The Night a Silo Began to Sing: Farmwife Frozen at Dawn

The Night a Silo Began to Sing: Farmwife Frozen at Dawn

A woman sat on her farmhouse porch for four hours at 11°F, barefoot in a bathrobe, staring into a field because a sealed steel silo had begun producing a low, sustained musical tone with no identifiable source. The sound arrived nightly in January 2011, louder when wind was calm and fainter when gusts reached 31-42 mph - so what could make a forty-foot empty silo sing?

In this episode, you will hear the events on Nicole Boyd’s property from January 3 to January 19, 2011, including her handwritten log of times and durations, the observations of a longtime maintenance worker, and the moment she finally walked out to the silo. What did Nicole find when she moved closer to Silo Began?

Person: Nicole Boyd Date: January 3-19, 2011 Location: 131 Calvert Road, 68-acre farm Structure: Silo Began, 40-foot welded steel, empty since mid-1990s Weather detail: Wind gusts 31-42 mph recorded January 8

- Nicole was 32 years old and had lived at 131 Calvert Road her entire life. - The tone first occurred just past 11:00 PM on January 3 and lasted about 20 minutes. - By January 12 the sound was nightly, varying from 15 minutes to nearly two hours. - On January 8 the county weather station recorded wind gusts between 31 and 42 mph when the sound was faint. - On January 19 Nicole sat on the porch for four hours at seven in the morning in a bathrobe and wool socks, having walked out to within about 20 feet of Silo Began.

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