Posted on 06/29/2022 1:43:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Fish are falling from the sky in parts of San Francisco, and a boom in coastal anchovy populations is to blame.
Reddit user sanfrannie posted earlier this month that about a dozen 8-inch silver fish “rained down from the sky” onto their friend’s roof and back deck in the Outer Richmond. Several other users commented with similar experiences — one person said they “heard a whoosh sound behind me and heard a massive splat” before seeing fish scattered on a nearby driveway. Another commented that they “almost got hit by a fish waiting for a bus” in the Castro, and a third person said they assumed “a band of roving kids were doing a Tik Tok sardine-throwing challenge on a roof somewhere” after seeing several fish fall onto an Outer Richmond sidewalk.
Local fishers and researchers are blaming seabirds that, because of an explosion in the anchovy population off the coast of the Bay Area, now have more fish than they know what to do with.
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I don’t understand what the big stink is about.
“almost got hit by a fish waiting for a bus”
I wonder where he was going?
“almost got hit by a fish waiting for a bus”
A fish waiting for a bus. That’s different.
Weak Sharknado.
Well, of course they’re falling out of the sky. They don’t have wings.
Nobody believes the fish was waiting for a bus. Where would he go? Fisherman’s wharf?
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This story really sounds fishy...
Did Nancy call a Coven gathering ?
Another reason to stay out of the Castro District.
Hopefully the plagues of Egypt are beginning in SF.
Pasta Putanesca.....mmmmmmmm
Wait until haggises fall out of the sky - then you’re REALLY gonna know what “weird” IS...
I would’ve predicted gerbils.
Oh boy, anchovies from the sky! I LOVE anchovies!!!!
Are frogs’ legs next? WOOHAH!!!!
There’s something fishy about sanfrannie. I think he’s a pisces. Probably working for sale.
Is it?? It is kaliforney.
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