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trev likes godzilla ( godzilla_lives@beehaw.org )  to Science · 3 years ago

Why do people hear their names being called in the woods?

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Why do people hear their names being called in the woods?

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trev likes godzilla ( godzilla_lives@beehaw.org )  to Science · 3 years ago
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Auditory pareidolia is a phenomenon in which people can hear familiar sounds from seemingly static background noise.
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  • Boomkop3 ( Boomkop3@reddthat.com ) 
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    I’ve never experienced this, I’ve been in the woods plenty of times tho

    • Paradachshund ( Paradachshund@lemmy.today ) 
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      Same, never had this happen and I’ve also been in the woods many times.

      • Chris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) 
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        I have spent a great deal of time in forests (and still do). I have not experienced anything like this.

    • Alsjemenou ( Alsjemenou@lemy.nl ) 
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      I would like to add to this. I spend at least 20 hours a week in forests, and have heard a lot of things. Never my name.

  • Coskii ( Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    If this isn’t an SCP, it definitely should be. That being said I’ve never experienced this and I spent an awful lot of time wandering in the wildernesses in Monterey.

    • Neato ( Neato@ttrpg.network ) 
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      If you hear your name called while collecting samples in [redacted] Forest, ND, DO NOT respond. Calmly walk back to your vehicle and radio for support. An extraction team will be at your location shortly to remove you from the gaze of [redacted].

      • Whimseymimple ( Whimseymimple@beehaw.org ) 
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        Oh no. Did you say ND? 👀

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    This reminds me of Black & White, the god simulation game from, idk, the early 2000s. They had a list of common names and if your save profile matched one, a creepy voice would call you from time to time.

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      That game was so good.

    • bradorsomething ( bradorsomething@ttrpg.network ) 
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      It need to come back on VR head sets.

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    I know I heard my name called occasionally as a kid. Clear as day but directionless, seemingly from very close to me. I figured its just a bug in a developing mind. But could also be that my mom got damn angry if I didnt hear her calling so I was always listening for it, and like the article describe, I picked up noise and the brain filled in the expectation.

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  • onlinepersona ( onlinepersona@programming.dev ) 
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    This is the equivalent of people seeing Jesus in rice grains, but the aural version.

    Anti Commercial-AI license

  • LallyLuckFarm ( LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org ) 
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    Why do I hear my name being called in the woods? Gray catbirds

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      Oh damn, I think that could be misinterpreted as human voice with the right distance and interference.

      • LallyLuckFarm ( LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org ) 
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        Forty years living in their range and having a name that sounds like their call, and they are still never my first assumption.

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      They really need to talk to Mary!

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    *John Timber enters the chat

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