“Decades Later: New Evidence Unveils the Mysterious Origin of the Ocean’s ‘Bloop’ Sound—What Scientists Discovered Will Shock You!”
The most popular theory
Given this “organic” framing of the noise, perhaps the most popular theory among the public was that some massive sea creature had caused the “bloop.”
After all, it’s not unheard of for new species to be discovered even decades after this sound was first detected.
The stuff of legends
According to the NOAA, one of the possibilities people entertained at the time was that the bloop had come from a giant squid.
But for that to be true, it would have to be a squid of unprecedented size that would look like it came from 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
Slightly more plausible
Other theories held a massive whale responsible for the sound. And since the world is home to some truly gargantuan whale species (like the blue whale pictured here), the idea that one was behind the “bloop” didn’t seem completely implausible.
Still, either a blue whale would have to make a noise that scientists had never observed before, or an even larger, undiscovered whale species would need to exist.
The most outlandish hypothesis
Those unsatisfied with these explanations who nonetheless believed the “bloop” originated from a life form ended up getting creative with their explanations.
For some, the noise was caused by what the NOAA described as “some sea creature unknown to science.”
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