Small Fish Fall from Sky with Light Rain in Tamaulipas Kimberlei Davis - AP/WOLO
go to original September 28, 2017

A photo posted to the Facebook account of the Civil Protection agency of Mexico’s northeastern Tamaulipas state shows small fish that fell from the sky during a light rain (Facebook/Protección Civil Tamaulipas)

Civil defense officials in northeast Mexico say a light rain was accompanied by small fish that fell from the sky.

Tamaulipas civil defense said in a brief statement that rain Tuesday in the coastal city of Tampico included fish. Photos posted on the agency’s Facebook page show four small fish in a bag and another on a sidewalk.



According the U.S. Library of Congress, it’s a phenomenon that has been reported since ancient times. Scientists believe that tornadoes over water — known as waterspouts — could be responsible for sucking fish into the air where they are blown around until being released to the ground.

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