On March 3, 1876, chunks of fresh red meat fell from a clear Kentucky sky for several minutes, covering an area the size of a football field around Mrs. Allen Crouch's farm in Bath County. The meat appeared fresh enough that two men tasted it raw (declaring it mutton or venison), and samples were preserved and sent to scientists who couldn't agree whether it was horse lung, bear muscle, or even human infant cartilage. The leading scientific explanation, published in medical journals, was synchronized vulture vomit, though no birds were seen during the clear-weather event. Nearly 150 years later, the Kentucky Meat Shower remains unexplained, with preserved samples still existing in museums as testament to one of history's most bizarre and disgusting meteorological mysteries.

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