A Confusing Audio Illusion of a Chanting Crowd Leads to a Number of Different Possible Phrases Being Heard

Kegan Stiles, who enjoys analyzing sound, posted audio of a chanting crowd. Understanding how this chant could be an audio illusion, Stiles also posited nine different ways that the chant could be heard. As a listener goes through the list, each phrase can be distinctly heard.

• Bart Simpson bouncing
• Rotating pirate ship
• That isn’t my receipt
• Lobsters in motion
• That is embarrassing
• Lactates in pharmacy
• I’m chasing Martian
• Baptism piracy
• That isn’t mercy.

As it turns out, the correct answer is “That is embarrassing”. This was uttered by fans of Derby County Football Club in Derbyshire, England.

via Boing Boing