Watch out! In the sky… Where is Fin Shepard? We need his chainsaw! The Sharknado is coming! The Sharknado is coming! Okay, maybe things aren’t that bad. After all, Mark Cuban is not the president and more importantly, sharks are not falling from the sky and destroying major metropolitan areas across the United States. However, signs that Mother Nature is fighting back are all over, and quite possibly giving rise to the hysteria that spawned the king of schlock, the SyFy Channel’s Sharknado franchise.
That’s right. While there is truly no need to brandish your Stihl, the idea may not be as farfetched as some would believe. Creatures DO fall from the sky. In 2007, the small town of Jennings, Louisiana encountered a strange anomaly. Police department employee, Eleanor Beal, was unexpectedly overtaken by large, tangled clumps of worms — yes, worms, falling from the sky. Referred to by some as “creepy crawlers,” they were certainly creepy, but one can only imagine that all the crawling was being done by Ms. Beal’s skin!
What could have caused such craziness? Worms can’t fly. Can they? According to reports from the warm July afternoon, there was not a cloud in the sky. So, what else could cause this Wormnado? Was it a bird dropping some uneaten treat or a government experiment gone awry? Probably not, after all, the slimy critters were still alive and wiggling on the ground as they made landfall.
The event was so mysterious that the town turned to the National Weather Service for an answer, and even that concept was a bit of a stretch. While there was nothing concrete, their only theory pointed to a waterspout spotted near Lacassine Bayou, some five miles away at the same time that the Annelids rained down. Could that be it, a real Wormnado?
The mystery continues to grow, as strange reports continue to rise. More importantly, they are not limited to the depths of the bayou. In 2011, students in the United Kingdom encountered a similar anomaly during a gym class at their soccer field, when thousands of worms descended upon them one March morning. What does this all mean? I am not sure. All I do know is that while the idea and cheesiness of Sharknado may be fiction, I would keep watching the sky because the mother lode of bass bait may be lurking in the clouds, just waiting to take over your town and send you running for cover...
That’s right; Wormnado’s are real…
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