# Bloop **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 22, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241 "2011-02-22T16:37:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zombiemommy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@zombiemommy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombiemommy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/1 "2011-02-22T16:37:37Z")
I was reading the wiki article on the unexplained sound “Bloop”. (If someone could post the cite, I would kindly appreciate it - I’m not sure how to do that myself). Anyone wish to venture a guess as to what it might be? Bonus points for guesses with scientific explanations! ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/2 "2011-02-22T16:39:20Z")
Cite: [Bloop](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop) ---
**Author:** ![zombiemommy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@zombiemommy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombiemommy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/3 "2011-02-22T16:39:58Z")
Thank you Giles ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/4 "2011-02-22T16:46:52Z")
When Wiki posts something like this, I take a deep breath and look a little deeper. But it appears that there might be some truth to the [bloop](http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/sound01/background/seasounds/seasounds.html#Anchor-1515) sound. (from NOAA Ocean Explorer.) Edit - spkjelling. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/5 "2011-02-22T18:07:46Z")
FYI … You can post a link to a web page here by just including the url in your text. The board software will handle the rest for you automatically. It will appear as a clickable link to everyone else when they see your post. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/6 "2011-02-22T18:12:01Z")
Skeptoid had an interesting episode on the [bloop](http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4177) (link to readable version). Long story short, nobody knows for sure what it is, but there’s really all kinds of weird noises in the ocean, and it’s probably not an animal (what kind of animal would, for instance, vocalize just a couple of times during one summer, only to then be silent forever?). ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/7 "2011-02-22T18:22:08Z")
Though it has to be noted that the approximate origin of the bloop is not all that far from where Lovecraft posited the sunken city of R’lyeh; so perhaps it’s just that the stars were _almost_ right in '97, causing some disturbance in the dreams of dead Cthulhu…? ---
**Author:** ![Heyoka13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Heyoka13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heyoka13)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/8 "2011-02-22T18:22:47Z")
The ‘Bloop’ was also the alien monkey pet in Lost In Space. More than coincidence? I think not. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/9 "2011-02-22T18:39:02Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Though it has to be noted that the approximate origin of the bloop is not all that far from where Lovecraft posited the sunken city of R’lyeh; so perhaps it’s just that the stars were _almost_ right in '97, causing some disturbance in the dreams of dead Cthulhu…? That, or he farted in his sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Brandus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Brandus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brandus)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/10 "2011-02-22T19:18:48Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > it’s probably not an animal (what kind of animal would, for instance, vocalize just a couple of times during one summer, only to then be silent forever?). Good point. If it’s also several times the size of the blue whale, it’s hard to imagine what source of calories could sustain that sort of animal. It sounded to me like a giant underwear gaseous leak or landslide. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/11 "2011-02-22T19:53:20Z")
At least it wasn’t a giant knocking, pecking kind of sound… ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/12 "2011-02-22T19:57:54Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Skeptoid had an interesting episode on the [bloop](http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4177) (link to readable version). Long story short, nobody knows for sure what it is, but there’s really all kinds of weird noises in the ocean, and it’s probably not an animal (what kind of animal would, for instance, vocalize just a couple of times during one summer, only to then be silent forever?). Maybe one that didn’t park itself next to that particular microphone for the entire summer? ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/13 "2011-02-22T20:40:16Z")
> [@Heyoka13](#): > > The ‘Bloop’ was also the alien monkey pet in Lost In Space. Actually, its name was Debbie. Source: [Lost in Space - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Space#Characters) ---
**Author:** ![brossa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brossa/32/3040_2.png) [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/14 "2011-02-22T23:44:58Z")
> [@Heyoka13](#): > > The ‘Bloop’ was also the alien monkey pet in Lost In Space. That would be Blarp, from the 1998 movie. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/15 "2011-02-23T00:17:58Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > That, or he farted in his sleep. > [@Brandus](#): > > …It sounded to me like a giant underwear gaseous leak… We’re coming to a consesus, I see. ---
**Author:** ![zombiemommy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@zombiemommy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombiemommy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/16 "2011-02-23T00:24:27Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > FYI … You can post a link to a web page here by just including the url in your text. The board software will handle the rest for you automatically. It will appear as a clickable link to everyone else when they see your post. At the risk for sounding incredibly dumb and out of touch with the times, what is an url? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/17 "2011-02-23T00:28:42Z")
> [@zombiemommy](#): > > At the risk for sounding incredibly dumb and out of touch with the times, what is an url? The address to a web page. Look in the white bar in your browser window above where the page itself is. If you go to Google, the URL will look like this: [http://www.google.com/](http://www.google.com/) Just copy all of the URL (make all of it it turn white-and-blue, click the right button on your mouse, and click ‘Copy’ on the drop-down menu) and paste it into your post (put the cursor (little blinking line) in where you type the post, click the right button on your mouse, and click ‘Paste’ on the drop down menu) and that will do it. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/18 "2011-02-23T00:38:30Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > We’re coming to a consesus, I see. Actually, methane production sounds like a pretty good bet. ---
**Author:** ![Dahu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahu/32/3416_2.png) [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/19 "2011-02-23T07:17:36Z")
> [@zombiemommy](#): > > At the risk for sounding incredibly dumb and out of touch with the times, what is an url? It stands for Uniform Resource Locator ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241/20 "2011-02-23T08:12:23Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Maybe one that didn’t park itself next to that particular microphone for the entire summer? It wasn’t really ‘next to’ any particular microphone; rather, it was picked up by multiple ones distributed over a range of 5000 km. I don’t think a recurrence of a sound this powerful would easily slip past the various arrays of undersea microphones out there… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloop/572241.md?page=2)