Rain of Seeds
February 1979
Roland Moody of Southampton, England, was startled to hear small, solid objects hitting the glass roof of the conservatory attached to his house. The objects turned out to be hundreds of seeds—small mustard seeds and cress seeds coated in a jelly-like substance. More seeds continued to fall during the day, eventually covering his garden. One of his neighbors, Mrs. Stockley, told Moody she’d had a similar experience the previous year.
The following day, Moody’s home was struck by corn, pea, and bean seeds that seemed to simply fall out of the sky. His neighbors on both sides were also pelted with peas and beans. Only those three houses in the neighborhood were targeted for the bizarre showers of seeds, and a police investigation was unable to pinpoint a source.
The phenomena gradually decreased and went away. By that time, Moody and his neighbors had endured twenty-five separate barrages and collected ten pounds of beans from their gardens. Moody himself gathered eight buckets of cress seeds. He claimed the produce grown from the seeds was good quality. Both Moody and Stockley were interviewed for Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World television series in 1980. To date, no adequate explanation for the weird showers has been found.
Sorry, but I'm not sure I would want to eat any produce grown from seeds that mysteriously rained down from above. Never know where the seeds have been, right?
Coffee in the kitchen again today. Temps are triple digits once more.
I agree. I would be very Leary of those seeds! Stay safe in that heat:))
ReplyDeleteI would be very wary of using those seeds. I have heard of weird things falling from the skies but not for that many days.
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ReplyDeleteI would be very cautious, believe me.
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Hey Linda...
I won't be eating anything grown from them, and that's for sure.
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Crazy things seen to fall from the sky. I wouldn't be eating anything grown from those seeds either.
ReplyDeleteOff to get truck emissions today before the heat hits here again to.
So many different seeds too! Very odd...
ReplyDeleteHey Jo...
ReplyDeleteRun all your errands now, before the heat sets in. That's what I do.
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Hey Rob...
Nice mix for someone's garden, I guess.
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Some stories are just plain odd. That's a head scratcher.
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