The Taos Hum

Some residents of a small New Mexico town have heard a persistent, unexplained low hum for over 30 years — and nobody can record it, find its source, or make it stop.

Since the early 1990s, a subset of residents in Taos, New Mexico have reported hearing a persistent, low-frequency humming sound with no identifiable external source. Scientific investigations, including a federally funded study, have been unable to conclusively identify a cause, and only a minority of residents report hearing it at all.

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Quick facts

→Only an estimated 2% of Taos residents report being able to hear the hum at all, while the majority hear nothing unusual.
→A 1993 study funded by the University of New Mexico and federal agencies was unable to identify an external physical source for the reported sound.
→Similar unexplained hums have been reported in other locations worldwide, including Bristol, England and Windsor, Ontario.
→One leading theory suggests it may not be an external sound at all, but a form of subjective tinnitus specific to certain individuals' hearing.

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Taos Hum (event)

Unexplained low-frequency humming sound reported by a small subset of Taos, New Mexico residents since the early 1990s.

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Taos, New Mexico (location)

Town where the unexplained hum phenomenon was first widely reported.

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