Anomaly in Oklahoma Where No One Can Hear You Speak

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Have you heard about the strange place in Oklahoma where something really weird happens? There's this spot where no one can hear you speak, no matter how loud you try to talk! It's like sound just disappears into thin air. Scientists are baffled, and people who visit are totally freaked out. It’s one of those mysteries that you have to see (or not hear!) to believe. Would you dare to visit this eerie anomaly?

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00:00If someone begins to hear whispers and voices in their head for some reason and there's

00:04no one nearby, perhaps this person needs to seek professional help.

00:09Unless they're in one of these places where sound illusions and auditory hallucinations

00:14are tourist entertainment.

00:17So the first of such places is in the small Spanish town of Santiago de Compostela.

00:23Here you can take a walk in a small park and sit on a smooth concrete bench made in the

00:28shape of a semicircle.

00:30No one's sitting next to you, but you hear someone whispering, hey buddy, how are you?

00:35It's pretty creepy, but it's not a phantom.

00:37It's the girl sitting at the other end, whispering something into the concrete back of the bench.

00:43Sound waves move through the smooth surface of the arc and reach your ears.

00:47You can whisper something too, and the girl will hear you.

00:51This unique structure is called the Bench of Whispers.

00:54It was built in 1916 and immediately became a popular place for romantic dates.

01:00At that time, there were stringent rules regarding the communication of boys and girls before

01:04marriage, but this bench allowed them to communicate more closely, but at a distance.

01:10Come here with your loved ones and try it out yourself.

01:14Our next location is the center of the universe.

01:17No, this is not the place with the fastest free wifi, but the name of a unique point in

01:22the small town of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

01:25Stand in the middle of this brick circle and shout something.

01:28You'll hear your voice getting louder and its echo spreading far away.

01:33This place is considered an anomaly because according to legend, if you blow a loud horn here, people

01:39standing outside of the circle won't hear it.

01:42If you don't have a horn with you, you can debunk this myth with your voice.

01:46Just scream loudly and ask people standing nearby what they've heard.

01:51Of course, they'll hear you, but your voice will seem pretty distorted to them.

01:55Some are sure this strange effect is created thanks to sound waves getting reflected from

02:00the round wall of a large flower bed installed near the center.

02:04Even though today is the 21st century and science has stepped far forward, scientists still can't

02:10determine the cause of this sound anomaly.

02:13Perhaps you can.

02:15We've arrived in the northern part of New York state in the small but beautiful town of Lake

02:20George, surrounded by mountains and forests.

02:23And this city is built on a lake.

02:26Guess what it's called?

02:28Yes, it's Lake George.

02:30So besides the fact that this location is popular among fishing enthusiasts, thousands

02:35of tourists come here to scream as loudly as possible.

02:40Here's a young guy standing in the center of a concrete platform with an engraved compass

02:44and a cartographic image of the lake.

02:47He screams loudly, then leaves.

02:49It looks strange, but you decide to try it too.

02:52The sound of your voice is moving away and then returning to you as if someone hit it back

02:57with a tennis racket.

02:59You hear your distorted voice and scream again, then you take a step to the side and repeat.

03:05This time, the scream sounds as usual.

03:08You return to the center of the concrete compass, right to the intersection of two lines and scream

03:13again to hear the bizarre echo.

03:17But people standing next to you don't notice anything.

03:20To them, you're just a weird screaming person with an ordinary voice.

03:24Do you see that low semicircular wall around the platform on the lakeside?

03:29Perhaps sound waves resonate from it, which creates the effect.

03:33But why doesn't it resonate in other places with similar low walls?

03:38The answer may lie in the water and the mountains surrounding the place.

03:42What if sound waves change their shape when they hit the water and then the mountains?

03:47Okay, no one knows exactly what's going on here.

03:50Just have fun!

03:51Let's leave the beautiful embankments and parks and go inside the Grand Central Station in

03:57Manhattan.

03:57Here, among the noisy crowd, you can find a unique place near the domed intersection

04:03of the aisles on the lower floor.

04:05Press your ear to the smooth tile and you will hear whispers and voices coming from the other

04:10end of this dome.

