A sign of something !? A large number of dead birds have fallen from the sky!

What the hell is that? What's happening

As you may already know, 5,000 blackbirds and starling carcasses have fallen from the sky this week in Arkansas, southern United States, and 500 in Louisiana. And the same thing in Sweden ...

Maybe the end of the earth is approaching? It's an event that makes you think about something scary.

First, I summarized the facts of the day when this strange event happened. It happened within a mile above the town of Beebe, Arkansas. Shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve, a blackbird (Japanese name: Red-winged Blackbird) and a starling with red wings on 1000 to 5000 wings suddenly fell from the sky. Also, in the last few days, a river in Ozark, about 125 miles from Beebe, has been filled with 100,000 carcasses of croaker fish for 20 miles.

And about 500 red-winged blackbirds, starlings, and rusty blackbirds fell on the highway at Lavarre, 360 miles from Beebe and 450 miles from Ozark. And last night at Falköping, Sweden, hundreds of jackdaw carcasses fell.

Why on earth? Did birds and fish die so many at once?

Isn't this horrifying event a sign of the end of the world in December 2012? It seems that the theory is also whispered. Many people may think that apocalypse is ..., but experts give a rational explanation for this mass death of birds and fish, but I'm not sure if it's not refreshing. ..

According to experts and investigators investigating this case, the cause of the bird and fish kills is not one, but all are completely separate events.

There is no wonderful mystery behind the 100,000 dead fish. The fact that only the croaker died means that the cause of death was localized in a particular kind. This means that the cause is not a pollutant or poison. However, it is possible that an unidentified disease has killed the fish. That said, it is unprecedented that only certain species of fish died in such large numbers at one time.

Birds are a little more complicated. The cause of this is currently under investigation, so we are waiting for the mystery to resolve. However, it seems that some hypotheses have already been made, so I would like to introduce them.

The first may be due to the climate. The theory. High-altitude hail and lightning may have hit the birds, and Karen Rowe, an ornithologist at the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, said a harsh cold air force passed on New Year's Eve. Therefore, it is undeniable that it may be the cause. However, there is one problem in accepting that theory. If you died from the weather, you should have some kind of bruise or injury, but the bodies of the dead birds have no evidence of that.

The next possible cause is that he died of an infectious disease or poison. However, this seems to be eliminated. Arkansas experts say that if an infectious disease isn't limited to one or two herds, the same thing should happen in more than one herd, so it's unlikely that the cause will develop as an infectious disease in the current situation. Seems to be thinking. The same reason applies for poisoning. If it's caused by an infectious disease or poison, birds should fall from the sky throughout Arkansas. In addition, the Arkansas Department of Enviornmental Quality, which manages the environment in Arkansas, tested the air in the area where the mass mortality occurred, and found that it was clean and clean.

The point of the next theory is that this event happened around midnight on New Year's Eve. When many people celebrated the New Year with fireworks, the birds in the area were surprised and panicked by the fireworks and died of traumatic stress. By the way, Arkansas Wild Bird and Fish Commission spokesman Keith Stephens seems to have announced that the Commission will support this theory.

Certainly, birds often form large flock in rural areas, so there is no doubt that a large number of birds were damaged at once because fireworks were launched in such areas, and birds at night. Experts say it is quite possible that if a bird wakes up while sleeping in a nest, the birds will be surprised, frenzied, panicked in the night fog, and their trauma can cause death. ..

Also, it seems that this theory is backed up by the fact that there are several witnesses who have seen people launching industrial-level fireworks near the bird's bed.

Not as valuable as it is, but many Beebe residents do not believe in it. Because fireworks have been launched many times before, but this has never happened before.

That's right. Fireworks have been launched in various places, but since there are no examples of so many dead birds falling from the sky, what was special if the cause of this time was fireworks? I wonder if the whole herd will be under catastrophic stress. I think that.

If the theory is correct, the fish die of illness, and the birds of Arkansaw are probably due to strange weather or fireworks. So what about the Louisiana birds and Sweden?

Many of the 500 birds found near Lavarre had damage to their beaks and wings that could not be done by simply falling to the ground, according to officials from the Ministry of Fisheries and Wildlife of Louisiana. is. Neither the starlings nor the starlings have particularly good night vision, so they sometimes fly at night and hit power lines. So, isn't this happening again this time? There is an opinion that.

But hmm. If there wasn't a mass death of birds in Sweden last night, that might be the theory ... After all, it is unusual and eerie that such incidents occur in quick succession.

Even if you happen to find out the cause of an individual event, such as the fact that the fireworks weren't hit well, or that everyone happened to get caught in a power line, the timing is right. Isn't it somewhat unacceptable to make a strange coincidence that these three bizarre incidents happened in the 500-mile territory within five days?

Sometimes about 100,000 fish die at once due to illness or pollution damage, but this time only specific fish are damaged, so it may be due to an undiscovered disease !? Maybe they hit a power line during a night flight !? Starlings and starlings in Arkansaw might have been hit by fireworks and the whole flock died under catastrophic stress !? Waking up in quick succession ...

After all, the exact cause is still unknown, and I don't know if the cause will be clarified in the future, but if possible, I would like to see the mystery occurring on this earth as soon as possible. Is the earth okay? It's too scary to think about it ...

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-Alasdair Wilkins (original / junjun)