Can you really feel things “in your bones”?
Aug 31, 2009
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Earthquake Questions
I often heard stories of people predicting earthquakes because they can "feel it in their bones." I have a similar story myself. Every once in a while, I’ll get a distinct pain in my right kneecap. Between one and three days later, I come to find out that there had been an earthquake, but the quirky thing is that the earthquakes that happen are NEVER local. Is this just a strange coincidence or could this really mean something?
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5 comments
TychaBrahe on August 31, 2009 at 6:39 am
It’s probably a coincidence. If you were where the earthquake happened, I would say you are one of the rare people who are sensitive to the subsonic waves that often precede and earthquake.
I mean look at this map: http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/index.html . In the past week there were 285 earthquakes in California and Nevada. Any day you had some pain you could have found an earthquake, possibly happening within minutes.
But it is possible to feel things in the bones, especially changes in the weather. In the joints, there is something called sinovial fluid, and it has small bubbles of nitrogen. Changes in atmospheric pressure can cause pain, especially in arthritic joints.
jakebooking on August 31, 2009 at 6:39 am
You can only feel pain or cold in bones.
codiane99 on August 31, 2009 at 6:39 am
I didn’t use to think that you could feel things in your bones, but now….as I grow older, every time a storm is brewing.. My body sounds like a bowl of rice crispies. It pops and crackles, and feels like its gonna snap any minute.
Doctor J on August 31, 2009 at 6:39 am
Earthquakes happen somewhere in the world everyday. Therefore, you have demonstrated nothing coincidental. You have only demonstrated that you ‘pay attention’ to earthquake news after feeling the knee pain.
Tropic-of-Cancer on August 31, 2009 at 6:39 am
Many years ago I broke my wrist, and in the UK it was an extremely accurate predictor of an imminent snowfall ever after.