His latest project, an animated short about a giant with hay fever, demanded a sneeze that sounded like a tectonic plate cracking followed by a hurricane. He spent hours on Russian SFX forums, typing "chikh zvuk skachat" (download sneeze sound) into every search bar he could find. Most results were disappointing:

Frustrated, Alex stumbled upon an obscure, unindexed site titled The Archive of Involuntary Echoes . The only file available was a 50MB WAV titled ultimate_chikh.wav . He clicked "skachat" (download).

Clearly a human just saying the word "achoo" into a cheap laptop mic.