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It's raining fish in Greek town
The Independent (South Africa) ^ | December 11 2002 at 12:50PM | AFP/SAPA

Posted on 12/13/2002 6:13:33 AM PST by Int

It's raining fish in Greece

Athens - A shower of tiny fish rained down on the village of Korona in the mountains of northern Greece late on Tuesday, Greek television reported on Wednesday, attributing the incident to a mini-tornado.

Villagers discovered the unexpected catch on the banks of Lake Doirani, which lies on the Greek border with the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, following a spell of rough weather.

According to a weather expert at the university of Salonica, in northern Greece, the fish were probably skimmed up from the surface of the lake by a mini-tornado formed during a thunderstorm - a rare but not unknown phenomenon. - Sapa-AFP


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: fallingfish; fish; fishfall; fortean; greece; korona; odd
1680 drawing: "Raining rats during a particularly violent storm"
1 posted on 12/13/2002 6:13:37 AM PST by Int
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To: Int
I wonder what happens when a tornado rips through a pig farm?
2 posted on 12/13/2002 8:27:19 AM PST by Stefan Stackhouse
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