About two years ago, over a period of a few weeks, there was an occurrence that I've never figured out.
First of all, I live in a rural area. Across the road from me is a big field, behind that is a strip of forest, and behind that is a river. I have woods on one side and at the back of my house with a neighbor on the other side.
I was watching television late at night when this sound went off. When I say "sound", I'm not talking about something ordinary, I'm talking about VERY LOUD. It was like a TTHTHTHTHTHTHTHTHTMMMMMMMM, almost like burst fire from some kind of powerful machine gun except much louder. I could feel the vibrations. Scared the hell out of me.
When I looked out the window, I saw bright lights in the sky, like really bright, in the direction of the river. The super loud noise should reoccur at random intervals, sometimes with a very long pause of several minutes. It was so loud I kept expecting police cars to show up. I came very close to calling the sheriff myself.
There was nothing in the paper the next day. My neighbor heard nothing, though she's old, lives in a brick house, and the sound, though powerful, was very low-pitched, so it's possible it might not have woken someone sleeping.
I would hear the sound and see the lights again several times over the next month, always late at night. Nothing since.
I have a feeling that it's something like you would see on Scooby Doo. Someone is doing illegal mining over there or they've found a buried Indian graveyard but as soon as I investigate, a "ghost" will appear. Fuck that.
