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Old 11th Feb 2021, 09:57
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chevvron
 
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Bangs over North Devon have been heard for hundreds of years, long before supersonic flight and Concorde.
Nobody has ever been able to explain them and they're often referred to as 'Barisal guns' after a similar phenomenon in India.
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