20 Sounds That Mean You Should Run, Now!
Evolution has blessed us with several senses that can be used to detect danger in addition to their better uses, like eating pizza and listening to Dua Lipa. Smelling rotten eggs, tasting blood, feeling the ground rumble, seeing a big-ass mountain lion — these are all signals that things are about to get bad.
One of the most ignored signs of danger, however, is sound. You might think you’ll see a car crash or smell a fire in time to react safely, but you can spare yourself a lot of grief by listening for them first. For example, user UnderH20giraffe points to “the cracking of ice” as a hazard you’ll probably hear before you see.
They then asked r/AskReddit, “What is a sound that people should know means immediate danger?” and their fellow Redditors sounded out all kinds of alarms.
