Makes you wonder if there is some sort of meaning to this? A Fishy Comic-Con maybe? Via.
Makes you wonder if there is some sort of meaning to this? A Fishy Comic-Con maybe? Via.
You get a lazy one tonight ’cause I’m seriously burnt. Via.
See this headline?
Dead Birds Fall From Sky In Sweden, Millions Of Dead Fish Found In Maryland, Brazil, New Zealand
The story is getting bigger and eerier. Please read the article.
Only one of the mysteries appears to be solved…
It wasn’t poison, or lightning, or the end of the world. The thousands of dead birds found dead on the streets of Beebe, Arkansas, on New Years Day were killed by… fireworks.
… but please go read the HuffPo article about all the others. Between pollution, climate change, fireworks, and who knows what else, we have a lot of birds and fish dying off, and very suddenly.
Disturbing, to say the least.
How does anyone know the incidents are unrelated if they haven’t determined the cause of the deaths yet?
Print news story from Louisiana is here.
My original post on this story is here.
H/t: nytjim, cbn2, CelluloidBlonde
There are a few reasons being considered for this creepy phenomenon, such as trauma from having been exposed to fireworks on New Year’s Eve, or possibly some kind of toxin (although that seems unlikely, per the report).
There was a previous incident involving a huge fish kill:
An Arkansas resident posted this YouTube. The report on the massive fish kill starts at about 2:15 into it:
Stay tuned…
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