We all know and love the Cthulhu mythos, but is it really just a story? The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration detected a sound that may have you re-thinking your blatant disregard for The Old One.
In 1997, two unidentifable sounds were discovered in the Pacific Ocean. One sound, coined “The Slowdown,” was detected at 15° South, 115° West in the Pacific. This sound has been detected every year since 1997, and is most likely ice rubbing over land from Antarctica. What does that mean for you? You get to keep your sanity.
The other sound, coined “The Bloop,” was detected at 50° South, 100° West in the Pacific. It is at an ultra-low frequency and extremely powerful, and has been ruled out from being a man-made or geological sound. What does that mean for you? You better hope this is just snoring.
But wait! There’s more! In 1999, another sound, “The Julia,” was detected at 15° South, 98° West in the Pacific Ocean. This sound was 15 seconds long and loud. Scientists are baffled as to what could have caused this sound. Or maybe the confusion is due to their minds momentarily picking up Cthulhu’s telepathic signal.
Now this is all well and good, there are sounds in the Pacific Ocean, okay, big deal. R’lyeh is in the Atlantic Ocean, right?
Nope. The amazing and brilliant H.P. Lovecraft gave us a location of our dear, soggy High Priest of the Old Ones. And that location is 49° South, 128° West. In the Pacific Ocean.
So as you go to sleep tonight, tucked away in your comfy little bed, nestled deep under your covers and blankets and soft pillows… try to ignore the creeping thought that possibly, possibly, in his house at R’lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming. And snoring.
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