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We’re all familiar with the phrase “raining cats and
dogs,” but what about fish and blood? But there have been reports of
strange things falling from the sky. Some incidents have occurred more
than once and are the result of natural causes. Others were more random
and are less likely to repeat themselves.
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A rain of spiders in Argentina
On April 6, 2007, a rain of spiders falls from the sky in Salta
Province, Argentina. Christian Oneto Gaona and his friends decided to
take a trip to Salta Province during their Easter vacation. They started
to hike into the San Bernardo Mountain and two hours later, they found
the ground around them was blanketed with spiders of many colors, each
about four inches across. They found more and more spiders along their
way up the mountain. They looked up, and saw numerous spiders falling
from the sky. Christian became probably the first person in the world
who caught this weird rain on camera. |
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A rain of blood in Colombia
In 2008 a red rain that was certified by a local bacteriologist to be
blood fell on a small community of La Sierra, Chocó. A sample was
collected and taken to the nearest town, Bagadó, where it was analyzed.
The priest of the hamlet says it's a sign from God that people will have
to change their sinful ways. |
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A star jelly rain in Scotland
In 2009, a jelly rain fell in Scotland. Scientists commissioned by
National Geographic carried out tests on, but they have so far failed to
find any DNA in it. Theories for the origins of “star jelly” abound, one
of the most plausible theories is that star jelly is regurgitated frog
or toad ovaries, vomited by buzzards or herons as it is indigestible,
others refer to the remnants of a meteor shower or even a fungus. |
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A rain of worms falls from the sky in the USA
Jennings Police Department employee, Eleanor Beal was just crossing the
street to go to work when something dropped from the sky. The sky wasn't
falling. She says it was worms, large tangled clumps of them. Where they
came from is a mystery, but some believe that a water spout spotted less
than five miles away at that same time near Lacassine Bayou could have
something to do with it. |
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A multi-coloured snow that fell over Siberia
In the Omsk region, about 1,400 miles east of Moscow, smelly orange,
yellow and green snow fell in 2007.
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A rain of fish in a desert town in Australia
Lajamanu sits on the edge of the Tanami Desert, hundreds of kilometers
from Lake Argyle and Lake Elliott and even further from the coast. But
it's not the first time the remote community has been bombarded by fins
from above. In 2004, locals reported fish falling from the sky, and in
this opportunity the freak phenomena happened not once, but twice in
February 2010. “Hundreds and hundreds of small white fish had fallen
alive from the sky everywhere”, a witness said.
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A rain of money in Germany
In 2007 a German motorist saw money flying through the air in her rear
view mirror. She pulled over and tried to collect all the notes,
unsuccessfully. When police went with her to the scene they could not
find any more cash. The money's origin is unknown.
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A starlings' rain in England
In the Somerset village of Coxley near Wells, over a hundred starlings
dropped dead from the skies over Julie Knight's garden in March 2010.
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A fresh meat rain in USA
On March 9, 1876, a shower of meat fell near the house of Allen Crouch,
who lived near Olympian Springs, covering a strip of ground about one
hundred yards in length and fifty wide. The sky was perfectly clear at
the time, and she said it fell like large snowflakes, the pieces as a
general thing not being much larger. Two gentlemen, who tasted the meat,
express the opinion that it was a either mutton or venison.
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