Fish are literally falling from the sky in San Francisco

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Originally published at: Fish are literally falling from the sky in San Francisco | Boing Boing

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I used to work at an auto parts store that shared a parking lot with a Taco Bell, not far from the ocean. We all kept finding Taco Bell trash strewn all over the parking lot in the mornings, which was incredibly gross.

Finally one morning I got there earlier than usual to find a couple of seagulls grabbing Taco Bell bags that had been dumped into our (unwisely, it turns out) non-covered trash can, flying way up into the air, and dropping them so the food bits would fall out of the bags, just like they do with snails to break them open.

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That must have been interesting. What kind of bus does a fish take, anyway?

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While “fish falls” are usually the result of waterspouts that pick them up from nearby bodies of water and drop them them elsewhere

No, not really. That’s an urban legend that mostly has its origins in 19th century tabloids.

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‘While “fish falls” are usually the result of waterspouts that pick them up from nearby bodies of water and drop them them elsewhere,’

Is there any actual evidence of this being the case? I know it is often trotted out in the press, but is it substantiated?

Skeptoid thinks otherwise: Falling Fish Followup

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Fish heads, fish heads, jolly jolly fish heads. Eat them up, yum!

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A school bus?

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Come on, didn’t you see the documentary Sharknado?

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I came across this unit for the first time the other day:

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They usually ride their bike to work.

fish bicycle GIF by Electric Cyclery

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Definitely beat me to that one.
:slightly_smiling_face:

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A halibus.

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The latest issue of Fortean Times has an article about a shower of fish in 2021 in Texarkana that was caught on video in some places. After sending some of the recovered fish for examination, they concluded that the fish had been dropped by a flock of cormorants which had been surprised by a sudden rainstorm.

I’m not going to say it’s the explanation for every rain of fish (and other objects), but it definitely seems correct in this case.

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