EVP on Third Rail

 

Something strange happened while Trevor Murray and I were recording last week's episode of Third Rail Radio, see: http://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2022/10/third-rail-radio-programme-126.html. At 1.28.07 a bizarre noise can be heard on the recording. I heard it while we were recording and made a note to go back and check it at the time. Trevor and I co-host the show and we record it in advance on Skype; and I record it at my end with Skype's house recorder, but at the same time I run a backup in the form of a cheap freebie that produces a standard definition stereo track. Occasionally when we're recording, artefacts occur, such as echoes. This is mostly caused by feedback if one of us, for example, uses speakers for our audio instead of earphones. Sometimes when we hand over the dialogue or interrupt each other our tracks are distorted because the gain is high on both microphones. However, I can't find another occasion when our system causes a noise like this. I've listened to the programme again and this is the only place in the recording that it happens. The anomaly is a burbling electronic sound that to me resembles a distorted voice. It appears to utter two words that I can't make out, but I can detect a series of about half a dozen consonants and vowels. If it is a voice then it does not resemble either mine or Trevor's. The anomaly also occurs on the backup recording and, because app records in stereo, I can hear that it occurs at Trevor's end only. However Trevor was not talking at the time and if it is an echo of my own voice, how come it sounds nothing at all like my voice? The other feedback echoes are recognizable. Trevor and I were both completely alone in our respective recording rooms. We called each other again after the recording and discussed the anomaly. We decided we would bring it up in a future programme, this one: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2022/10/third-rail-radio-programme-127.html; but until then we would keep the matter private. The reason for this was that we wanted to see if any Third Rail listeners also spotted it independently. So far none of them have contacted us about it. Could this be an example of EVP, electronic voice phenomenon? If you're unfamiliar with this subject I've posted some background links below; but it is fascinating. A strange noise was picked up on one of the Mind Set Central shows too, but I can't find the episode, sorry. I'm curious to see if the anomaly repeats.
See here for background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2014/10/bbc-on-evp.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2021/05/brookdale-lodge-uncovered.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2014/01/hauntings-best-evidence-by-don-philips.html.
And: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2011/09/assap-seriously-strange-conference.html.