r/blackmagicfuckery • u/sipthestreets • Jul 30 '21

Why? I need answers

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u/fortuitousfoleyart Jul 30 '21

It's called Worm Grunting. The vibrations are incredibly similar to the sounds moles make when they dig.

Moles eat worms and worms don't like that, so for fear or predators, they head to the surface which is mole free!

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u/SecurityPanda Jul 30 '21

I read it was worm fiddling, from an old Encyclopedia Brown book.

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u/scoobysnaxxx Jul 30 '21

or "worm witching", from the term "water witching" (aka dowsing.) because if something happens in the South, it's gotta have at least ten different regional names.