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Show HEAR MOANS IN MOUNTAINS Peculiar Sounds Heard In the Chilean Chil-ean Andes Peak In England Screams. A deep note to be heard at certain cer-tain seasons of the year proceeding from the mountain of El Bramador, In the Chilean Andes, is one of the weirdest sounds In the world. In former days the natives listened to it with superstitious fear, while even a white man, hearing It for the first time, Is startled at the mountain's "powers." Another curious mountain exists In 7vada, though this one usually gives out a note resembling at first the jingling of bells, and ending with a deep, organ-like swell. In both cases the sounds are due to a peculiar formation of the earth, which under certain conditions condi-tions of weather allows the separate sepa-rate particles to rub against each other and so produce uncanny effects. ef-fects. In England Is a mountain which howls in such a way that formerly It was supposed to be the haunt of demons. This Is Cross Fell, in Westmoreland, where local conditions condi-tions produce a gale with several peculiarities. Including an awe-ln-splrlng scream that at times can be heard for miles. |