Residents of a town in Northern Ireland have been extra - grouchy latterly due to an ongoing “ hummmmmm ” racket that ’s been keeping them up at night . No one ’s certain where the irritating noise is coming from , so the local council has brought in sonic expert to investigate the problem .

The dark annoyance has been hear across a broad domain around Omagh in County Tyrone over the preceding few hebdomad , BBC News NIreports . Folks have described the sound as a “ persistent buzz or hum " that becomes more prominent at night .

Alliance Party councillor Stephen Donnelly instructed the council to investigate the problem and they ’ve confirmed that there is a legitimate issue . What precisely is make the sound , however , remains a mystery .

" We initially think that it was limited to the southeast at the time , but as sentence went by and citizenry started to plight with me , it became percipient that it was something that was affecting the entirety of the Ithiel Town , and the opening is that it is seasonal , ” Donnelly toldRTÉ ’s Morning Ireland .

" It ’s possibly refer to conditions , but I mean the true point at this stage is that we do n’t know the actual origin and we have to be able to try and establish the facts first before we can assure a solution , " he tally .

The Hum has been reportednumerous time across division of Europe , Australia , and North America since the 1970s . One notable example started in 1993 when masses in Taos , New Mexico , started complaining about a mystifying lowly - relative frequency hum that almost feel like a vibration . research worker have closely studiedthe so - called Taos Hum , but there ’s still no consensus on its origin .

There are a bunch of theory of what might be behind the Hum , ranging from mechanical devices totinnitusand mass psychogenic illness . Onerecurring theoryis that it might have something to do with very low - frequency radiocommunication wave used by the military .

All options are on the table for ongoing problems in Omagh , although Donnelly was keen to try that nothing overly sinister nor supernatural seems to be afoot .

" I appreciate that whenever a story like this is draped in mystery and intrigue , it can be quite fun to kind of entertain different theory . But the matter that I always say to hoi polloi is , do n’t trust the cabal hypothesis , ” he continued .

" What is a playfulness trouble will doubtlessly have a very wearisome explanation in time . And I have no doubt that this will be the same . "