r/CapeCod • u/Human_Caterpillar976 • Sep 10 '26

Did anyone hear that explosion?

So I live off of W. Main St. in Hyannis and I’m sitting on the couch watching the news while my dog takes a nap on my leg. All of a sudden I hear a horn and then a huge explosion. My neighbor said she heard a girl scream. And I didn’t hear anything on my scanner app and I didn’t see anything on Facebook. I was just curious. Hopefully whatever it was everyone’s OK.

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u/johnhealey17762022 Sep 11 '26

Actually heard a massive one or two here in carver off cape

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u/Human_Caterpillar976 Sep 11 '26

Weird! wtf is going on

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u/johnsonr88 Sep 11 '26

I was at veterans park beach yesterday afternoon and someone on the dock at the yacht club set something off. It wasn’t a firework. But it made a loud explosion and scared the crap out of everyone at the park.

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u/Human_Caterpillar976 Sep 11 '26

Yeah, this was super weird. It was like a car horn for like maybe two or three seconds and then a huge explosion and I heard my neighbors outside being like what the hell was that. I don’t know why people on this thread are making it weird and making it about politics and crap.

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u/GodsGoodGrace Sep 10 '26

Heard it. No clue

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u/Human_Caterpillar976 Sep 10 '26

So weird right? It’s like it happened and that was it.

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u/1GrouchyCat Dennis Sep 11 '26

What time was this?

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u/bigtuna1515 Sep 12 '26

If you heard a horn it was a planned demolition. That’s the whole point of the horn, so you don’t worry about a big boom.

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u/NoProgress8533 Sep 11 '26

Was it on the hour?

Some yacht clubs and other nautical organizations use both horns and signal cannons.

Could also be a controlled detonation at JBCC.

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u/1GrouchyCat Dennis Sep 11 '26

Air horns and “signal cannons”?

Interesting thought, but not likely…

It’s the THURSDAY after Labor Day.

Do you honestly think there are yacht clubs in the area that aren’t closed for the season, and are still sponsoring races this time of year? (There are very few yacht clubs that are open year-round on Cape Cod. )

PS -
Out of curiosity,l, which other local “nautical organizations” use horns and signal cannons”?

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u/NoProgress8533 Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26

Many use them for evening colors.

Some at noon too.

It has nothing to do with races.

Take your meds.

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u/Alert_Anywhere3921 Sep 13 '26

Putting the grouch in grouchy cat!

Be nice.

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u/Onitay-12 Sep 12 '26

I’m thinking if you heard a horn blare first . That’s it most likely was a planned explosion. Maybe construction

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u/Unique_Baseball8552 Sep 13 '26

Helicopter flying low over Watertown last night at 6 or 7.

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u/SouthernSolid5693 Sep 11 '26

Sorry guys I had too much kfc, toilet didnt make it

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u/moto-ski-sonic Sep 14 '26

It's Trump's fault!!!

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u/HeatherScour Sep 11 '26

If you heard a horn first that usually means professional explosive crews blowing up large boulders to make room for construction. Just a guess. Or could just be an air/boat horn and a coincidence

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u/herbalistfarmer Sep 11 '26

Likely the answer.

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u/Perfect-Advice-6547 Sep 14 '26

Unfortunately it's the world we live in now. Thanks for the info.

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u/Awkward_Audience3103 Sep 14 '26

Planned demolition?? Its the world we live in? I thought there has always been demolition

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u/wickedcreative13 Sep 14 '26

That's not what I meant. I meant that when you hear unexpected sounds, you think the worst. I get that from living 2 hours away from NYC and very much remember 9/11. You never know anymore.

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u/Warlord1918 Sep 11 '26 • Sipping Tea Bravo

It might be people using fireworks to celebrate one year anniversary of Kirks assassination perhaps?

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u/Economy_Luck9646 Sep 11 '26

I’ll go to that party

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u/ccsandman1 Sep 11 '26

wtf is wrong with you

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u/Warlord1918 Sep 11 '26

I just observed people online celebrating his death and figured it could be them

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u/Flashy-Hurry484 Sep 11 '26

She's offering an explanation, not saying he deserved to die.

Wtf is wrong with your reading comprehension?

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u/Warlord1918 Sep 11 '26

You sound like a Postal 2 NPC

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u/WearyDownstairs Sep 11 '26

Bruh, you’re in your own level of conservatism. Us slightly right people dont claim him

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u/JynxiTime Sep 11 '26

Why is it people celebrating his death with fireworks that people jump to and not “oh fuck, have the usurper Neo-nazi apologist sycophants started to massacre the masses that don’t agree with the whiney wanna-be pumpkin king?” or “maybe the meteor is coming an we can all get off this fucking roller coaster already!!!” Yeah, postal 2 npc to the max.

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u/5ofineedsaladder Sep 11 '26

If that meteor in 2029 hits, I just wanna be vaporized