Seneca Guns

Seneca Guns

Around the world strange noises in the sky are called many different names.  Seneca Guns might be the most familiar.  We talk about how the name came about and possible explanations.

   

Location

Seneca Lake and other locations

Sources for the show:

Bishop, Lauren “ Believe it or not: Cayuga Lake’s Legends” Ithaca Journal 2005

SRL 82:5 “What is That Mysterious Booming Sound?’ Opinion (by David P. Hill), www.seismosoc.org/Publications/SRL/SRL_82/srl_82-5_op/hill_op.html.

Binghamton. “Lore and Legends of Cayuga Lake.” Ithaca Journal, Binghamton, 14 July 2016, www.ithacajournal.com/story/life/2015/08/12/lore-legends-cayuga-lake/31556451/.

“Earthquake Hazards.” Education, earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/booms.php.

“The Lake Gun.” The Project Gutenberg E-Text of The Lake Gun, by James Fenimore Cooper, www.gutenberg.org/files/2328/2328-h/2328-h.htm.

Robortella, John. “Boom and Bust of the Seneca Lake Guns.” Democrat and Chronicle, Democrat and Chronicle, 17 Nov. 2016, www.democratandchronicle.com/story/rochester-magazine/finger-lakes/2016/03/22/seneca-guns-phenomenon/81978860/.

“Skyquake.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 June 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyquake.

“What Are the Seneca Guns?” Federal Point Historic Preservation Society, 3 June 2016, federal-point-history.org/previous-month-meeting-report/what-are-the-seneca-guns/.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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