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Doorbell Camera Captures Eerie Sound Resembling Ancient Aztec Death Whistle
The last thing you want to hear late at night when you’re out in the dark is a terrifying scream that makes you rush back inside.
The night is dark and full of terrors, as one character from Game of Thrones famously stated. One TikTok user discovered in a horrifying video that this is also true while on a cruise ship.
Although the human body can create certain frightening noises, the Aztec death whistle’s terrifying sound is far more terrifying than the so-called death rattle, which alerts patients that they typically have fewer than 24 hours to live.
What is the Aztec death whistle?
The Aztec death whistle, also known as the skull whistle, is a frightful-looking musical instrument that was discovered in ancient Aztec graves and dates to between 1250 and 1521 AD.
Researchers were originally perplexed by it, but one chose to blow on it and likely regretted it because it made a shrill shriek that sounded like a human scream.
A group of courageous volunteers were invited to participate in a study to determine the effects of the noise on their brains after modern researchers successfully replicated the death whistle using 3D printing technology.
Professor Sascha Frühholz, lead author of the study, said to the MailOnline, “The sound is rough and high-pitched, and as listeners, you usually do not like such sounds.”
He continued, “Since the Aztec skull whistle sounds close to a human scream, we wanted to investigate if humans have the same negative and aversive response to Aztec death whistle sounds.”
Where and why was an Aztec death whistle used
According to experts, the whistles may have been employed historically to frighten victims during ceremonies involving human sacrifice or during combat, making the terrible sound the final sound a person heard before passing away.
Although archaeologists are still unsure, they appear to agree that it might have been used as part of ritualistic sacrifices carried out by the Aztec civilisation, which flourished in central Mexico for almost 200 years between the 14th and 16th centuries, after Frühholz’s study revealed that volunteers’ brains were left stunned and confused.
Chilling footage
At this point, it should be rather obvious that you don’t want to hear this sound while going about your everyday activities.
I’ve done it for you, so don’t be afraid if you’re not bold enough to listen to this terrifying video. It sounds to me like a steam train or kettle mingled with human screams.
If you do want to listen to it, you might want to tone down the volume if you’re on public transit to avoid being accused of “bare beating.”
A dog owner and his pet are shown innocuously standing by a pool in the video, which was taken by a doorbell camera. Suddenly, they hear a sound that is thought to be an Aztec death whistle, and they immediately dash back inside at full speed.
Since being sacrificed is the last thing you would want, you cannot hold them responsible.
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