# Loud 'bang' last night - any ideas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152 "2015-06-22T14:15:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/21 "2015-06-22T22:16:30Z")
Are you sure it wasn’t closer to morning? Might have been the crack of dawn. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/22 "2015-06-22T22:24:28Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Wendigo Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/23 "2015-06-22T22:43:53Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Are you sure it wasn’t closer to morning? Might have been the crack of dawn. The crack of dawn… _snerk_ Good one! ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/24 "2015-06-22T23:06:46Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > See, what had happened was, the wife and I were out for a moonlight walk when things got a bit, um, frisky, see. And we couldn’t resist. Didn’t know we were under your bedroom window. Sorry. > > I was good, though. Really good. Well, they heard a _Bang_ not _banging_. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/25 "2015-06-22T23:11:39Z")
> [@Marion\_Wormer](#): > > Well, they heard a _Bang_ not _banging_. Let us not embarrass Doctor J by inquiring further about this, okay? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@Troy\_McClure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/26 "2015-06-23T01:15:27Z")
A couple of months after I moved into my house I was woken up by a loud noise. It didn’t repeat, so I went back to bed. The next day I read in the news that a house about 1.5 miles from me had blown up (gas leak). ---
**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:** [June 23, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/27 "2015-06-23T01:30:00Z")
Icequake? Bird hitting the window? Thermal crepitation? Cat knocking stuff over in the kitchen? Raccoon in the attic? (We had a bird hit our window during supper tonight…) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/28 "2015-06-23T01:34:06Z")
Has the OP looked for bits of a small animal strewn about? “[Pop Goes the Weasel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNgyxlgpEDg)” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/29 "2015-06-23T04:43:07Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Its almost July 4th, probably fireworks This. I’m already hearing them in my neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/30 "2015-06-23T13:44:43Z")
> [@Marion\_Wormer](#): > > Well, they heard a _Bang_ not _banging_. Big finish. > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Let us not embarrass Doctor J by inquiring further about this, okay? I don’t get embarrassed, I’m a carrier. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/31 "2015-06-23T14:23:50Z")
> [@Troy\_McClure](#): > > A couple of months after I moved into my house I was woken up by a loud noise. It didn’t repeat, so I went back to bed. The next day I read in the news that a house about 1.5 miles from me had blown up (gas leak). I was living about 20 miles away from [this blast](http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article1300930.html), and it woke me up. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/32 "2015-06-26T02:55:33Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I was living about 20 miles away from [this blast](http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article1300930.html), and it woke me up. I was 15 miles from [this one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_plant_explosion_in_Diamond,_Louisiana#Explosion_of_1988). Scared the hell out of me! ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/33 "2015-06-26T05:37:57Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > See, what had happened was, the wife and I were out for a moonlight walk when things got a bit, um, frisky, see. And we couldn’t resist. Didn’t know we were under your bedroom window. Sorry. > > I was good, though. Really good. You were, were you? ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/34 "2015-06-26T14:34:22Z")
Has anyone considered that it might have been a Wendigo? We had one in the woods behind the house last winter. Caused a horrible racket. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Angry\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@The\_Angry\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Angry_Badger)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/35 "2015-06-26T15:05:26Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I was 15 miles from [this one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_plant_explosion_in_Diamond,_Louisiana#Explosion_of_1988). Scared the hell out of me! I was about 5 miles away from [this one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncefield_fire#Explosion_and_fire). Shattered windows and everything. Needless to say, I awoke with a start. :eek: That was a weird week. (Yeah, my explosion was bigger than yours…) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/36 "2015-06-26T15:09:10Z")
> [@The\_Angry\_Badger](#): > > I was about 5 miles away from [this one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncefield_fire#Explosion_and_fire). Shattered windows and everything. > Needless to say, I awoke with a start. :eek: That was a weird week. > > (Yeah, my explosion was bigger than yours…) Shouldn’t you be seeing a doctor about that? 🙂 (Wendigo) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/37 "2015-06-27T00:13:39Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > My first thought would have been a power transformer. Mine, too. When those things blow, they make a scary big bang! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/38 "2015-06-27T00:48:03Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Mine, too. When those things blow, they make a scary big bang! Probably caused by a Wendigo. Perhaps three or four of them. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152/39 "2015-06-27T04:53:14Z")
It was a caffeinated chipmunk hitting the window. [Sub]or a wendigo[/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bang-last-night-any-ideas/723152.md?page=1)