The phenomenon of fish rain is a strange and unique phenomenon that occurs every year
A strange phenomenon that occurs annually for more than a century in the Republic of Honduras in Central America, specifically in the city of Yoro (Depatmento de Yoro).
In fact, the phenomenon of rains of fish has been reported in many places around the world, but Euros in Honduras is the only place where the freak rains are reported every year, sometimes several times a year.
The phenomenon is mysterious and strange known as "rain of fish", and it is a real rain of fish, although it is an annual event, no one actually saw the fish falling from the sky, but there is photographic and video evidence of hundreds of fish covering entire areas after strong storms, it does not seem No one knows for sure the reason behind the phenomenon, although some locals actually believe that fish fall from the sky, as a miracle that has been happening for more than a century and a half.
The phenomenon of fish rain or Lluvia de Peces is a natural phenomenon that baffled scientists so that they could not find a scientific explanation for it until now
The phenomenon of precipitation of fish
The time of occurrence of the phenomenon is between the months of May and July, and sometimes it occurs twice a year and it begins with the appearance of a black cloud in the sky, followed by lightning, thunder, strong winds and heavy rain for two hours or more.
And after the end of this storm, the land becomes furnished with fish, which the people take home with them to cook and eat.
In 1970, a team of scientists happened to be in Yoru when a fish rain occurred that year, and although they did not see the fish rain itself, they confirmed that the Earth was covered in
However, the interesting thing they noticed was that all the fish were about the same size and were blind and were not of a species normally found in the waterways of the area, and these discoveries led them to hypothesize that the fish must have lived in subterranean rivers or caves where the lack of Light blinds them, and the floods that occur during a severe storm should drive the subterranean fish above the ground. This is the most widely held theory, though.
But the strange thing is that the type of fish that was found does not live in the waters adjacent to the town, which is the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, as it is the type that lives in shallow waters only and not salty waters, and how can it reach the town knowing that the Atlantic Ocean is 72 km away from it.
With the strangeness of this natural phenomenon, the people of Honduras have been keen since 1998 to celebrate by organizing a festival they call the “Festival of the Rain of Fishes”.
And they say that they do not need any explanation for this phenomenon, as they believe that it is a divine miracle that occurred in honor of one of the priests, called Father Jose Manuel Soberana, who visited the town and prayed to God in a prayer that lasted three days and nights to provide for its people and prevent poverty from them after it was suffering from extreme poverty, so this phenomenon became repeated every year since then.
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