The Kentucky Meat Shower
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Wind, Storms, and Balloon Theories Assessed
Jimmy evaluates wind transport and balloon explanations and finds them implausible.
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Jimmy evaluates wind transport and balloon explanations and finds them implausible.
In 1876, raw meat rained from a clear sky over a Kentucky farm, leaving the whole county and big city newspapers confounded. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli work through the proposed explanations to find the most likely culprit, and there's one part they still can't fully explain.
