Mystery of falling dead birds and masses of dead fish

This is bloody weird.

On New Years Eve.....

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/01/02/arkansas.falling.birds/index.html?hpt=Sbin

One type of bird and one type of fish?

Officials are investigating what may have killed some 100,000 fish in the Arkansas River in the northwestern section of the state, authorities said on Sunday.

Deceased drum fish littered 20 miles of the river near Ozark, Keith Stephens of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission told CNN.

The dead fish were first found on Thursday, and fisheries officials are conducting tests to understand what killed them.

"The fish kill only affected one species of fish," Stephens said. "If it was from a pollutant, it would have affected all of the fish, not just drum fish."

This fish mystery took place more than 125 miles from the town of Beebe, where officials are still trying to determine what caused 5,000 blackbirds to suddenly fall from the sky on New Year's Eve.

Poisoned water would not have affected just one species. Same with the birds, it wasn't hail, or lightning which is an absurd proposition. Lightning wouldn't do that.

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Yes, very weird.

Sounds like the birds may have been victims of some kind of compression shock.

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I posted this on SOTT in response to one of the articles about this phenomenon

The disease vs. toxin argument regarding the deaths of the fish is explained by the fact that only Drum fish died. So, I asked myself (and Google), what was unusual, if anything, about the Drum fish.

Right at the top is this story. _http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1839/is-the-drum-fish-the-worlds-most-useless-fish
Turns out not only are they incredibly resilient to the point that people wonder why they -won't- die, they also use sound for reproduction, with special muscles that Drum against an inflatable bladder.
"The drum has an earbone called an "otolith" which has white enameled surfaces almost like ivory. These otoliths are sometimes made into jewelry and were kept by early people as lucky, protective amulets (presumably after they ate the fish). "

Given the "blunt force trauma" of airborne birds, and the killing of fish who use sound extensively, my thoughts turn to a more mundane explanation...some sort of sonic weapon test.

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It wasn't until after posting this that I realized that I had slipped back in my old "Conspiracy Theorist" mode of coming up with an explanation for something, and then digging for information that might back up the theory, instead of evaluating the existing information and -then- forming an hypothesis.

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My theory was that they flew into some sort of meteor blast or something similar, or a meteor blast near them like an after shock effected them.

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CorEXIT anyone?

Now, MSM are saying the birds died of shock from the reveller's
fireworks as revellers allegedly saw the birds drop from the sky?

Seems fishy to me (pun intended ;) )!

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Could it be related to earthquakes?

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/219815-Series-Of-Earthquakes-Hit-Central-Arkansas

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I think White Bear's sound explanation is close to the explanation. Possibly a secret weapon test or an example of ET activity? Shades of Charles Fort in any case.

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Another report of a mass die off, this time from Gilbertsville, Kentucky

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Woman reports dozens of dead birds in her yard

http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/Woman-reports-dozens-of-dead-birds-in-her-yard-112830524.html

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Just to refresh memories remember this similar incident from last year in the UK?

http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=16697.0

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I wonder if these occurrences have something to do with microwave communication towers and their transmissions. They are putting more of these installations in all the time. Although they flood areas for reception of cellphones and such, telcos use powerful directional beams to move large signal groups from exchange to exchange. If a flock of birds flew through one of these beams when at maximum power they would likely all die together. Also HAARP transmissions may be very dangerous to some species. The amount of electromagnetic pollution existing today is phenomenal. Considering that there was virtually none a century ago. This sort mass death bears watching. Maybe its a sign of the times we are moving into.

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WhiteBear said:

It wasn't until after posting this that I realized that I had slipped back in my old "Conspiracy Theorist" mode of coming up with an explanation for something, and then digging for information that might back up the theory, instead of evaluating the existing information and -then- forming an hypothesis.

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Yeah, this is tricky, best not to draw any definite conclusions and let the data lead you along. Expectations will get ya every time!

Also, the official explanation for the fish deaths won't be given for another month (apparently that's how long it takes to do the tests).

Beam weapons are probably the least likely on my list. There's a lot of NG wells in Arkansas, which means that out-gassing of methane into the water could have killed the fish. It's too soon to say, I think.

Deedlet said:

My theory was that they flew into some sort of meteor blast or something similar, or a meteor blast near them like an after shock effected them.

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Yup, there is lots of evidence of meteor activity before and during this time. The remaining questions are why blackbirds, and why are they finding blackbirds in places as far away as Louisiana and Kentucky? I can see a single hit causing what was seen in Beebe, but what about the other locations? Same goes for the fish, why just drum fish for the most part? It sounds like those fish are tough as nails.

Charles Fort would have had a field day for sure.

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RyanX said:

The remaining questions are why blackbirds, and why are they finding blackbirds in places as far away as Louisiana and Kentucky? I can see a single hit causing what was seen in Beebe, but what about the other locations? Same goes for the fish, why just drum fish for the most part? It sounds like those fish are tough as nails.

