A noise so loud it 'sounded like something was going to explode' woke people in the early hours - leaving them baffled. Neighbours took to social media to investigate the source of the noise, saying it sounded 'industrial' and like a 'pressure sound'.
Ramsbottom residents were woken at around 2am on Saturday (January 6) before discussing were the intrusive sound was coming from on social media.
One said 'it woke me up, so loud', while another said 'it really is loud, I panicked thinking something was going to explode'.
The mystery continued as Facebook users questioned if 'any internal noise would carry like this', affecting the whole town. One person said it 'it sounds like the M62 is outside my front door'.
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