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trev likes godzilla@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

Why do people hear their names being called in the woods?

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Why do people hear their names being called in the woods?

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trev likes godzilla@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.org · 1 year ago
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Auditory pareidolia is a phenomenon in which people can hear familiar sounds from seemingly static background noise.
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    Why do I hear my name being called in the woods? Gray catbirds

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      Oh damn, I think that could be misinterpreted as human voice with the right distance and interference.

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        Forty years living in their range and having a name that sounds like their call, and they are still never my first assumption.

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      They really need to talk to Mary!

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