...
City officials have checked and rechecked methane levels at the local landfill, monitored water, sewer and gas lines, contacted the military about any exercises in the area, reviewed mining explosive permits and inspected the Pigeon River dam next to city hall.
“To me, it just seems like the most logical explanation is some earth-moving, geological thing,” [city administrator Lisa] Kuss said. “But then why is it not happening elsewhere? It’s hard to believe my little city is geographically different than the rest of the world.”
... A seismic station near Clintonville has recorded unusual ground shaking since Sunday night. Tobin said such activity can be caused by quarrying, mining and heavy truck traffic, but since the city ruled out those sources — there are no mines or major construction in the area — the university and the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey will likely take a closer look at the station’s data.
Barring a mole man invasion, subterranean homesick aliens, late night rehearsals of local teen Jeremy Peterson's boom-core band Boom Shakalaka, or a mild case of the apocalypse, it’s real head scratcher. And we sincerely hope that agents from a certain division of the FBI are already on the scene. Because we want to believe.
