Creative Speculation

Could be that, too, of course. I'm of the opinion that when I hear booms, I don't think of weird stuff. I think about things that cause booms and that are known. Around here, we get lots and lots of booms, starting around July 1 and going on until a week or so later. Then, if it's not that time of year, it's usually someone shooting a gun at someone else, since I live in a big city.

There were some unexplained big booms last year that didn't coincide with a major holiday or gunfire. I wondered what they were, so I called the local fire department. They knew what they were. It was a big fireworks display for a high school football game. The fireman I spoke to said that they'd had lots of calls about it that evening. It was loud enough that people came out of their houses and were trying to figure it out. After I called and got an answer, we all stood around and chatted about other stuff.

It's way too easy to try to figure out some weird explanation for things we hear or see infrequently. Usually, a bit of inquiry turns up the real reason for it.