Now that’s scary. In accordance with a current Wall Avenue Journal report, the sounds of Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver screaming at one another in Noah Baumbach’s 2019 movie, Marriage Story, are being utilized by america Division of Agriculture to frighten off wolves from killing cattle on farms all through America.
The combat between Johansson’s Nicole Barber and Driver’s Charlie Barber is without doubt one of the recordings broadcast by loudspeakers on “drone cowhands” alongside different seems like fireworks and gunshots. These quadcopters additionally use thermal cameras to detect “any wolf lurking within the darkness and bathe it in a highlight,” as described within the report.
“I would like wolves to reply and know that, hey, people are dangerous,” a USDA district supervisor in Oregon defined.
The follow, often known as “wolf hazing,” additionally employs the sounds of AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” to stave off wolves from attacking susceptible livestock.
It appears to be working; in an space of southern Oregon the place 11 cows had been killed by wolves over 20 days, solely two had been killed over 85 days after “wolf hazing” drones had been employed.
This isn’t the primary time the US has used music and sound as a type of torture. In 1989, the US Military blasted aggressive music from the likes of Van Halen and The Conflict to assist drive Common Manuel Noriega from a makeshift bunker within the Vatican’s embassy in Panama Metropolis, after President Bush invaded Panama. The follow continues to be a part of the army’s psy ops operations.
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Marriage Story earned six Oscar nods, together with Johansson and Driver receiving Greatest Actress and Greatest Actor nominations, respectively, for his or her frighteningly real looking performances.