This is when Scrooge opens the bedroom door when the visitation of the second ghost s due - he hears a booming voice beckoning to him to enter
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The second mysterious sound Scrooge hears is a loud clanking noise, like chains being dragged. This sound is accompanied by a spectral apparition entering Scrooge's bedroom.
As Julia moves further away from the sound source, the loudness of the sound she hears decreases. This is because the sound waves spread out and dissipate as they travel through the air, which reduces the intensity of the sound reaching Julia's ears.
The loud clanging sound that Farquhar hears is likely the ticking of his watch as time slows down in his distorted perception during his impending execution. The sound intensifies as he falls through the bridge, experiencing a moment of extreme suspense and anxiety.
The difference in hearing the sound with your right ear before your left ear is due to the time it takes for the sound waves to travel from the source to each ear. Sound waves travel faster through air than through the bones in your skull, which causes a slight delay in hearing the sound with the ear furthest from the source.
In the context of the NOAA, a "bloop" refers to a type of mysterious ultra-low-frequency sound originally recorded in the Pacific Ocean. It has been attributed to the sound of ice breaking up or calving off of a glacier.