Sometimes animals are carried off—apparently drowned animals more than others.

有时，仙人还会掳走动物——多为被淹死的动物。

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Apparently paranormal events, which some scientists put down to unusual electrical activity, could be drowned out by the electronic noise produced by phone calls and text messages.

很显然，被一些科学家归因于异常电活动的超自然现象的确有可能被手机通话和短信息制造的电子噪声所淹没。

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One morning, when Henson was still a small child, McPherson was found drowned in a stream, having apparently fallen from his horse the night before in a drunken stupor.

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