150 years ago, in 1876 Kentucky, a weather event occurred that would result in the New York TImes running a headline that read "Flesh Descends in a Shower". While we have not quite nailed down where (or what) the flesh came from, it is a weird and wonderful oddity that has fascinated people for over a century now.

sources:

https://vinepair.com/cocktail-chatter/kentucky-meat-shower-mystery/

https://www.iflscience.com/the-kentucky-meat-shower-of-1876-it-came-down-like-snowflakes-82561

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/15/nx-s1-5737457/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-kentucky-marks-the-day-meat-fell-from-the-sky

https://www.hollyhillandco.com/stories-recipes/meat-shower

wikipedia

https://davebarry.substack.com/p/the-kentucky-meat-shower

https://antiqueslides.net/kentucky-meat-shower-newly-found-specimen-confirms-its-nature/

https://sepro.com/aquatics/algae-corner/algae-corner-what-is-it-witchs-jelly-nostoc

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