"Arkansas officials are investigating the death of an estimated 100,000 fish in the state's northwest, but suspect disease was to blame, a state spokesman said Sunday."
"...Stephens said fish kills occur every year, but the size of the latest one is unusual, and suggested some sort of disease was to blame. The fish kill only affected one species of fish," he said. "If it was from a pollutant, it would have affected all of the fish, not just drum fish. Ozark is about 125 miles west of the town of Beebe, where game wardens are trying to find out why up to 5,000 blackbirds fell from the sky just before midnight New Year's Eve. Biologists believe the bird deaths were stress-related from either fireworks or weather and are unrelated to the fish kill near Ozark, Stephens said."
When I read the article about the blackbirds on New Years Eve, I thought, "Hmmm, that's weird". Now, however, reading this article about over 100,000 dead fish, a mere 3 days later....I'm thinking that something is definitely a little off kilter. And biologists think these strange events which occurred within 125 miles of each other are UNRELATED??? Um, call me a conspiracy theorist if you want to, but I think that such strange phenomena occurring within such close range of each other is too much of a coincidence to be UNRELATED.
Some have argued that the reason for the death of the birds was a pollutant in the air...but...the air was clear that day. Biologist argue that the birds' death was stress related, due to the fireworks that were exploding in the area at the time. I would like to point out that our city, Louisville, has one of the largest fireworks displays in the world, Thunder over Louisville, and never in the 20-some years that this event has been occurring, has there ever been any mass bird death following the display. Ever.
Another fact to consider, Arkansas has had quite a few earthquakes recently, and some are suggesting that the quakes opened up some sort of gas pocket that is harming wildlife in the general vicinity. Possible, I'm sure. But, if this was the case, why are only certain species of wildlife being killed? Black birds and Drum Fish. These are the only two animal species suffering from this....whatever it is.
Coincidence? Perhaps. Unrelated? Unlikely.
What do you think, World?
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