clearleaf@lemmy.world to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoGreat Sheep Panic of 1888. The day tens of thousands sheep across Oxfordshire broke from their enclosures and scattered in terror. Nobody knows what scared them.en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkGreat Sheep Panic of 1888. The day tens of thousands sheep across Oxfordshire broke from their enclosures and scattered in terror. Nobody knows what scared them.en.m.wikipedia.orgclearleaf@lemmy.world to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agoSomeone would have noticed an airburst over 200sqmi. Clearly the answer is chupacabra.
minus-squarehglman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months ago In 1921 the scientific journal Nature noted that the 3 November 1888 had been “an intensely dark night, with occasional flashes of lightning” Could have been metors
Airburst meteor
Someone would have noticed an airburst over 200sqmi.
Clearly the answer is chupacabra.
Manbearpig
Could have been metors