Vladimir Gavreau
Vladimir Gavreau, born Vladimir Gavronsky, was a French scientist making experiments on the biological effects of infrasound.
Gavreau was born in Russia. His interest in infrasonic waves first came about in his lab during the 1960s, when he and his lab assistants experienced pain in the ear drums and shaking lab equipment, but no audible sound was picked up on his microphones. He concluded that it was infrasound and got to work preparing tests in the labs.
One of Gavreau's experiments involved an infrasonic whistle that some say has led to a line of research that has military applications. William S. Burroughs described the possibly fictional device as follows:
