What is the confusing "rain"?

Facts are stranger than novels. The natural scenery is endless. No, it's normal to rain, but if it rains "animal rain" or "colorful rain", it will be chaotic!

Animal Rain

It is reported that in June of 1683, a large number of toads fell from the sky in Eickel, a small village in Norfolk, England. The locals can't believe it. The villagers had to work together in Qi Xin to clean them up in barrels and then burn them.

1687, in the city of Maimo on the east coast of Balthus Sea, a large area of coal-black fibrous material fell on the ground just covered with snow. These black flocs are wet, smell like rotten seaweed and tear like paper. When they are dry, they have no taste. Some of them have been preserved for 150 years. Later, when they were tested, it was found that they contained some substances similar to "vegetables", mainly green filamentous algae and 29 kinds of ciliates.

1969 At the turn of winter and spring, a smelly rubber substance was put on a large area in southern Ireland. According to records, "these things are like human fingertips, soft, greasy and dark yellow", and the cattle grazing in this area are not disturbed. According to Mr. Robert Vance of Kirkney, local residents think these "rubbers" are useful medicines, and they collect them in jars, plates and other containers.

A.V. Humbert, a German scientist who traveled around South America, once described the situation of fish falling from the sky in the Andean region. People think that these fish are ejected from the crater;

During the earthquake, a series of volcanic eruptions occurred in the Andes. Under the powerful force of volcanic eruption, the earth's crust cracked and water, fish and lime slurry were ejected at the same time. This is a strange phenomenon called "Pliner" by local people. ……

1On May 5, 786, after the continuous drought in June last year 165438+ 10, a large number of black eggs fell in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. These eggs hatched the next day. Some of these strange animals falling from the sky are kept in water bottles, and these little creatures have been peeled off several times and become tadpoles-like shapes.

The following is the record of toad flooding in Lalan village, France in 1794:

It was hot, and suddenly it rained heavily around 3 pm. 150 soldiers were forced to evacuate from a large depression where they were hiding in order not to be submerged. Surprisingly, at this time, a large number of toads began to fall from the air to the ground, only the size of buttons, jumping around. A soldier named M. Gainat doesn't believe that there are countless reptiles falling from the sky with the rain. He unfolded his handkerchief, and several soldiers each pulled up a corner and held it above their heads. Sure enough, they received many little toads, many with small tails, which means they still have the shape of tadpoles. During the half-hour rainstorm, the soldiers obviously felt a toad wind blowing on their hats and clothes. As a true proof of this phenomenon, M. Geithner mentioned in his report that the cracks in the soldiers' triangular hats are full of such small larvae.

1809 On June 23rd, M Maudou, director of the French poitiers Museum of Natural History, was trapped by a rainstorm. In the falling rain, he found a living creature the size of a button. Soon, these little things covered the ground and he recognized them as toads.

The French Academy of Sciences received the following report from M. Dupaki:

"18l On a Sunday in August, after several weeks of drought and heat, a rainstorm occurred at 3: 30 pm in Fraimon village, which is 6 kilometers away from Amens/kloc-0. The strong wind after the rainstorm shook the church and frightened the believers inside. When we crossed the square between the church and the priest's residence, we were all wet by the rain. What is even more shocking is that our bodies and clothes were covered with small frogs. ..... and there are many little frogs jumping around on the ground. When we arrived at the priest's mansion, we found that in a room whose windows were blown open by the storm, the floor was full of water and covered with frogs.

18 17 years, after a gust of wind and a night of heavy rain, children found that the mossy ground near Shaun Ferry on the Akihir River in Scotland was covered with 1.5 to 3 inches long fry, up to 3 barrels. Although Krilan Bay is only a few meters away from here, it is in the south. According to the wind direction at that time, these fry seem to have blown from Linbohai Bay, 48 kilometers north, separated by a swamp at an altitude of 90 meters. However, there are no scars on the bodies of these fish, and there is nothing to prove that they fell with the water. "

On February 20th, an earthquake occurred in Singapore. There was a heavy rain after the earthquake, and it rained horribly on the 20th, 20th, 2nd122nd of that month. A traveler and biologist named Francesca Si Nuo lived in Singapore at that time, and his memories of what he saw and heard at that time are as follows:

"In the morning 10, the sun has risen. I opened the window and looked out. I saw many Malays and China people pick up fish from puddles full of rain on the ground and put them in baskets. I asked the local residents where the fish came from, and they told me that it fell from the world. Three days later, the rain on the ground dried up, and there were many dead fish in the dry puddle. By examining these small animals, I can know that swordfish is abundant in freshwater lakes and rivers in Singapore, and it is also common in Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. They are about 25-30 cm long and belong to adult fish.

