MYSTERY SOLVED HOMEMADE HAIL CANNON IS WHAT KEPT NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS NOW THEY CAN RELAX A LITTLE

Mysterious booms that have been rattling homes and residents in a quiet New Jersey community were from a "homemade hail cannon," according to a vineyard owner. What does a hail cannon do and why is it so loud that police in Mullica Township received numerous calls about explosion-like sounds over the past few months? Rob Butkowski claimed he has been using his cone-shaped device to protect his crop from bad weather. The cannon blasts shockwaves into the sky with the goal of breaking up cloud formation and scare away birds that eat his grapes