Things Falling from the Sky

There are many stories of things falling from the sky. Rocks, birds, rats, golf balls, meat, flesh, blood dead bats, manna (magical bread), fish, candy, slime, ecoplasm, silk, etc. Some of it can be explained by natural causes, while others take some pretty far fetched explaining. I happen to live in a very magic rich location. Therefore, I would like to mention that we were blessed with candy falling from the sky! Of course, the Native people that lived here long before me (commonly referred to as the Pomo) loved the sky and believed that lovely things were destined to come from it. They even believed that meteors were heavenly fire and generally looked at them as beneficial or indifferent. Sometimes they were portents of good things, while other times they were symbols of doom like plagues and ill portents.


Lake County (kept separate for reference)

Moon Tears/Lake County Diamonds http://melody111.multiply.com/journal/item/263
1857: Crystals and shards of a sugar like material as big as a quarter of an inch in diameter fell over two days in Lake County, California. On two separate September nights in 1857, sugar crystals ranging in size from 1/8 inch to 1/4 inch, fell on the pleasantly surprised citizenry of Lake County in Northern California. According to the History of Napa and Lake Counties, published in 1881, "Syrup was made of it by some lady residents of the section." No cause was discovered and no explanation was ever provided, but the tome did conclude, "If this is a canard, it is surely a sweet one." Read more: Weird Stories of Objects Falling From the Sky—Explained - Popular Mechanics



1st Century: Pliny The Elder wrote about storms of frogs and fish, foreshadowing many modern incidents.
1794: French soldiers stationed in Lalain, near Lille, reported toads falling from the sky during heavy rain.
1857: Sugar crystals as big as quarter of an inch in diameter and the size of a goose quill (!) fell over the course of September 2 and 11 in Lake County, California
1876: A woman in Kentucky reported meat flakes raining from the sky. Tests found the meat was venison.
1902: Dust whipped up in Illinois caused muddy rain to fall over many north-eastern U.S. states.
1940: A tornado in Russia brought a shower of coins from the 16th Century.
1969: Punta Gorda, Florida Golf balls fell from the sky

1976: San Luis Opisbo, California, blackbirds and pigeons rained from the sky for two days.

NOTES
British Weather Services, Great Yarmouth is the United Kingdom's most likely destination for strange objects falling from the sky. Read more: Weird Stories of Objects Falling From the Sky—Explained - Popular Mechanics



SOURCE
Pomo Folkways. Berkeley: University of California Press (1926)
http://www.oocities.org/starstuffs/native/myths/sky/main.htm 
http://melody111.multiply.com/journal/item/263 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1254812/Hundreds-fish-fall-sky-remote-Australian-town-Lajamanu.html#ixzz1LSEYTnFR 
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/4331114 
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/4331114 <---great notes

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Mysterious falls from the sky