Kentucky meat shower in 1876 might have been the inspiration for the children's film, "Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs." Olympia Springs was reportedly splattered with pieces of falling flesh.
The story may be very old, but the mystery, to date, remains baffling and incredibly chilling.
On March 3rd, 1876, a farmer's wife was busy making soap when she saw a massive chunk of meat drop from the sky. It was a fine spring day and there were no signs of rain at all. That is, until the infamous Kentucky meat shower started.
According to the statements of the wife, the meat fell "with a snapping-like noise when it struck." At first, she thought there would just be one. But then, another followed. And then another. Until, all of a sudden, hundreds of unknown meat were raining down.
The Kentucky meat shower covered around 100 yards worth of land, landing on roofs, fences, and even people. At the time, everybody was questioning how such event could happen as no one could explain the mysterious meat rain. Additionally, no one can also identify what kind of meat it was.
A local butcher was brave enough to experiment with the meat with the use of his own taste buds, and he said, it "tasted neither like flesh, fish or fowl. It looked to him like mutton, but the smell was a new one."
Samples taken from the Kentucky meat shower were sent to various scientists who were situated all over the state and beyond. One scientist claimed that the meat was actually of animal origin. Another stated that it was the lung of a human infant, "The structure of the organ in these two cases being very similar."
The meat could not have come from airplanes as it was 40 years before the first airplane was even invented.
William Livingston, a known humorist, suggested, and half-joked, that maybe the Kentucky meat shower was caused by residents who were caught in a whirlwind while they were sharpening their knives "and strewn over their astonished state."
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