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Frogs rain down on an Alicante village
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By m.p - May 27, 2007 - 8:09 PM
Locals said they were the size of a fingernail
A rather odd event was reported by the Alicante newspaper ‘Información’ this weekend, which happened in the small Alicante village of El Rebolledo, near Sant Vicent del Raspeig last Thursday: thousands of tiny frogs, the size of a fingernail, falling from the sky.
An expert climatologist quoted after a similar occurrence in the Serbian town of Odzaci in June 2005 said the phenomenon is ‘not very unusual’ and is a ‘recognised scientific phenomenon.’
He said it happens when a whirlwind sucks up the frogs from a body of water and carries them elsewhere to drop them on the ground.
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Frogs rain down on an Alicante village
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By m.p - May 27, 2007 - 8:09 PM
Locals said they were the size of a fingernail
A rather odd event was reported by the Alicante newspaper ‘Información’ this weekend, which happened in the small Alicante village of El Rebolledo, near Sant Vicent del Raspeig last Thursday: thousands of tiny frogs, the size of a fingernail, falling from the sky.
An expert climatologist quoted after a similar occurrence in the Serbian town of Odzaci in June 2005 said the phenomenon is ‘not very unusual’ and is a ‘recognised scientific phenomenon.’
He said it happens when a whirlwind sucks up the frogs from a body of water and carries them elsewhere to drop them on the ground.
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Donell
30 May 2007, 15:50
30 May 2007, 15:50
Can you tell me frogs.
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