Kentucky meat shower

Kentucky meat shower
DateMarch 3, 1876
Time11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
DurationSeveral minutes
LocationBath County, Kentucky, U.S.
CauseInconclusive, possibly regurgitating vultures

The Kentucky meat shower was an incident occurring for a period of several minutes between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. on March 3, 1876,[1] where what appeared to be chunks of red meat fell from the sky in a 100-by-50-yard (90-by-45-meter) area near Olympia Springs in Bath County, Kentucky.[2] There exist several explanations (from blood rain to vulture ejecta)[3] as to how this occurred and what the "meat" was. Although the exact type of meat was never identified, various reports suggested it was beef, lamb, deer, bear, horse, or possibly human.

Despite various theories, the exact cause of the Kentucky meat shower remains a subject of speculation and mystery.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference nyh1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Fort, Charles (1919). The Book of the Damned. New York: Boni and Liveright. pp. 45–46. OCLC 2062036.
  3. ^ Maxwell, Tom (Spring 2012). "For the Scrutiny of Science and the Light of Revelation" (PDF). Southern Culture. 18 (1). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-08-15.