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Two large explosive sounds that were in the vicinity of Dempster and Elmore around 1015pm tonight. Anyone else hear them and know what they were? Just had two more at 1029pm.  
Two large explosive sounds that were in the vicinity of Dempster and Elmore around 1015pm tonight.

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Didn't hear them but my guess would be someone bored and setting off fireworks.  
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@grillwork84 these sound like very large fireworks!  
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We heard them
+15 votes
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We heard them at Oketo & Oakton. Now the dog won’t go out!  wtf
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@busby3425 yeah our dog freaked out too.  
+16 votes
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I heard them. Sounded like an exploding transformer, it was that loud.  
+5 votes
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@elliottellipse I heard them too. Not sure what it was though. Kinda sounded like a power breaker bang.  
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@apoenzyme yes, too loud and long for fireworks (anything smaller than professional mortars anyway) but there were four of them, and no power disruptions.  
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@elliottellipse nope but no sirens either.  
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@apoenzyme London heard it and said “What was that, it can’t be fireworks, there’s no holiday to celebrate?!? ”
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Fireworks? Maybe?  
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Call the non emergency police!  
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We heard it at dempster and Ozanam. Not sure what it was though.  
+14 votes
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Following to be nosey and find out what it is  
+8 votes
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Heard it too. Twice
+14 votes
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Golf and Milwaukee
+8 votes
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It was just two titans fighting for toilet paper.  
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Someone got their stimulus check and was celebrating  
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