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Monday, November 26, 2012

What's Causing Salem's Mystery 'Explosions'?

We've been flooded with emails ever since we published a police log post about several recent reports of unexplained 'explosion noises' in Salem.

Ever since we published a police log post entitled "Explosions Heard on Bridge Street" last week, we've received more than a dozen emails from Salem residents who are interested in finding out what's causing the unusual late-night noises. At 12:22 a.m., on Monday, Nov. 19, local police officers responded to multiple reports of loud explosions in the area of Bridge Street. A search of the area, however, didn't reveal the source of the alleged sounds, according to the following morning's police log. Some local residents even emailed in other information, including other dates when they swear they heard similar unexplained booming sounds echoing across the city. One even suggested that there could be some correlation between that earthquake …

Jonny Mnemonic

5:29 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

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