Big Loud Beast-Scream Noise Scares Woolly Mammoth! Where Make Annoying Music?

NY Times Aug 04, 2026

News Image

New loud noise from far-off strange pipe-bag. Tribe wonder: where play such big-scream sound, not scare hunt?


Big trouble! Strange, loud, whine-y sound boom across valley. Not thunder, not hungry saber-tooth, but something worse, something... music! It come from hidden cave, far-off but very close in ear-drum. Shaky-shaky ground, make small rocks fall. Elder Thag say maybe new 'big-deal' from far-away tribes make this loud-pipe-beast, to scare enemies. But now it just scare *our* rabbits. Mammoths big nervous, stomp feet much. Best hunting grounds now empty, because loud-pipe-beast sound chases them all to big mountain. Our berry pickers fear new loud-sound bring bad spirits or angry sky-god. Tribe worry: no mammoth, no warm fur, no good meat. This new loud-sound deal not good for Caveman Talk Fire tribe! ### Local Commentary "Ugh, my head still ring from that noise! I drop my best shiny-rock club when it first start. Who make such terrible sound? My ears hurt from the loud-pipe-beast!" - Oog (local berry picker): with their reaction. "Me see mammoths run so fast, like fire chase them! They never run like that for hungry pack of wolves. This loud-pipe-beast sound chase away all the good meat. We go hungry now, thanks to strange pipe-bag." - Grog (mammoth hunter): with what they saw. "This new loud-noise deal, it is very bad magic. We must find where this loud-pipe-beast lives and tell them to stop. Or maybe, learn to play too... but not near food!" - Elder Zarg (wise elder): with official wisdom/decree. Story by Thag from Caveman Talk Fire, on the scene.