These swordfish have great vitality. They can survive for a long time after leaving water and can crawl far on the ground. So I immediately thought that they might have crawled out of a nearby stream or river ditch, but the house I live in has a courtyard wall, so they can't climb over the wall to enter. An elderly Malay told me that he had seen the same phenomenon when he was young. "

Color Rain1819 August 13, a rotten object fell from the sky in Leicester, Emho, Massachusetts, covered with a layer of cloth-like fluff. Professor Rufus Graves removed the villous layer and found a "rice paste-like substance" underneath. After contact with air, the color of the surface of the substance becomes "blue-gray, much like the color of venous blood". It is said that this object will shine brightly when it falls.

1819165438+10 On February 2nd, there was a red rain in Blanckenburg. Generally speaking, red rain is formed because the rain contains a lot of red sand brought by tornadoes. However, the evaporation test of 144 ounces of Blankenberg red rain showed that when the rain was reduced to 4 ounces, no red sand was found. A cobalt chloride substance was found in further analysis, but the reason for this phenomenon was not clearly explained in the analysis report.

On March 1846, an olive powder fell over Shanghai, China. Observing the powder under a microscope, you can see that there are two kinds of hair-like substances in it. Observing under a microscope with higher magnification, we can find that Spirogyra is a kind of seaweed. Put them on the fire and you can smell a pungent smell, like burnt hair or skin. It is reported that these landings cover an area of 3,800 square kilometers.

On August 1869 and 1 day, meat and blood fell from the sky in a few minutes, covering 0.8 hectares of ground. On that day, the weather was clear and calm, and the fresh meat was in the shape of small particles and filaments, while some hair came down. An article about this phenomenon in San Francisco Evening News on August 9 1869 also mentioned that blood and meat were also thrown in Santa Clara County two months ago.

On the morning of February 1870, a yellowish object fell from the sky in Genoa, Italy. Professor M·G· Boccardo and Professor Castellani of Genoa Institute of Technology analyzed this object and found that it contains 66% sand (mostly silicon dioxide, but some clay), 65,438+05% iron oxide, 9% calcium carbonate, 7% organic matter and the rest water. Organic matter contains spore particles, starch, diatom debris (a kind of algae containing silicon) and some uncertain substances.

1955 at 5: 30 p.m. on July 22nd, Mr. Moussa was working in the garden of Mr. Edward Muz's home in Bohr Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, when he suddenly felt some warm red water dripping on his arms and hands. After a while, it began to rain red around him. There is a dark cloud in the sky. Red rain falls from this dark cloud and falls on the peach trees in the garden. "I looked up," said Mutz. "I found a strange cloud at an altitude of 300 meters that I have never seen before. It's not very big, but its color is strange, dark green, red and pink. The red clouds and the raindrops on my peach tree are exactly the same color. I dare say that no matter what the raindrops contain, they must have fallen from this cloud. "

"I stared at that cloud for a few minutes, trying to figure out what it was made of. At this time, my bare arms and hands, just wet by raindrops, began to feel burning. They were really burned. I want to put turpentine on the wound. I quickly ran back to the house and washed it carefully with hot water and soap. "

This "rain" water is like blood. It feels wet and a little sticky.

The next morning, Mr. Edward Muz found that the peach trees in the garden and the grass under the trees were dead, and the peaches hanging on the branches withered.

When it rains, no plane passes through that area. Unlike a chemical factory, it can generate a cloud and stay in a small area for a few minutes. The United States Air Force sent someone to interview Mr. Edpan Mü tz and collected samples of peach trees, fruits and lawns. They have not published the research results, and the nature of "red rain" is still a mystery.

In addition, there are many strange rains, too numerous to mention. But no one can understand how this strange rain is formed, even our scientists.