A listener writes “I was listening to episode 1226 yesterday, and your guest mentioned hearing tongue-popping noises from what he believed was a rock ape in the Solomon Islands. That’s the first time I’ve ever heard that type of behavior described either on your podcast or in the hundreds of encounters I’ve read on the BFRO website.
I actually have a short recording about 30 seconds of the loudest tongue-popping sounds I’ve ever heard.
We bought our retirement home in southern Maine last year, and shortly after moving in, I started exploring a large wooded tract behind the property. About 200 yards to the northeast, there’s a steep ridge I wanted to check out. We had only been there about two weeks, and this was my first chance to really explore.
As I reached the base of the ridge, my phone rang. It turned out to be spam, so I hung up right away. The moment I put my phone back in my pocket, I heard incredibly loud tongue-popping noises coming from the ridge above me. The sound was shocking like some massive NFL nose tackle clearing a clogged toilet while sounding an intruder alarm.
It went on for about three minutes, though I only managed to capture a few seconds of it. At first, I couldn’t find an audio recording app, so I ended up recording video just to get the sound. After it stopped and I turned off the recording, I tried to mimic the noise to see if I’d get a response, but I couldn’t come close to matching the volume. There was no reply.
When I got home, I extracted the audio and even ran it through ChatGPT to see if it could identify the source. Between the rain in the background and the poor audio quality, it couldn’t determine what made the sound. What’s strange is that while it was incredibly loud in person, it barely comes through in the recording.
I’ve never encountered another person in that area, and since it’s private land, it’s unlikely anyone else would have been out there.”
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