Lulu Miller
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It was eerie, like a foghorn from another dimension rolling through the mists of San Francisco Bay.
This is an actual recording of the sound, which was plaguing residents of San Francisco in the late 1980s.
People had all kinds of theories about what it might be.
secret government activities, submarines, offshore drilling, UFOs.
Whatever it was, it was so powerful, it was rattling the houseboats of the Bay.
Which we performed beneath the void of the night sky at this gorgeous venue called Little Island in New York City.
It sits right alongside the Hudson River, which itself empties out into the void of the ocean.
Three stories, one by Latif, one by senior producer Matt Kilty, one by me, plus a little extra special bonus by a guest at the very end.
Let me introduce you to a guy who knew exactly what it was.
That is Dr. Andrew Bass, a scientist at Cornell who for decades has been studying the entity that makes this sound.
An entity which is... a bottom-dwelling fish.