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Dead birds found in Louisiana may have hit power lines, but some fear end may still be on the way
BY Michael Wursthorn
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Wednesday, January 5th 2011, 4:00 AM
Hundreds of dead birds in Louisiana and Arkansas may have been caused by natural events. But some still think God is on his way or that Nostradamus (below) forsaw this.
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Hundreds of dead birds in Louisiana and Arkansas may have been caused by natural events. But some still think God is on his way or that Nostradamus (below) forsaw this.
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Dead birds are falling from the sky, but don't take it as a sign the Seventh Seal of the apocalypse has broken - yet.
The rash of mass bird deaths in the South that has thrown many into a doomsday panic can be explained by natural events, officials say, despite apocalyptic interpretations.
450 birds suddenly found dead in Louisiana Tuesday were likely caused by the birds flying into power lines, state wildlife veterinarian Jim LaCour told The Associated Press.
Several birds showed signs of head, neck beak or back injuries, as opposed to having just fallen out of the sky.
LaCour and state officials estimate the birds died either late Sunday or early Monday near the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Labarre, which is just 30 miles northwest of Baton Rouge.
The mixed flock of red-winged blackbirds, brown-headed cowbirds, grackles and starlings appear to have been killed by hitting the power lines or vehicles, he said.
The Louisiana mass bird deaths come hand in hand with news that scores of fish were found dead in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay while 100,000 fresh water drum fish suddenly died in the Arkansas River, 100 tons of dead fish were discovered in Brazil and dead birds dropped from the sky in Arkansas.
Despite scientific explanations provided for the bizarre animal deaths - fireworks were blamed for the Arkansas bird deaths while cold water was cited as a cause in Maryland - some still cling to the belief that the end is nigh.
"This strange occurrence can't help but lead this Christian writer to remember the beginning of that 1988 movie 'The Seventh Sign,' wherein signs of the apocalypse–as outlined in the Book of Revelation-seem to be coming true," Christian TV writer Paula Mooney wrote on Examiner.com
Some are looking to legendary doomsday "prophet" Nostradamus for an explanation, seeking an explanation for the week's events in the writer's cryptic predictions.
"The Antichrist will be the infernal prince again for the third and last time … so many evils shall be committed by the means of Satan, the infernal Prince, that almost the entire world shall be found undone and desolate. Before these events happen, many rare birds will cry in the air, 'Now! Now!' and sometime later will vanish," Nostradamus blog Hogue Prophecy quoted the 16th century seer as saying Tuesday.
But LaCour says the events - particularly the deaths of fish in Arkansas and Louisiana - are merely a coincidence.
"I haven't found anything to link the two at this point," he told the AP after the latest news that hundreds of birds littered a the Louisiana highway near Baton Rouge.
Officials in both Louisiana and Arkansas have sent several dead birds to researchers at the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis. and the University of Georgia, though LaCour said he didn't anticipate results for at least two or three weeks.
NBC News photojournalist Dwaine Scott didn't sound the apocalyptic alarm, but did post a video Tuesday night of what seemed to be hundreds of birds eerily swarming above.
"Thousands of birds just swarmed us outside our hotel in Oklahoma City, OK!!!!!!" Scott tweeted with the video, which was quickly reposted by other Twitter users eager for any developments on the recent news.
Mass bird and fish deaths, while hard to explain, are not uncommon.
The U.S. Geological Service's website lists about 90 mass deaths of birds and other wildlife from June through Dec. 12 of 2010. There were five instances in which at least 1,000 birds died.
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Dead birds found in Louisiana may have hit power lines, but some fear end may still be on the way
BY Michael Wursthorn
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Wednesday, January 5th 2011, 4:00 AM
Hundreds of dead birds in Louisiana and Arkansas may have been caused by natural events. But some still think God is on his way or that Nostradamus (below) forsaw this.
Condo/AP
Hundreds of dead birds in Louisiana and Arkansas may have been caused by natural events. But some still think God is on his way or that Nostradamus (below) forsaw this.
Culver Service
Take our Poll
End of Days?
What do you think is killing the animals?
Storms
Hail
Disease
Global warming
The wrath of God
The government
Related News
* Bizarre blackbird, fish deaths spread across globe
* Scientists fear for wildlife in Gulf oil spill
*
Dead birds are falling from the sky, but don't take it as a sign the Seventh Seal of the apocalypse has broken - yet.
The rash of mass bird deaths in the South that has thrown many into a doomsday panic can be explained by natural events, officials say, despite apocalyptic interpretations.
450 birds suddenly found dead in Louisiana Tuesday were likely caused by the birds flying into power lines, state wildlife veterinarian Jim LaCour told The Associated Press.
Several birds showed signs of head, neck beak or back injuries, as opposed to having just fallen out of the sky.
LaCour and state officials estimate the birds died either late Sunday or early Monday near the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Labarre, which is just 30 miles northwest of Baton Rouge.
The mixed flock of red-winged blackbirds, brown-headed cowbirds, grackles and starlings appear to have been killed by hitting the power lines or vehicles, he said.
The Louisiana mass bird deaths come hand in hand with news that scores of fish were found dead in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay while 100,000 fresh water drum fish suddenly died in the Arkansas River, 100 tons of dead fish were discovered in Brazil and dead birds dropped from the sky in Arkansas.
Despite scientific explanations provided for the bizarre animal deaths - fireworks were blamed for the Arkansas bird deaths while cold water was cited as a cause in Maryland - some still cling to the belief that the end is nigh.
"This strange occurrence can't help but lead this Christian writer to remember the beginning of that 1988 movie 'The Seventh Sign,' wherein signs of the apocalypse–as outlined in the Book of Revelation-seem to be coming true," Christian TV writer Paula Mooney wrote on Examiner.com
Some are looking to legendary doomsday "prophet" Nostradamus for an explanation, seeking an explanation for the week's events in the writer's cryptic predictions.
"The Antichrist will be the infernal prince again for the third and last time … so many evils shall be committed by the means of Satan, the infernal Prince, that almost the entire world shall be found undone and desolate. Before these events happen, many rare birds will cry in the air, 'Now! Now!' and sometime later will vanish," Nostradamus blog Hogue Prophecy quoted the 16th century seer as saying Tuesday.
But LaCour says the events - particularly the deaths of fish in Arkansas and Louisiana - are merely a coincidence.
"I haven't found anything to link the two at this point," he told the AP after the latest news that hundreds of birds littered a the Louisiana highway near Baton Rouge.
Officials in both Louisiana and Arkansas have sent several dead birds to researchers at the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis. and the University of Georgia, though LaCour said he didn't anticipate results for at least two or three weeks.
NBC News photojournalist Dwaine Scott didn't sound the apocalyptic alarm, but did post a video Tuesday night of what seemed to be hundreds of birds eerily swarming above.
"Thousands of birds just swarmed us outside our hotel in Oklahoma City, OK!!!!!!" Scott tweeted with the video, which was quickly reposted by other Twitter users eager for any developments on the recent news.
Mass bird and fish deaths, while hard to explain, are not uncommon.
The U.S. Geological Service's website lists about 90 mass deaths of birds and other wildlife from June through Dec. 12 of 2010. There were five instances in which at least 1,000 birds died.
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