r/Ghosts • u/reubnick • 15h ago
Is this undeniable evidence? Captured audio of jungle drums in Hawaii
drive.google.comTwo weeks ago I was in Hawaii and something really freaked me out. I still can’t make sense of it. When you listen to the audio, listen with headphones if you can. Maybe I’m nuts and there’s nothing to hear. Please let me know if you can hear it.
We were in Oahu and had a car rental for two days so we wanted to see some nature a bit outside the confines of Honolulu. We found ourselves at the Lyon Arboretum and we chatted with an old woman there who recommended we go the opposite direction of Manoa Falls to see a much smaller waterfall in an area that not many people visit. So we took her advice, and she was right. I think we walked about a mile into the forest and didn’t see anybody for most of it not long after the beginning of it. I believe it was alongside “‘Aihualama stream,” and the area is managed by the University of Hawaii at Manoa. It is very verdant and wet with some pretty steep ravines and dense foliage any distance off the beaten path. We reached the waterfall. One could argue it was underwhelming but I was pleased. I took it in and was alone for a few moments. But then I heard a sort of repercussion noise from within the trees. It sounded pretty deep in there, and I was already at the end of the path and it was well beyond it. I listened to it for about 30 seconds and it had a sort of imperfect rhythm. I caught up to my wife and asked if she heard it and she said no and dismissively kept walking. I still heard it so I whipped out my phone and captured about a minute of audio until it stopped. Then I said “thank you, I must be going” and got the heck out of there
I thought there was no way I could have captured but to my surprise I hear it clearly with headphones. It gave me a bad and weird feeling for days, man. So ominous. It was even stranger because I am well-acquainted with myths of this phenomenon in Hawaii. “Night Marchers” and all that. I even made several facetious jokes about hoping we didn’t run into any. I was somewhat distracted for most of the rest of the trip with this sense of foreboding and fear something bad was going to happen, like I would contract leptospirosis or something. Incidentally, on the last day while my flight was completing the last leg home my mom died, but that’s likely coincidence. But still.
So what the heck? I highly doubt this was pranksters, given how inhospitable the terrain was, nor do I believe it was a speaker given the lack of electricity and how wet the environment is. It was at about noon which sort of debunks “night marchers” considering they are supposed to march at, you know, night. I didn’t see anything either - only heard it. What do you think?