Hi Dave,

I know you haven't been here long enough to read the material that has come forth, so I'll give you some sample case data that might give you an idea as to why I don't believe ear tones are a form of tinitus.

On Thanksgiving, I believe it was four years ago, I and four others were about to sit down to dinner when four of the five of us heard ear tones. I was the only one in the group who knew about ear tones. So I asked everyone if they had heard a sound, like a ringing in their ears and they all said they had. I checked the earthquake maps and there were two earthquakes, both around a 5.0, one in Eureka and a few minutes later another in Redding.

A few weeks ago I heard an ear tone at precisely the time at a solar flare arrived and a fault in the Mendocino Triple Junction broke. This is not a usual occurrence with my ear tones, usually I have some kind of lag time from hours to days.

So in these we have two cases that are quite interesting. In case one we have people who are totally unaware of my research into ear tones and have no knowledge at all that they may be connected to faults breaking.

In case two, did I hear the solar flare or the earthquake breaking? I think it is the latter as the sound fits the same pattern as all previous tones for the area in question.

It is difficult to explain at a glance the ear tone work that has progressed over three years time. But I have found in learning how to identify from the geology of the area that the sound itself matches the land structure. IE: granite has a higher pitch than quakes that are in a more earthy environment. Volcanic area's have a particular sound that is exclusive to them and so there is a large range of sound that has an identity itself.

Furthering this, I wanted to also bring up the Nisqually earthquake. The sound I heard 2 1/2 hours prior was extremely loud, but it also had a sound with it that I had never heard before. At the end of the very large sound came a sound that was like an explosion where you could sense or hear that the sound traveled outward like a ring. Much like a firecracker. At the time I knew the sound came from the north, but I did not know where it was eminating from.

Placing a visual thought form with this sound, I have always imagined seeing a fibre optic wire and the sound travels from the future epicenter of a quake, down the wire to the person hearing the sound. But you have to learn exclusively from experience by hearing these same sounds repeatedly so you know the source of the sound. This is most difficult if you only get one shot.

From this I believe it might create a better understanding as to why I do not believe this sound is as a result of tinitus. I have been in contact over the years with a number of individuals who also share this experience. They have told me they have no medical problems for which they could attribute this condition. But they do possess something that I feel is very important; each of them has a true love of nature, they are very spiritual and all of them love to garden. In a nutshell, they are attunded to the Earth.

As for animals such as dogs they have magnenite in their heads and that is what allows them to hear these sounds. But not all of them react to them. Birds and rabbits though seem better indicators. Birds such as homing pidgeons have been known not to fly a course just before a major earthquake. Rabbits will scurry around as if frightened or terribly nervous.

Lots of material to work with on this subject.

Petra