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Started by PPI Tim, July 30, 2009, 01:17:21 AM

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PPI Tim

July 30, 2009, 01:17:21 AM
Hey Guys,
I was reading a book on Bizarre Phenomena and I came across a interesting topic.
It was about objects falling from the sky. Now I'm not talking about rain, ice, snow,meteors or meteorites.
I'm talking about frogs. Check this story out,

In October of 1987, during a torrential rain storm, a for most of a minute, rose-colored frogs albino frogs (Rana temporaria) fell to earth around Stroud in Gloucestershire, England. According to one witness, the frogs bounced off umbrellas and pavements then hopped off to nearby streams and gardens.
The book goes on the say there have been other types of "Falls".

This left me wondering, what other creatures in large numbers have fallen out of the sky?
Sounds interesting...Go on.

Gary

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July 30, 2009, 11:03:43 AM
Hey Tim, this is a really funny subject.  I found a little wiki info on that:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raining_animals

This will be a fun campfire conversation this weekend up in Yosemiti!!   :P
Gary \m/
An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself!

PPI Karl

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July 30, 2009, 12:47:56 PM
Snakes, of course.  (Didn'cha see Snakes On a Plane?  ;D)  Seriously, I've heard of stories involving snakes, turkeys, and fish falling from the sky, and presumably being picked up and quick frozen by a storm, a tornado or a waterspout.

By the way, I don't know if you've seen the 1999 movie Magnolia.  (No, not Steel Magnolias.)  Fantastic film--one of those movies made for filmmakers--by writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson.  [Click HERE for the imdb entry.] In the penultimate scene, Los Angeles is rained upon by a freak storm of frogs in the early morning hours.  Sounds like Anderson's interest was also piqued by the stories of raining frogs.
If you want to end your misery, start enjoying it, because there's nothing the universe begrudges more than our enjoyment.

PPI Karl

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July 30, 2009, 12:50:41 PM
Quote from: SaveYoLife on July 30, 2009, 11:03:43 AM
Hey Tim, this is a really funny subject.  I found a little wiki info on that:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raining_animals

This will be a fun campfire conversation this weekend up in Yosemiti!!   :P


If you've already got a ding or a scratch on the passenger side of your car, don't neglect to tell 'em the one about the guy with the hook for a hand.  ;)
If you want to end your misery, start enjoying it, because there's nothing the universe begrudges more than our enjoyment.

PPI Tracy

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July 30, 2009, 03:52:35 PM
Quote from: PPI Karl on July 30, 2009, 12:50:41 PM
Quote from: SaveYoLife on July 30, 2009, 11:03:43 AM
Hey Tim, this is a really funny subject.  I found a little wiki info on that:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raining_animals

This will be a fun campfire conversation this weekend up in Yosemiti!!   :P


If you've already got a ding or a scratch on the passenger side of your car, don't neglect to tell 'em the one about the guy with the hook for a hand.  ;)

Were you in my garage yesterday morning?  You mean that huge scratch on the side of my car didn't come from the lawn chair falling off of the wall and slamming into the side, but from some dude with a hook for a hand?  Oh crap!
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