04:12These quiet sounds are so clear that you'll hear them even through the thousands of voices

04:17of people passing by.

04:19Such an acoustic effect is created with the help of perfectly symmetrical shapes of smooth arches.

04:26They're made of a unique material patented by Spanish Tyler Rafael Gustavino.

04:31By the way, you can enjoy his other works in different places in New York.

04:36Welcome to Echo Bridge, located near Newton, Massachusetts.

04:40This architectural work of art was built in 1877 as a part of a large aqueduct.

04:46Now it's an attractive place for tourists thanks to its unusual acoustic effect.

04:51There are several platforms under the bridge where you can go down the stairs.

04:55So go there and say something loudly.

04:58Your voice will be carried by a loud echo that can produce about 15 reverberations.

05:04Scream hey loudly and you'll hear 15 hays flying off far into the forest.

05:10And if you produce an even louder sound, like a pot from a firecracker,

05:14then this place will repeat it about 25 times.

05:19According to one theory, the effect of the long echo is achieved because the sound is reflected

05:23between the arch and the water.

05:26Still, another hypothesis says that the unusual shape of the arch somehow enhances this sound phenomenon.

05:34Now we're in the small English village of Thurgaland.

05:37Among its attractions, there's an unusual tunnel with an acoustic anomaly inside.

05:42It was a railway line that connected Sheffield and Manchester, but it was closed in the 1980s.

05:48Now it's a bicycle-slash-walking path.

05:51Inside, you can clap your hands and hear the sound lasting for about 20 seconds.

05:56Stand with your friend on different sides of the tunnel and try to communicate with each other.

06:01One word will overlay the previous one, and it will seem as if you're speaking with several people.

06:06The smooth concrete lining of the horseshoe-shaped tunnel and the 4,000-foot arc-shaped trajectory provide this reverberating effect.

06:15Even if you're not interested in acoustic tricks, you should still visit this tunnel because of its beauty and unique architecture.

06:23The sound of waves on the seashore has a meditative effect.

06:27Californian artist Peter Richards decided to amplify these sounds.

06:31He created a unique musical instrument called the Wave Organ.

06:37The artist installed it on the coast of San Francisco near the Crissy Field Recreation Center.

06:43This work of art consists of more than 20 long pipes made of concrete and PVC material resembling plastic.

06:49All the pipes go under the water and amplify the sound of waves beating against them.

06:55Gurgling loud voices evoke that calm, pleasant feeling you experience while watching a burning fire.

07:00You can enjoy it for a long time.

07:04Okay, we've learned about several acoustic anomalies and sound phenomena.

07:08Still, they're all created thanks to the joint work of nature and humans.

07:13So let's end our journey with a unique place where only nature produces stunning sound effects.

07:18We're in Sagano Bamboo Forest, Japan.

07:21This is an authentic place untouched by people, in which the wind and bamboo stalks create a real acoustic show.

07:29Dense thickets of the forest creak, crack and beat against each other.

07:33And all this is accompanied by the noise of foliage and the wind.

07:38All this mix of sounds has a charming effect.

07:42Thousands of tourists come here with professional recorders and microphones to record this music.

07:48And this is the main problem of the forest.

07:50Too many people here crack branches, click their cameras, speak to one another and, thus, prevent you from hearing nature.

07:58So, come here early in the morning or find a place away from all those tourists.

08:03Lie down on the ground, close your eyes and enjoy.

08:06The earth from the side.

08:08The forest is very important.

08:09A lot of tourists come here and visit behind the ground.

08:11They're very important.

08:13There are not only ones who have heard of how they're young, but there are many people who've been there.

08:18The forest was an incredible place and they're very important for their background.

08:20The forest was very important.

08:21They were very important to make a place for my life.

08:24The forest was very important in the past, and I've tried to interpret the forest.

08:25And this is a very important place for the forest.

08:27So this is a beautiful three-year-old forest.

08:29So, I'm the only one of the people that he put down on the ground.

08:31So the forest was very easy to get to exercise and to get to the forest in the forest.

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