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Great Sheep Panic of 1888. The day tens of thousands sheep across Oxfordshire broke from their enclosures and scattered in terror. Nobody knows what scared them. (en.m.wikipedia.org)

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[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Someone would have noticed an airburst over 200sqmi.

Clearly the answer is chupacabra.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Manbearpig

[–] hglman@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

In 1921 the scientific journal Nature noted that the 3 November 1888 had been "an intensely dark night, with occasional flashes of lightning"

Could have been metors