What did the “marching band” sound like?
It has been referred to as a “marching band,” but that’s not totally accurate. George described it as “a whole bunch of musicians going – each one in their own direction, playing their own song” – like an “unorganized musical sound.” The sounds were coming from downstairs. At first George thought it might be a clock radio that went off downstairs – perhaps tuned slightly off-station. But he could distinctly hear the sound of many feet stomping around. The floor downstairs had carpets, but the sound of the marching feet George heard sounded like they were on a hard floor, not carpet. Some people mistake this for the carpet being rolled-up. When George got downstairs to check it out, there was nothing out of order. The sound had stopped. The carpet was in place, and Harry, their dog, was sound asleep at the foot of the front door.
