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The original was posted on /r/highstrangeness by /u/laliiboop on 2026-06-05 07:41:24+00:00.

Last night something really strange happened and I'm curious whether anyone has a technical explanation.

At about 3:30 AM my cat woke me up for food. I got up, fed him, and was standing nearby while he ate (he likes company while he's eating). While I was standing there, I suddenly heard what sounded like a male voice. My first thought was that my phone had started playing something, or that the TV had somehow come on, but when I checked both were off.

The voice wasn't clear enough to understand. It sounded very tinny and crackly, like a weak radio transmission. The cadence was odd too — not conversational, more like a recorded message or someone reading instructions. It had a very flat, monotone delivery.

It happened in three separate bursts over about four minutes. After the first burst I started trying to work out where it was coming from. The more I listened, the more it seemed to be coming from the area around the metal flue/chimney for our gas heater. The heater itself was off and hadn't been used since around 9 PM, so the flue should have been completely cool by then.

I walked around the house checking for other sources, but couldn't find anything else that could have been making the sound. After the third time it stopped completely and didn't happen again.

I couldn't make out any actual words but it reminded me of hearing a distant radio station with a weak signal.

Has anyone heard of a metal flue, chimney, or similar structure apparently picking up radio transmissions? Is there a known mechanism that could explain this?