Raining Frogs: I Am A Believer - Wild Weather In the UK
Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2009
by Julian Price
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Can it really rain frogs? I mean in the actual "real, live, breathing, croaking frogs falling from the sky" sense? Well, yes I believe it can and not just because there is scientific speculation and a number of websites (give it a Google) claiming it to be true. Let me take you back a few years.
Some time in the early 2000's, a lovely summer afternoon in a little unheard of place in rural Britain , suddenly turned very black and thundery. A storm was brewing, so after garden basking in the rare British sun for a few hours, I decided to sit just inside, patio doors open, icy glass of water in hand and see if the storm was going to get all theatrical on me.
Distant flashes of lightening signalled the beginning of the rain, a little pitter patter at first, followed by an almighty deluge, with giant, mutant drops of rain bouncing off the patio concrete. Within seconds the place was drenched and the perfect summer day was a distant, washed out memory. In truth, the "spectacle" never really happened (at least not yet) and I had to make do with a few more claps of thunder and a moment or two of strobe lightening.
Five minutes later, the rain had stopped and was already evaporating in a haze of heat as the sun erupted once more. About to turn tail and hit the shower, I noticed something in the corner of my eye, staccato movement, stillness, and then again and again. As I focussed, I noticed several (perhaps five or six) small frogs hopping erratically across the steamy paving and sodden lawn. What?
To clarify for the sceptics (including myself at the time), I don't live anywhere near bodies of water, large or small. None of my neighbours had ponds, water features or pet frogs and I had never, ever seen frogs in my garden before. Yet, there they were, looking totally confused and disorientated, leaping around my garden.
I can think of no other explanation and as the phrase "Its raining frogs" flashed across my mind, I muttered aloud to myself, "I think it just rained frogs!" No one has ever believed me of course and it's only because of internet research that I became a believer myself but I am genuinely convinced that in this little corner of the UK on a summer afternoon much like any other, that I actually had a frog shower in my garden!
What do you think? Are there any scientists reading this that can confirm to me that this indeed is a possibility? Can living frogs tumble from a rain cloud? Can it really rain frogs?
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Top-level comments on this article: (4 total)Actually a tornado could suck up a body of water containing frogs and deposit it somewhere else.Hi Mark, thanks for reading and for the comment. Indeed, i had read that this(tornado) could be one of the ways the frogs could get sucked up. We dont get that many significant tornados here in the UK though. Perhaps a water spout might be a more realistic explanation? Thanks again, Julian
Hi JulianSomething is going on this summer we have had more frogs than normal and I could hear them every night. For as long as I have been living in Oregon I have never heard so many frogs.Hi Lynn, that sounds like a lot of frogs! Thanks for the comment! Julian
What a great article! The mysteries of nature! Maybe in extreme weather conditions it could actually rain cats and dogs????!!!Thanks for the comment Jo, Not sure raining cats and dogs would be very pleasant! Although perhaps we should ask Toto from the Wizard of OZ! Julian
About 4 years ago there was a really bad rain storm where we live in Cheshire. We have one of those movement sensitive lights outside and as i passed the window, i noticed a couple of frogs on the patio. When i opened the door and looked further down the garden, i saw there was loads more, probably about 20 plus. I shouted my husband and we watched them for a bout five minutes. They were all weird colours too. When we looked again about 20 mins later, they were all gone. Im just really sorry that we never thought to take a picture or video, but at the time we were too shocked to think. I was only recently speaking of this in work, and i really dont think anyone beleived me. I am just glad that my husband also saw them or i would have thought i was hallucinating. Like Julian, there are no ponds or rivers etc where we live. if i hadnt seen it i wouldnt have beleived itHi Sharon, Thanks for sharing your own experiences of raining frogs! It's nice to know someone else out there has witnessed something similar! There really should be a group set up for all those who have seen and believed! Perhaps, "It really does rain frogs anonymous"? I think it might take off! Thanks again, Julian
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