# Bloop

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/378498>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 30, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/378498 "2006-10-30T22:52:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Architeuthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Architeuthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Architeuthis)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/378498/1 "2006-10-30T22:52:23Z")

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Could ‘‘Bloop’’ have been the sound of an underwater eruption or landslide? From the articles I have read it seems that the general speculation is that it was produced by perhaps a whale or some yet undiscovered marine species.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/378498/2 "2006-10-30T23:03:42Z")

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[The Bloop](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop)

Was [Luis Gonzalez](http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/sports/27891.php) playing baseball in '97?  
Maybe he spent some time that summer at Namor’s palace, under the sea.