Lluvia de Pecas

Animal rain is an odd phenomenon, to be sure, but nowadays there are so many publications about it that it's simple to find explanations. Usually, the reason that creatures like fish and frogs appear to have fallen from the sky is that to waterspouts have moved the animals from one body of water to another or simply flash floods that have caused the appearance of the animals had fallen. However, Yoro, Honduras's lluvia de pecas, or fish rain, functions somewhat differently.

Yoro is unique in that it frequently has fish rain. Teams from organizations like National Geographic have been witnesses to this once or twice-a-year occurrence. It has, at least in part. Although they saw fish on the ground, they were unable to prove that fish were indeed falling from the sky. The tiny, silvery fish that surface is not indigenous to the area. They look to be blind as well. Because of this, some have theorized that they live in an underground river and that, after exceptionally severe storms, they are flooded to the surface and abandoned there. This would explain why they never appear elsewhere, as might be the case if a waterspout were depositing them.

Time: 2021

Location: Honduras