North Jersey residents and even a local police department were left baffled by reports of a loud explosion in the area Sept. 7.

Residents took to social media to ask whether others had heard the noise, reported shortly after 9:15 p.m. in the Pequannock area. One Facebook post compared the sound to a bomb, while a Reddit user did not believe it came from other sources more commonly attributed to loud noises.

"It sounded like an explosion and shook the area," read the Reddit post . "Didn’t sound like fireworks or car accident."

Some concerned locals reached out to the Pequannock Police Department to try to find out what caused the noise. But more than 16 hours later, the department was just as perplexed as members of the public. State news: NJ program wiping out student loan debt to

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