On the morning of August 22, 1986, a man hopped onto his bicycle and began riding from Wum, a village in Cameroon, towards the village of Nyos. On the way he noticed an antelope lying dead next to the road. Why let it go to waste? The man tied the antelope onto his bicycle and continued on. A short distance later he noticed two dead rats, and further on, a dead dog and other dead animals. He wondered if they’d all been killed by a lightening strike – when lightening hits the ground it’s not unusual for animals nearby to be killed by the shock.Soon the man came upon a group of huts. He decided to see if anyone there knew what had happened to the animals. But as he walked up to the huts he was stunned to see dead bodies strewn everywhere. He didn’t find a single person still alive — everyone in the huts was dead. The man threw down his bicycle and ran all the way back to Wum.
Find out exactly what happened (and the science behind it) at Neatorama » Blog Archive » The Strangest Disaster of the 20th Century via Digg
i’m eric. joining a couple boards and looking
forward to participating. hehe unless i get
too distracted!
eric
Eric have you gotten it together long enough to focus . this is your life at stake .
ha ha those sheep deserved it
First of all thank you for a such wonderfull topic, well i have to say it is difficult for me to say if i agree with you or not. I will read it for a second time and let you know what i think
This is true and there have been scientists that investigated this and the resulting program has been aired on tv. It forms on the bottom and rises to the top in a gas cloud that sucks the oxygen out of the air. Generally there is a volcanic activity under the water that can produce this. In areas around the world including the ocean this is possible threat.