Never thought of suing, after all, I could have chosen to NOT go in.  He did ask me to identify each of the ‘hotspots’ I encountered throughout the store and I could show him where each of the devises were located.  I would have been a terrible thief since I couldn’t tolerate any of those areas which were clearly where very expensive merchandise was displayed…............I hated that store..

A whle ago, at work, the boss put a cat-repellant thing in the garden, that emitted a high-pitched noise. According to the box, it was very annoying to cats but inaudible to humans. It was pretty much the other way around. Cats strolled past without noticing it, and for me it felt like someone scratching my eardrum with a pin. 

I’ve been wondering about products like that.
There is one advertised on TV about a system you just plug into the wall and using your homes own wiring, it will keep rodents like insects, rats and mice away. I’ve been skeptical about it, but it IS possible it could work. But the affects on humans and pets where never talked about in the commercial… and fine print was not presented either. But the commercial has been around for quite a long while, so it must be somewhat effective.

The effect on humans probably varies. I can hear other high-pitched sounds such as bats squeaking, but a lot of people can’t.

I got odd hearing. I too hear things others cannot. But it seems to be a distance issue with me. I can hear things from far away long before anyone else can. Yet the funny thing is, if an ambient noise is present, I can hardly hear someone 5 feet in front of me.

Yeah, I can hear bats chittering and wristwatches ticking in the next room and spiders running across the ceiling. . .all that in spite of spending many years with automatic weapons firing right beside me.  You learn to put up with it or find places to get away from it, or else you go nuts.

I’ll leave it up to you all to decide which option I went with. . .

You seem to be able to pick up on repetitive noises. Fascinating.

The best example of this principle that I can think of is the “Mosquito”. It basically is a device that emits a high-frequency noise that most people over 20 can’t hear that is sold to “move along unwanted gatherings of youths”.

Most people over 20 can’t hear it and kids turned that around by using it as a ringtone at school that teachers couldn’t hear. Of course some adults like me can hear it just fine (and wish they didn’t). Unlike Acci, I have never been subjected to gunfire, however I have had an 18 inch subwoofer in the back of my car for going on 10 years now and my hearing is still above average. I do have rather large ears which I believe to be somewhat to my advantage (like little satellite dishes…).

I’d imagine the same thing could exist for a low-frequency sound, but at a certain point it would change from a sound that was heard to a vibration that was felt, I wonder if it might be teetering on that edge thus not always be recordable as audio but might be picked up on an accurate-enough seismographic device.

It’s a curiosity, but if I were them I would have sold my house and moved before publicly decreasing my property value to nil…

I’ve heard of such a thing. In fact, I may of been the one to of posted it on here…. Lemme dig deeper…

Here we go:
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/forums/viewthread/6718/
Alex had already made news about this before me however.

I used to have problems with small sounds.  For instance my brother once left his watch in the laundry in the basement.  On the third floor I heard the midnight alarm going off and I had to wake up and go turn it off so I could get back to sleep.

I would have to burry watches in the linen closet too because I couldnt sleep with the ticking.

Nowadays I sleep with a fan on or a noise machine to help drown out the little incidental noises that wake me up.

Doesnt help that I sleep during the day now because of my job… plenty of little nosies there.