The Taos Hum

This episode explores the strange phenomenon known as The Taos Hum, a persistent low-frequency sound reported by residents of Taos, New Mexico, since the early 1990s. Described as a deep mechanical rumble — like a distant engine — the hum can be heard by only about 2% of the population, yet instruments and audio equipment cannot detect it.

Scientists investigated but found no industrial, seismic, or atmospheric source. Theories range from hidden military experiments, environmental resonance, and electromagnetic anomalies to tinnitus-like sensitivity and even extraterrestrial signals. None fully explain why the hum is real to some but undetectable to all technology.

The Taos Hum remains one of the most unsettling unexplained phenomena — a reminder that sometimes the human senses detect what science cannot measure.