# Feraliminal Lycanthropizer **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 10, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feraliminal-lycanthropizer/307783 "2005-06-10T19:51:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Texjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Texjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Texjack)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feraliminal-lycanthropizer/307783/1 "2005-06-10T19:51:28Z")
Has anyone ever heard of this? I came across a reference to it while reading about accoustic weapons. Is this machine fact or wishful fantasy? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feraliminal-lycanthropizer/307783/2 "2005-06-10T20:00:54Z")
Is it some kind of 1940’s style sonic weapon? ---
**Author:** ![Texjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Texjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Texjack)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feraliminal-lycanthropizer/307783/3 "2005-06-10T20:09:58Z")
Sorta - suposedly emitted sound at a frequency lower than what humans can recognizably hear. But had the effect of extreme arousal and reduced or lowered inhibitions, heightened mental focus, heightened agression. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feraliminal-lycanthropizer/307783/4 "2005-06-10T20:17:56Z")
> [@](#): > > As described in an essay published in _Dainty Viscera_ magazine, the Feraliminal Lycanthropizer creates two infrasound frequencies – 3Hz and 9Hz – which, combined, generate a lower, third > frequency of 0.56Hz. The machine also uses a combination of four subliminal, looped, audio tape recordings – playing both forwards and backwards – outside the normal audible pitch. > … > There is no evidence that the Feraliminal Lycanthropizer exists or could have such effects; information on it is limited and shrouded in secrecy. [Fortean Times, on Sonic Weapons](http://www.forteantimes.com/articles/153_sonicweapons.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feraliminal-lycanthropizer/307783/5 "2005-06-10T20:18:56Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Is it some kind of 1940’s style sonic weapon? With some connection with werewolves? In the aftermath of the WTO riots in Seattle, sonic crowd control was discussed, including weapons that caused people to poop their pants. Presumably, the police would already be adequately diapered (in agressive SWAT black, of course). ---
**Author:** ![deevee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feraliminal-lycanthropizer/307783/6 "2005-06-10T20:41:17Z")
> [@Slithy Tove](#): > > With some connection with werewolves? > > In the aftermath of the WTO riots in Seattle, sonic crowd control was discussed, including weapons that caused people to poop their pants. Presumably, the police would already be adequately diapered (in agressive SWAT black, of course). So Southpark’s “brown note” is real then. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feraliminal-lycanthropizer/307783/7 "2005-06-10T21:13:04Z")
It seems to be to be made up from fera-liminal = wild animal conscious lycanthrop-izer = wolf man creator. The genius of this system is that since it uses sound waves instead of electro magnetic waves, it can penetrate any of the current designs of tinfoil hat. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feraliminal-lycanthropizer/307783/8 "2005-06-10T21:40:37Z")
As I noted in this [Comments on Cecil’s Columns thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320585), Cecil [wrote a column on this](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010406.html). It appears that, according to a recent [AP Report](http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050610/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_the_scream), the Israli army is using such a weapon, known as “The Scream” as a non-lethal weapon against protesters. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feraliminal-lycanthropizer/307783/9 "2005-06-10T22:31:13Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > The genius of this system is that since it uses sound waves instead of electro magnetic waves, it can penetrate any of the current designs of tinfoil hat. Oh please. So tin foil hats wouldn’t work against it. You do realize that vacuum transmits no sound what so ever right? All you’d have to do to protect yourself against this weapon - put a thermos over your head (provided you found one of sufficient size). No wonder it turned out to be a hoax. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feraliminal-lycanthropizer/307783/10 "2005-06-11T00:12:34Z")
> [@faldureon](#): > > All you’d have to do to protect yourself against this weapon - put a thermos over your head (provided you found one of sufficient size). “Cappucine” strikes again! These newfangled weapons remind me of the system unveiled by the corrupted Dr. Robert Stadtler [sp?] character from **Atlas Shrugged**.