All you have to do is look at the spectrograms. The Bloop's spectrogram has clearly visible 'column'. This indicates a sudden spike in sound. Now, we have to think: Which geophysical processes generate sudden sounds? That's right: Ice calving. The sudden cracking of ice from the bigger iceberg causes, obviously, a sudden sound. Furthermore, the estimated location of the source lies somewhere near the western side of the southern tip of South America - which is really cold, so the origin being related to ice is not really far-fetched.
Now, what caused the 'Julia'? That's also quite easy to figure out: The curve which is clearly visible in the spectrogram tells us that whatever caused the sound was probably moving, before suddenly and quickly decelerating. Now, what does that, that is also near Antarctica? A phenomenon called 'seabed gouging by ice'. In short terms, it's when an iceberg collides with the ocean floor, and gets stuck. You can imagine how loud that is.
Lastly, the photo. Its mystique is instantly destroyed once you notice the logo of Surfers against Sewage. Admittedly, it is hard to notice, but it's there. The logo being present tell us that it doesn't depict a real animal, but a fake, animated one.
- Q - Maritime
- YouTube
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- Q - Sonar Serenade
- YouTube
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Q - Lost at Sea
- YouTube
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Q - Farewell
- YouTube
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Julia Sound (1X Speed)
- YouTube
- Julia Sound (16X Speed)
- YouTube
- Bloop Sound (1X Speed)
- YouTube
- A spectrogram of Bloop
- Wikipedia
- A spectrogram of "Julia".
- Wikipedia
- Wallpaper iceberg
- WallpaperCave
- Earthquake diagram
- WorldAtlas
- Bubble image
- Freepik
- @rawpixel.com
- Seabed Gouging by Ice: Discover 6 Amazing Photographs of Iceberg Scours and Gouges
- strangesounds.org
- JBZD logo
- JBZD
- LBB logo
- Little Black Book
- GuteFrage logo
- GuteFrage
- Alan and Angelo logo
- Alan and Angelo
- Supposed photo of the Bloop creature
- JBZD
- Little Black Book
- Underwater Bubbles Rising
- Videezy
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Nov. 29, 2012 Ian Steadman
Here, WIRED interviewed Robert Dziak, an employee at the NOAA, who confirmed not only that the origin of the Bloop sound was "extremely likely" to have been caused by ice calving or some other similar thing, but also that the theory of the Bloop being caused by an animal was never a serious one. In the interview, Dziak mentions that the main reason the theory of the Bloop being caused by an animal is how it is usually played back.
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2023 Wiedza
I already state this above, but it doesn't appear that this site is a legitimate Polish news source, but more like a general posting site, similar to 4chan, Reddit, or Tumblr.
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Oct. 21, 2019 M&C Saatchi UK
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#4 Wikipedia articles
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Feb. 26, 2023 CreepyPastaPunch
This is in German. Additionally, some parts in the video are wrong, such as the location of the source of the "Julia" sound.
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Alan Jones & Angelo An
This is the "obscure website" I was talking about in the video.