The most unusual rainfall

People from different countries at all times informed about the unusual rains from heaven poured colored water or even dropped some unexpected objects or even animals. Such stories could be considered a legend, someone's fantasy or a joke, but similar reports continue to come in our day. For example, recently in Australia it was a rain of spiders, so that there is plenty of evidence on the Internet. Scientists have already found a reasonable explanation for this strange phenomenon. It is believed that a strong wind picks up and carries the flow of animals from a familiar environment and the long-range transport.

We will tell you about the ten most unusual rains of recent times, which received publicity in the media and have witnesses.

Silver and gold

All dream of the rain of money, and it does sometimes happen. June 17, 1940 in Nizhny Novgorod region, near the village Meshchery from the sky fell down silver and gold coins of XVI-XVII centuries - a total of about 1,000. It turned out that during the storm the rain had washed away the treasure of coins, surging storm lifted them into the air and, to the amazement and delight of local residents threw in Meshcherov area.

Frogs

In 2005, in Serbia, in the village of Kaji Dzhanovik, the sky rained frogs. "Thousands of frogs fell upon us with the rain" - then told a local resident Alexander Cyric. His neighbors testified to the huge gray cloud and wondered: could not whether the reptile fall from some blow up the plane? Environmentalists Slavica Ignatovich found a simple explanation: "A strong whirlwind tightened frogs in a lake or other body of water somewhere far away and brought them here, where they fell in the rain. It is rare, but known to science phenomenon. " In 2009, it reported the shower of frogs in Japan in several cities in Ishikawa Prefecture. In 2010, frog rain fell in Rakotszifalva in Croatia.

Fruit °

In 2011, the inhabitants of the English city of Coventry complained apple rain - rained down hundreds of fruits from the sky.

"It was so unexpected, and it is not clear that all just numb," - said one of the witnesses of the events. Fortunately, no one was injured, although many cars were severely beaten.

Meteorologists have found the culprit hurricane. Some British spotted among the apples and carrots and cabbages.

blood rain

In the Indian state of Kerala in 2001 was a blood-red rain. He poured two months. Residents were terrified and saw blood rain is not a good sign. Scientists were quick to reassure the public: Laboratory studies have shown that rain turned red because of the dispute of local lichen. In 2012, the bloody rain fell and in Sri Lanka. Scientists note that the red rains also occur in areas of high acidity or due to dust storms.

Colored rain - though rare, but not unheard of phenomenon. In February this year, in the Saratov region dropped orange snow: it turned out that the cyclone that came from North Africa, brought with them the particles of sand from the desert. In 2006, Colorado fell out pink snow, eyewitnesses claim that he smelled of watermelon.

Thrushes and jackdaws

falls dead to the birds of the sky - it is certainly less surprising than the marine life, but it all depends on the extent of this "rain". In Arkansas on New Year's night in 2011 fell from the sky thousands of blackbirds. They were especially numerous in the town of Beebe. Ornithologists have studied the birds corpses in laboratories diagnosed blackbirds injuries - they died from the blow, but not on the ground, as though faced with some items.

The scientists came to the conclusion that all the fault of the New Year firecrackers and fireworks. Expressed another version: that the bird caught in a thundercloud and have gone astray, and they have poor eyesight, they began to run into the house, trees and fell, died from his injuries. A few days later a rain of dead jackdaws, crows and magpies attacked the Swedish city of Falkoping - residents have found while 10,000 dead birds.

Earthworms

In 2011, the reported incidence of earthworm in Scotland. They have fallen from the sky to the stadium one of the schools where just passed physical education classes. Teacher David Crichton was forced to interrupt the lesson and send their children to a shelter. Then the teacher with the students long worms to show their colleagues and scientists: all he found 120 worms in a radius of 92 m with City scientists the idea was put forward that the worms brought by the wind, but that day was calm and clear weather, so that explanation. phenomenon and was not found.

In 2007, the fall from the sky tangle of squirming worms also stated Eleanor Beal, a police officer from Jennings, United States.

Sardines and shrimp

Fish rain in Honduras occurs annually around the same time: in the period from May to July. And at about the same location near the town of Yoro. From the sky falling sardines, which are fun to collect the locals. According to eyewitnesses, the phenomenon begins at five or six in the evening: the ground hangs a black cloud, thunder, lightning, pools filled with fish.

This phenomenon was described back in Honduran folklore: "Where fish rain held as a heavenly miracle" - sung in the old song. The fact that fish rainy confirmed Christian missionaries at the beginning of the XVIII century and scientist Alexander von Humboldt. Residents believe sardine rain miracle that begged for their Spanish Catholic missionary José Manuel Subiran in the middle of the XIX century. Scientists also an explanation: high winds and tornadoes bring fish from the Atlantic Ocean. Since 1998, the annual Festival Yoro fish rain. Individual cases precipitation seafood place in other parts of the world. In May 2014 in Sri Lanka held a fish rain: residents collected 50 kg of catch, two years ago here downpour fell from the shrimp. About fish rains reported and Australians, Greeks, British, and peasants from the south of Ethiopia: they were horrified when, during the field work, "the heavens opened" and there fell down dead than alive, convulsing fish.

Precipitation from space

The tornado, tornadoes and hurricanes bring people a lot of surprises: from golf balls, nails, rubber overshoes, marbles, etc. But there are times when the wind is at anything... From the sky falling meteors, aircraft debris, remnants of the debris ... Since the fall of the first satellite in 1957, more than 20 000 objects from outer space fell to Earth: an average of about 400 such debris falls annually. The last case occurred in the suburbs of Chita in April this year: the mysterious object fell from the sky and exploded, startling eyewitness. After verification it was found that it was a military unit and not a UFO, as the thought of the locals.

If you, too, met with unusual precipitation, tell us about them in the comments.