We can't even imagine the kind of trauma they went through.

To imagine that trauma casts out fantasy is a dangerous mistake.

We all want to be normal. Life, even normal life, is arduous, demanding, and ultimately threatening. We all have to deal with it, and none of us really knows how. We are all traumatized by life, by its unpredictability, its randomness, its lack of regard for our feelings and the losses it brings. Each in our own way, we suffer.

I just can't imagine that it's only a coincidence. I think they feel that it's kind of getting out of their control, and they're trying to tighten it back up.

It's some form of trauma. Either someone has disturbed the birds, or some kind of predator is in the area.

The kind of acoustic event that would cause the trauma we saw would be fairly intense.