Fish Literally Rain from Sky in Freak Weather Event – And There Are Photos of the Fish
It was just another day in the outback for the Australian town of Lajamanu when it began raining fish on Sunday. Some locals thought it was ordinary rainfall before realizing it was something else entirely, according to…
It was just another day in the outback for the Australian town of Lajamanu when it began raining fish on Sunday.
Some locals thought it was ordinary rainfall before realizing it was something else entirely, according to Australia’s ABC News.
“We’ve seen a big storm heading up to my community and we thought it was just rain,” resident Andrew Johnson Japanangka said. “But when the rain started falling we’ve seen fish falling down as well.”
Japanangka said the fish were at least “the size of two fingers” and that they were still alive when they hit the ground.
“Some are still hanging around in the community in a puddle of water. … Children are picking them up and keeping them in a bottle or a jar,” Japanangka said.
Maybe even more surprising — this is not the first time the town has experienced this phenomenon.
It happened in 2010, 2004 and 1974, according to ABC.
One woman said she saw fish on the streets of Lajamanu in the mid-1980s as well.
“I got up in the morning … and the dirt streets outside my home were covered in fish,” Penny McDonald said. “They were small fish and there were a lot of them around. It was just amazing.”