You guys wouldn’t shut up about it, so I decided to
investigate those late-night “screeching” noises, and your suspicions couldn’t
have been more wrong: NO the university is not haunted; the sounds simply
emanate from the blue light system… probably
The first bloodcurdling cries (audible from a high window in
Morrill) begin at midnight. Blue light
stations begin to flicker for approximately 1-3 minutes, during which time they
emit cries akin to the seventh level of Dante’s Inferno. I wouldn’t worry about it. These screeches are probably just snippets of
the alarm sound used when an emergency call is made.
The blue light stations seem to go off in an unpredictable
pattern, which is why the screeches fade in and out from 12:00-1:00. A science buddy of mine explained that because
each station has a different location, and thus a different echo pattern, each
set of screeches could end up sounding unique, which I believe has precipitated
some of the mystery and confusion surrounding the source of the noises. Yes, sometimes it sounds as though a banshee
is crying out from the great beyond to harvest your soul, calling you seemingly
by name, but something about physics probably means that’s all just your
imagination.
By: Timmy Turner
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