Posted on 07/27/2014 5:00:00 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
A waterway in eastern China has mysteriously turned a blood red color.
Residents in Zhejiang province said the river looked normal at 5 a.m. Beijing time on Thursday morning. Within an hour, the entire river turned crimson. Residents also said a strange smell wafted through the air.
“The really weird thing is that we have been able to catch fish because the water is normally so clear,” one local villager commented on China’s microblogging site Weibo.
Inspectors from the Wenzhou Environmental Protection Bureau said they have not found the cause of the incident, although water samples seem to indicate the suspicious color was a result of illegal dumping in the river.
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LOL I hadn’t thought of that.
Hey, wait, didn’t this happen a couple of years ago?
Some other river, but I’m sure this isn’t the first time in recent history.
I posted an article about other times it has happened. It isn’t that uncommon but it is still very weird.
“a food coloring company”
Duh!!!
I didn't get where I am today without knowing that "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" was one of the funniest shows ever made.
“Red tide. put your tin foil hats away”
Fish would all be dead from the toxins in the water and people that got near it and breathed in the toxins would also get sick.
That has to be a dye of some kind.
Prank by a Zhejiang U. fraternity.
Now that was an EXCELLENT reference to Reggie’s boss.
What a fantastic program. GROT shoppe indeed!
A food coloring dye factory is upriver?
There couldn’t possibly be a connection.
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