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[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

I really, really want to know why Rose thought she recognized the sound made by the Smoke Monster.

From Lostpedia

During the DVD audio commentary on "The 23rd Psalm", the producers talk about the moment in the pilot where Rose says the "Monster" sounds familiar. They reveal that while searching for monster sounds for "Pilot, Part 1", they came across the sound of a New York City taxi fare printer, and decided to use the sound for the "Monster." This sound would obviously be familiar to Rose, as an inhabitant of the Bronx.

ETA: Of course, there could be a reason that they chose a sound that would be familiar to her, but it seems it doesn't sound like it's going to turn out that she had encountered the smoke monster before, just that the smoke monster incorporated something familiar to her.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

ETA: Of course, there could be a reason that they chose a sound that would be familiar to her, but it seems it doesn't sound like it's going to turn out that she had encountered the smoke monster before, just that the smoke monster incorporated something familiar to her.

REDSHIRT: It didn't sound like an animal, not exactly.

ROSE: That sound that it made, I keep thinking that there was something really familiar about it.

REDSHIRT #2: Really? Where are you from?

ROSE: The Bronx.

REDSHIRT: Might be monkeys. It's monkeys.

REDSHIRT #2: Technically, you know, we don't even know if we're on...

The problem I have with that theory is that it has made this same sound on several occasions when Rose was no where around...most recently last week right before FLocke approached Ben. We also heard it make those Taxi-cab like sounds when it was spying on Sawyer.........so only we the audience heard it, none of the Islanders.