Because our brains are pattern recognition machines.
Fun article, although I wish it had gone a bit deeper.
This is the equivalent of people seeing Jesus in rice grains, but the aural version.
If this isn’t an SCP, it definitely should be. That being said I’ve never experienced this and I spent an awful lot of time wandering in the wildernesses in Monterey.
If you hear your name called while collecting samples in [redacted] Forest, ND, DO NOT respond. Calmly walk back to your vehicle and radio for support. An extraction team will be at your location shortly to remove you from the gaze of [redacted].
Oh no. Did you say ND? 👀
*John Timber enters the chat
I know I heard my name called occasionally as a kid. Clear as day but directionless, seemingly from very close to me. I figured its just a bug in a developing mind. But could also be that my mom got damn angry if I didnt hear her calling so I was always listening for it, and like the article describe, I picked up noise and the brain filled in the expectation.
I’ve never experienced this, I’ve been in the woods plenty of times tho
I would like to add to this. I spend at least 20 hours a week in forests, and have heard a lot of things. Never my name.
Same, never had this happen and I’ve also been in the woods many times.
I have spent a great deal of time in forests (and still do). I have not experienced anything like this.
Why do I hear my name being called in the woods? Gray catbirds
Oh damn, I think that could be misinterpreted as human voice with the right distance and interference.
Forty years living in their range and having a name that sounds like their call, and they are still never my first assumption.
They really need to talk to Mary!
This reminds me of Black & White, the god simulation game from, idk, the early 2000s. They had a list of common names and if your save profile matched one, a creepy voice would call you from time to time.
That game was so good.
this is cool
