Explain this

[vindor]

Was wondering if anyone could explain this phenomenon:

I walked into my room just before and as I approached the wall a metallic bowl that was sitting on a box next to the wall, started to make a sound. The sound was caused by the bowl vibrating against this wall.

When I first walked in the room, I went over to the bowl to see what was causing the sound, but each time as I approached the sound stopped. I tried retreating and approaching several times and the same result was observed each time. I called to my sister and again the same thing when she approached.

Eventually I picked up the bowl and put it back down next to the wall and tried again, but I had disturbed the phenomenon.

 

[Groove]

hmm, have u ever heard of tibetan singing bowls? they are used by monks and others for meditation purposes.... the same prinicple of using the tip of your finger on a glass to get the harmonics but used with the bowl and a stick.
different pressures produce different notes of the harmonic series...
does that help at all?

 

[Fire]

Prehaps it has somethinhg to do with nodal positions?

was it a very high pitch?

 

[skipper kelly]

Its more than likely an old ghost just having a bit of fun with you. No need to panic, it wont hurt you. They are everywhere.

 

[anonymous Joe]

Perhaps u were stoned and just tripying out.

 

[skipper kelly]

Originally posted by anonymous Joe
Perhaps u were stoned and just tripying out.

joe

 

[Bomber Spirit]

If the bowl was directly next to, and just touching, the wall; maybe the floorboards on the other side of the room were just a bit loose and walking on them made the wall vibrate marginally. That's all I can think of.
But as for why the bowl didn't vibrate after you moved it, that's an easier one. It probably wasn't in exactly the same place as before and wasn't just touching the end of the wall like it was before.

 

[mantis]

Exactly what Bomber Spirit said, it just means your house needs restumping, no mystery at all.

 

[skipper kelly]

Originally posted by mantis
Exactly what Bomber Spirit said, it just means your house needs restumping, no mystery at all.

It could be my theory

 

[vindor]

Originally posted by Fire
was it a very high pitch?

Nah it was just the vibration of the bowl against the wall

Originally posted by Bomber Spirit
If the bowl was directly next to, and just touching, the wall; maybe the floorboards on the other side of the room were just a bit loose and walking on them made the wall vibrate marginally. That's all I can think of.

Carpet floor, cement underneath...

Originally posted by Bomber Spirit
But as for why the bowl didn't vibrate after you moved it, that's an easier one. It probably wasn't in exactly the same place as before and wasn't just touching the end of the wall like it was before.

I also assumed this.

Originally posted by anonymous Joe
Perhaps u were stoned and just tripying out.

Perhaps I should check the gas taps