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The Mind Creative OCT 2013 INCIDENCES OF THE HUM Taos, MEXICO London and Southampton,UK 1940s More than 2,000 people reported hearing sounds in the suburbs of London and Southampton areas in Great Britain Bristol Hum, Bristol, Britain 1979 This was the most famous example in Britain in those years and came to be known the “Bristol Hum” Largs, Scotland 1980s Taos, New Mexico, USA 1992: The University of New Mexico undertook studies of hum sufferers in Taos. This is the most publicised “hum” in the world and is widely known as the “Taos Hum” Kokomo, Indiana, USA 1999: Nearly 100 complaints were made since 1999. Some suffers blamed physical symptoms on the hum, including headaches, nausea, diarrhoea, fatigue, and joint pain 38 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada pre and post 2003 Bondi, Australia, 2004 Reports of sounds like a “low frequency engine” heard constantly only by some people. Woodland, County Durham, England 2011 Residents of the small rural village of reported a hum that lasted for over two months