Meaning of mistpouffer | Babel Free

Definitions

An unexplained sound, like a cannon or a sonic boom, heard in various waterfront communities.

plural-normally

Examples

“The mysterious noises, mentioned to me by Mr. Clement Reid, which are heard on Dartmoor and in Scotland near the Highland Fault, are not perhaps exactly comparable with "Mistpouffers"[…]”

“Mistpouffers are dull, distant explosive sounds heard around the coast of Europe all the way to Iceland.”

“In addition to detonating minerals, more usual mistpouffer explanations range from great pockets of volatile gasses bubbling up from the sea bed and spontaneously igniting at the surface, to meteors[…]”

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