🇦🇺 Australia 5h ago · Ian Sample Science editor

Spooky feelings in old houses may be caused by boiler sounds, study suggests

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Spooky feelings in old houses may be caused by boiler sounds, study suggests
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Inaudible infrasound from old pipes and ventilation systems may affect how people feel, research indicatesFor believers in the paranormal, unsettling sensations brought on by old buildings can be a sinister hint of loitering spirits. But new research points to a more mundane explanation: inaudible sounds from aged pipes and boilers.Scientists investigated the impact of infrasound on a group of volunteers and found that even though it was beyond the range of human hearing, people were more irrita

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