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Feedback: People Report Mysterious Booms And Shaking

Story Published: Jun 14, 2012 at 4:40 PM EDT

Story Updated: Jun 14, 2012 at 6:15 PM EDT

Route 12 in the town of Alexandria looks normal, but residents say lately that hasn't been the case.

"Boom, crack - and we wonder, what is this," said Dave Roberts, who owns the Aqua Zoo on Route 12.

"It's like a mini-shotgun blast or something. It's very quick, but instead of being in the air around you, it's coming from the ground underneath you," said Bob Vrooman, who owns Pinehurst Motel on Route 12.

Roberts has heard the blasts and felt the shaking for the last two weeks.

"Did you hear that one? Did you hear the one last night at 2:30? Did you feel the one at four o'clock," said Roberts.

But here's the thing, seismology reports do not show any activity in the area over the last week and officials with Fort Drum say they aren't responsible for the shaking either.

"Everybody has the same concern, they just want to know what exactly is happening," said Vrooman.

While they haven't been able to find a concrete answer, some residents do have a theory - that salt used by the Department of Transportation over the years has seeped into the ground, causing rocks underneath to shift and move.

"Could that salt now be crusting, and as it crusts it swells and could possibly be lifting enormous rocks," said Roberts.

Calls to the DOT haven't been returned.

That means the search for the source of the shaking will continue.

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