Rain of Tadpoles and Dead Fish in Ishikawa Prefecture

[tidbits]

http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/ishikawa-mystery-deepens-first-tadpoles-rain-down-now-dead-fish-found

Ishikawa mystery deepens: First tadpoles rain down; now dead fish found

Thursday 11th June, 04:43 PM JST
KANAZAWA —
A mystery is deepening in Ishikawa Prefecture after dead fish were found on the ground this week following the discovery of a large number of dead tadpoles in parking lots earlier this month. Local residents speculate that the tadpoles and fish might have fallen from the sky after being sucked up by a waterspout or carried by birds. But the cause has not been confirmed.

About 10 dead fish 2 to 3 centimeters long were found Tuesday near the house of a 78-year-old man and on a minivan in the town of Nakanoto in the prefecture. There is no river running near the house.

On June 4, about 100 dead tadpoles were found in a parking lot in the city of Nanao in the prefecture or on the windshields of cars after a 55-year-old man heard an unusual noise that sounded like something falling.

Some 20 to 30 dead tadpoles were also discovered last Saturday in a parking lot in the city of Hakusan in the prefecture.

[Ketou]

Could also just be kids dumping their catch...

[Greji]

Could also just be kids dumping their catch...

I've been known to shoot tadpoles across the room and off the wall, but this sounds like rain spouts (a mini-tornado). They cross waterways and dump small fish and the like on down their path....

[Taro Toporific]

Detailed with lots of photos of tadpole rains in different parts of Japan

[INDENT] UPDATE: Tadpole rain in Japan
19 Jun 2009
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/06/update-tadpole-rain-in-japan/[/INDENT]