Dellboy218 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Probably a funeral, large firework bangs as the pyre is lit. Very common sound. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenside Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I heard them in Nong Hoi as well. I assumed they were fireworks although they did sound a lot bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordblackader Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Ghost infestionation in your neighborhood - fireworks are warding off spirits. How you going to call? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill97 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Probably a funeral, large firework bangs as the pyre is lit. Very common sound.That is usually early afternoon isn't it?Sent from my iPod touch using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfarang Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Where I live in Hang Dong, I often here these loud boom sounds, at times even shaking my house. When I`ve attended Thai funerals part of the ceremony is when they let off explosive fireworks in succession that`s acts like a salute to the deceased. Some funerals do this, some don`t. I guess that`s probably the source of the loud booms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonjelly Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Prolly local hills etc being blown apart for the rock which is used to raise wet/boggy land before the 1970’s style bungalows can be built on it.Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryasimight Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Funeral rockets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LomSak27 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 (edited) 10 hours ago, Spidey said: Did see a B1 flying low over my house in Pattaya, a few months ago. We're close to the flightpath for Utapo. 2 days later it was reported that 2 B1's had flown over the Korean Penninsula. These planes are around in Thailand, could be a sonic boom You guys are doing some hard partying down in Pattaya. What else do you see overhead? B1 bombers overflew South Korea in 2017 and came from Guam. No records of using Utapo, although its said B52' bombers did use Utapo fifty years ago. Edited July 22, 2018 by LomSak27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 14 minutes ago, LomSak27 said: You guys are doing some hard partying down in Pattaya. What else do you see overhead? B1 bombers overflew South Korea in 2017 and came from Guam. No records of using Utapo, although its said B52' bombers did use Utapo fifty years ago. Utapo has more or less been continuously used by US military since the Vietnam war. During the Iraq war captives were redacted to Utapo, given a good stiff talking to and then sent on to Guantanamo. Currently at least 200 US military personnel based in Thailand, I would suspect, many of them at Utapo. All very covert, do you really think that they would make it a matter of public record where they're running their missions from? I can't say that the B1's that flew over North Korea didn't come from Guam, but you can't say for certainty that they did. All I can say is that I saw a single B1 close to Utapo 2 days before the report of 2 flying over N.Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LomSak27 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckleUp Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Elon Musk testing the launch capabilities of his supersonic submersible submarine. Those were sonic booms as it broke the pedo barrier... oops sorry... sound barrier. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrified Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 So, people from Hang Dong to Nong Hoi to Sansai heard and felt it this morning? Certainly not firecrackers at a local temple! I would be very curious to know what it was! Like I said before, I've heard and felt all kinds of booms over the last 12 years and have never witnessed anything like this before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyecatcher Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I heard the same sequential explosions a few weeks ago. the unusual thing is that they were at night, maybe 8pm. I was also puzzled what could create such a loud noise that was akin to a gas bottle explosion or a bomb as the sound waves from x km away hit me like a thud. I concluded it was a controlled rock blast as explosions were a similar timed spacing. however, as I write I can hear some appalling karaoke going on at a temple somewhere and the base is very resonant, infact its a kcufing nuisance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyecatcher Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 4 hours ago, Dellboy218 said: Probably a funeral, large firework bangs as the pyre is lit. Very common sound. If that's the case, they are probably dangerous enough to kill some someone through shock, especially elderly...I cant imagine anyone would be daft enough to go that far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 13 hours ago, Davef2912 said: Like 10 in a row? Between the booms there were breaks of about 10 -20 seconds. I was thinking it was a construction machine, one of these that ram metal beams into the ground but cannot think of any construction site around here and not of any that would work on a Sunday morning at this time. Perhaps it was just your heartbeat as you said that's what it sounded like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockhopper Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Firecracker at wat to scare the ghosts away. We live near several wats near the south side of the moat and hear them often. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeem Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I've heard them around 4am several times in the past definitely not firecrackers I assumed they were military training as there was that low explosive thud sound to them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrified Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I wish people who didn't hear/feel them today would stop going on and on about firecrackers because this had nothing to do with firecrackers at temples, etc. The military training scenario is the most plausible so far. It was definitely a "thud", with tremendous force. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill97 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Mae Rim area military likes to make booms at odd hours.Sent from my iPod touch using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagi00 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Probably a bird scarer gas gun, I'm hearing lots of bangs in the San Sai area recently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davef2912 Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 Definitely not a bird scare gun, sounded much bigger, like an 'boom', not like a shot and I am living near Wat Umong, far, far away from Sansai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingmai331 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Davef2912, i note that you have only a few posts recorded so you may be new to T'land. One thing the more settled farangs have found is that T'land has many, many unexplainable features...all of which can be lumped under 'Thainess'. And most of the older farangs simply accept Thainess in all it's wondrous forms and quickly move on in life, as fast as possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAKAPALITA Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Farting Elephants perhaps!.Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davef2912 Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 10 hours ago, chingmai331 said: Davef2912, i note that you have only a few posts recorded so you may be new to T'land. One thing the more settled farangs have found is that T'land has many, many unexplainable features...all of which can be lumped under 'Thainess'. And most of the older farangs simply accept Thainess in all it's wondrous forms and quickly move on in life, as fast as possible. actually I have been in Thailand for almost 10 years and I heard about 'Thainess' before but thought that this would mostly relay to the behavior, not to unexplained explosion sounds... But if there are mystery booms in the USA, why couldn't it be that there are similar sounds here? Afaik there has been no real explanation to what the sounds in the USA are caused by. I'm just curious to what these sounds were caused by as I said they occurred on an early Sunday morning and didn't sounds like any firecracker they usually use at a temple ceremony nor supersonic booms, nor bird scare guns. Military explosions - yeah, could be, but on an early Sunday morning? And as mentioned, I am living near Wat Umong, not in Mae Rim where most of the military facilities are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 11 hours ago, chingmai331 said: Davef2912, i note that you have only a few posts recorded so you may be new to T'land. One thing the more settled farangs have found is that T'land has many, many unexplainable features...all of which can be lumped under 'Thainess'. And most of the older farangs simply accept Thainess in all it's wondrous forms and quickly move on in life, as fast as possible. These booms are not "unexplainable" though , something must be causing them , its just that we dont know what is causing them . I live in central CM and I also hear them , I would describe them as being a loud thud , which I hear faintly (from a distance) , I would suggest that its people mining in the mountains , or blowing the rocks up to loosen them and using the rocks for road building . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeray Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 29 minutes ago, sanemax said: These booms are not "unexplainable" though , something must be causing them , its just that we dont know what is causing them . I live in central CM and I also hear them , I would describe them as being a loud thud , which I hear faintly (from a distance) , I would suggest that its people mining in the mountains , or blowing the rocks up to loosen them and using the rocks for road building . Maybe they're blowing up those houses in the forest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandr Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 It's most likely construction on the mountain. I have seen puffs of white smoke coincide with the booms. The ones I saw were about midway up and approximately where Hang Dong is. Road, or maybe houses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davef2912 Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 6 minutes ago, Wandr said: It's most likely construction on the mountain. I have seen puffs of white smoke coincide with the booms. The ones I saw were about midway up and approximately where Hang Dong is. Road, or maybe houses? interesting. I also noticed puffs of white smoke sometimes on Doi Suthep. Does anyone know what it is? What are they blowing up in the forest? At 7 AM on a Sunday morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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