181: Goo From the Sky

September 21, 2021 00:04:53
181: Goo From the Sky
Brain Junk
181: Goo From the Sky

Sep 21 2021 | 00:04:53

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Trace Kerr Amy Barton

Show Notes

Apologies–we had sound quality issues. We did not record from the bottom of a metal trash can while hiding from mystery blobs falling from the sky; we promise.

In a place that gets rain up to 275 days a year, Oakville, WA. knows their precipitation. But on this day in 1994, Instead of the other 275 days a year that water falls from the sky, a torrent of jelly like blobs fell. No one knows for sure what they were.

Mystery blobs image: BBC

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