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Peabody Captain Dennis Bonaiuto told Patch the origin of the two loud booms that residents said shook houses and sounded like explosions remain unexplained two months later. (Dave Copeland/Patch)
PEABODY, MA The reports came in one after the other on social media around noon on Feb. 23 when Peabody residents near the Salem line said they heard and felt two booms so furious it felt like explosions within their own homes.
But, despite exhausting research of similar incidents across the country and consulting a Salem State University team that studies weather-related phenomenon, police said they never determined a firm reason for blasts and have concluded they were most likely a naturally occurring incident.