Bump in the night? People across the island report mysterious noise

Wednesday 24 April 2024

Islanders have been left puzzled after many reported hearing a strange noise last night – with nothing showing up on the island's earthquake monitor.

People took to social media to say they heard the bang at around 22:25 last night.

Vera Ferreira from St Lawrence posted on Facebook group 'Jersey Ask? Advise! Advertise!' asking: "What was that?"

Her query attracted almost 100 comments from islanders from St Ouen to St Clement confirming that they had also heard a strange noise.

Pictured: A Facebook post about the noise attracted almost 100 comments.

"Sounded like someone banging on the window," wrote one islander. "Set all the dogs barking!"

A commenter said that it "sounded like it was someone trying to break in!" whilst another wrote: "I thought there was someone in the house."

"Sounded like concord flying over!" added another islander.

"I thought the neighbours cat was trying to get in the cat flap, went on a good 10 seconds," said a St Peter's Village resident.

"Nothing picked up on the camera. So glad I’ve seen this post, I can sleep now."

Pictured: The last earthquake in the Channel Islands was on 20 Jan 2023 and measured a magnitude of 1.6.

Whilst some speculated that it was likely to have been a minor earthquake, nothing could be seen on the radar.

Emergency services confirmed that there had been no related reports to the police or fire service.

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