Can you hear this gif?
 

Do you hear anything when you watch this gif?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42237092

no

yes

I'd have thought the discussion just boils down to "well if it actually happened there'd be a thud lol so I am picturing hearing that x" and that's about it, really.

Apparently people who hear it still experience the same thing if the power lines are cropped out, something to do with the camera shake apparently.

can someone make me not hear Taylor Swifts new "song"?

You don't hear anything, you're just imagining what you might hear if you could.

I cant hear it.

No hmm

No

That's true but I also think there's more to it than that, otherwise people would feel like they could hear any gif. There's no actual sound of course, but the illusion of sound for some and not others is what I find weird about it.

I can hear it but I don't know if it's just because I'm trying to :/

I don't hear it. Anyone who can hear it, if you have it on but don't look at your screen, do you still hear the thud?

It feels very appropriate hear "boom" when it hits the ground, which is basically what I translate it in my head.