Guns of Barishal
Barisal Guns or Guns of Barisal refers to some loud sounds that occurred in the Barisal area of East Bengal in the nineteenth century. Such sounds have been heard in some other areas like Barisal, the banks of the Ganges River in India, the United States, Belgium, Scotland, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, the Philippines, Australia, the North Sea, etc.It is known that Barisal Gunas was mentioned in documents for the first time around 1870.
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However, it is mentioned in the documents that it could be heard from the early nineteenth century.At first the British thought the sounds were the sound of pirate cannons, but despite extensive searches, no pirate ships or bases were found. Several projects have been hypothesized as to how the Barisal Guns actually originated, but none of them have been proven. It has been compared to earthquakes, lightning, tidal waves etc.According to some reports, this loud noise is still often heard late at night.
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