What's next to die in Arkansas? Now 100,000 dead FISH are found washed up... after 1,000 blackbirds

[The Dragon Master]

Thousands of dead birds have fallen from the sky and more than 100,000 dead fish have been washed up on the shore in one U.S. state.

In scenes reminiscent of a horror film, up to 2,000 blackbirds dropped to the ground in the city of Beebe, Arkansas, just before midnight on New Year’s Eve.

At the same time, thousands of fish were swept up on the shore of the Arkansas River in the north-west part of the state.



Environmental experts dressed in protective suits and breathing masks spent New Year’s Day picking up birds’ bodies from the streets, but have been unable to find explanations for the deaths.

Resident Melissa Weatherly said: ‘It was horrible. You could not even get down the road without running over hundreds. It was that bad.’



Neighbour Charles Boldrey added: ‘I asked the guys who are out here picking them up and they don’t seem to know anything. Nobody seems to know anything. It just kind of freaked everybody out.’

Most of the dead birds were red-winged blackbirds, but other types, including a duck, also died. No toxins were found in the air, and experts are investigating whether bad weather at high altitude or stress from a firework display could be to blame.

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[Durandal]

*Notes to self* STAY AWAY FROM PLAGUE-INFESTED ARKANSAS!

 

[Jazzy]

When this starts happening, everyone better get the hell out of Arkansas:



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