Charles Fort would have had a field day for sure.

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I would add "why Arkansas or Beebe" to the list. Interesting names, don't you think?

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I drove right through this area about a week ago, actually two and half days before this happened - the flocks of blackbirds were really gorgeous, filling large parts of the sky at times, moving in unison. We don't have flocks that large where I live. I started to sing 'Blackbird' by the Beatles at one point while I was watching them. "Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise..." and so on. Seems kind of eerie now.

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There are cases in "Book of the Damned" from the 1890's in Louisiana of birds falling out of the sky,although they were mixed species...

Black birds at this time of year are in massive flocks so this may account for "why just black birds" and in the reports it mentions blunt trauma which could be from percussion or bolide explosions

I read somewhere that drum fish are bottom dwellers, so if was an out-gassing event this may be why only drum fish, as the gas would have been concentrated at the bottom where released, but doesnt explain why catfish and turtles (alsol bottom dwellers) didnt turn up dead

I think the earthquakes are relative to this somehow although I dont know enough about them to tell which are from plate shifts and which are from meteor explosions ... maybe some of the science experts on the forum can elaborate on how to tell the difference if it it is possible??

In any case it seems that the extinction is underway

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Found a post called "2011 Week 1" about mass-dying. Here is a good data-list:

FALLING/Dead BIRDS

Kentucky
QTY < 100
Type: Small Birds (not Stated)
Suspected Cause Cold Stress
Actual Cause : Unknown
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/Woman-reports-dozens-of-dead-birds-in-her-yard-112830524.html

Louisiana
QTY 500
Type: Starlings and Blackbirds
Suspected Cause : Weather
Actual: Unknown
Links:
http://theintelhub.com/2011/01/04/hundreds-of-dead-black-birds-found-in-louisiana/
http://www.wbrz.com/news/hundreds-of-dead-blackbirds-found-near-new-roads/

Arkansas
QTY ~5000
Type: Blackbird, Starling, Grackle
Suspected Cause : weather/fireworks
Actual Cause : Unknown
Links:
http://www.eturbonews.com/20337/arkansas-sees-more-3000-birds-fall-sky
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/days-after-mass-bird-kill-another-us-town-reports-hundreds-of-dead-birds/article1857340/

Arizona
QTY >65
Type: Bats
Suspected cause : Weather
Actual Cause : Unknown
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/12/28/20101228tucson-70-dead-bats-found.html

Japan
QTY < 30
Type: Various (Mainly Swan/Heron)
Suspected Cause : Bird Flu
Actual: Unknown
Links :
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/03/Japan-on-alert-after-finding-dead-birds/UPI-41861294114121/
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/health/04global.html?_r=3



DEAD FISH

Arkansas
> 100,000
Type: Drum
Suspected Cause
Actual Cause Unknown
Links:
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=136401&catid=2

Maryland
> 10,000
Type: Menhayden, spots and croakers/various
Suspected Cause Cold Stress
Actual Cause : Unknown
Links:
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/26357581/detail.html

South Wales (UK)
QTY>~ 100's
Type: Various Carp/Bream/Other
Suspected Cause Cold Weather
Actual Cause Unknown
Links:
http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=79520


Brazil
QTY: ~Millions (100 tons)
Type: Sardines
Suspected cause :Unknown
Actual Cause : Unknown
Links:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2651186/posts
http://www.parana-online.com.br/editoria/cidades/news/502434/?noticia=MORTANDADE+MISTERIOSA+DE+PEIXES+NO+LITORAL#id=google_ads_frame5&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parana-online.com.br&rpctoken=adsense_rpc_key&_methods=expand%2Ccollapse%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe

Italy (Scarlino)
QTY 100,000s
Type: Clams/Small fish/Shellfish/Crabs/Flatfish
Suspected Cause : Pollution
Actual Cause : Unknown
Links :
http://corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/firenze/notizie/cronaca/2010/28-dicembre-2010/strage-del-mare-natale-181158495607.shtml

New Zealand
Type: Snapper
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10697906

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anart said:

I drove right through this area about a week ago, actually two and half days before this happened - the flocks of blackbirds were really gorgeous, filling large parts of the sky at times, moving in unison. We don't have flocks that large where I live. I started to sing 'Blackbird' by the Beatles at one point while I was watching them. "Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise..." and so on. Seems kind of eerie now.

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Apparently, this song and John Lennon's "Cry Baby Cry" allude to the following English nursery rhyme:

Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye.
Four and twenty blackbirds,
Baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing;
Wasn't that a dainty dish,
To set before the king?

The king was in his counting house,
Counting out his money;
The queen was in the parlour,
Eating bread and honey.

The maid was in the garden,
Hanging out the clothes;
When down came a blackbird
And pecked off her nose.