There are a great deal of complicated questions that plague our minds every day: time travel, other forms of intelligent life, the end of universe and our own creation. However, there are other mysteries, much closer to us than we think. A mysterious noise, so loud that it leaves scientists on different continents speechless. The noise was called "The Bloop" and was added to the mysteries of the world because to this day there is no concrete evidence as to what caused this noise. In fact, there isn't even a theory that has a decent amount of supporting evidence. The only thing scientists agree on after many studies is that whatever made the mysterious noise was alive. The mysterious noise was first heard in 1997 by the US Navy using the SOSUS or Sound Surveillance System. SOSUS was created to spy on the Soviet Union's movements in waters during the Cold War. The noise was heard on two separate microphones, except those used by the navy. The microphones were placed three thousand miles apart from each other (pretty damn interesting). The sound in its original state lasted about two and a half minutes. They sounded like prolonged moans. However, when the sound was accelerated sixteen times faster, it created a noise similar to that of a drop hitting water. Thus dubbing him "The Bloop". Scientists currently have no idea what causes how loud it is and its biological origin. “The frequency of the sound meant it had to be much louder than any recognized animal noise, including that made by larger whales.” A London scientist said when asked what the noise could be. The noise was many times larger than any noise a blue whale, the largest of all known creatures on earth, can make. (CNN)With any u...... middle of paper......3/bloop/>."• The Call of the Bloop." Damn interesting. Network. 19 May 2010. "Beware the bloop - Theage.com.au." Age: business, world and latest news | Melbourne, Australia. Network. May 19, 2010. "6 crazy discoveries that science can't explain | Cracked.com." Cracked.com - America's only humor and video site since 1958 | Cracked.com. Network. May 19, 2010. "Spectrograms - VENTS Program." NOAA/PMEL is a leader in the development of ocean observing systems. Network. May 19, 2010. "The Bloop." Skeptoid: Critical analysis podcast. Network. May 19 2010. .