More Strange Things That Fell From The Sky Quiz

Answer: Lizards

The water lizards that fell on Sacramento, California in August 1870, were two to eight inches in length. They covered the roof of the opera house and were scurrying over the pavement in the nearby vicinity. Several hundred survived for several days in a partially dug earthern basement. This article appeared in the "Sacramento Reporter" on Aug. 6, 1870.

Answer: Live slithering snakes

Living snakes, from 12 inches to 18 inches long, fell by the thousands on southern Memphis, TN in 1877. It was thought the snakes might have been carried there by a hurricane. What no one could understand was where such huge numbers of snakes could have originated from in the first place. This was orginally in "Scientific American", Feb. 10, 1877.

Answer: 400 miles away

On June 30, 1908, a tremendous explosion rocked central Siberia and the Tungus area. The explosion flatten trees 20 miles away. People were badly burned up to 40 miles away. In Kirensk, over 250 miles away, a pillar of fire was observed followed by three or four claps and then a huge crashing sound.

In the area south of Kansk, some 400 miles away, horses were actually knocked off their feet. The actual impact point was proposed by one theory to have been two miles above the ground. Theories for a cause have ranged from a meteorite, a black hole, or even a nuclear explosion from a crippled alien space ship.

The night skies glowed so bright that people could actually read newspapers at midnight in parts of northern Europe and England. It was first listed in the "Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society" July, 1908.

Answer: All of these things fell

Thousands of exotic "insects" fell on a number of slopes in the Swiss Alps. These insect-like creatures resembled spiders, huge ants, and caterpillars. This article was listed in "Complete Books of Charles Fort".

Answer: Pennies and halfpennies

Pennies and halfpennies fell all around the children as they were leaving school on that very interesting day in 1956. This was recorded in "Phenomena: A Book Of Wonders" by John Michell and Robert J.M. Rickard.

Answer: Peaches

Workers on a roof in Shreveport, Louisiana, had to seek shelter when they were bombarded by golf-ball size green peaches that fell from a thick cloud. How the peaches fell from the sky is still a mystery. This was originally reported in "Weird America" by Jim Brandon.

Answer: The Titanic

The Melkis family was waiting for the ship the "Titanic" to hit the iceberg when the huge block of ice came through the roof. It was recorded in "Phenomena: A Book Of Wonders" by John Michell and Robert J.M. Rickard.

Answer: True

Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Elmers watched as the shad fell on the drive-way on a cloudless day, Aug. 20, 1984. Shad were known to inhabit the Sweetwater reservoir two miles away. They had no idea how the shad fell on their drive-way. This is from "Bizarre Phenomena" published by the Reader's Digest, 1992.

Answer: Starfish

Several starfish, of a species that inhabits the Atlantic Ocean 1,000 miles away off the coast of Florida, fell from the sky during a heavy rain storm. They were found in a yard and neighboring garden in St. Cloud, Minnesota. This is from the book "Bizarre Phenomena" published by the Reader's Digest in 1992.

Answer: pink

According to an investigation by the Gloucester Trust for Nature Conservancy the frogs were pink European albino common frogs. The frogs fell in great number on four different occasions in October, 1987, hopping over pavement, yards, gardens and nearby streams.