(Beebe, AR--) Dead Birds Fall From Arkansas Skies
Wildlife officials in Beebe, Arkansas are looking into what could have caused more than one-thousand blackbirds to fall from the sky and die.
Many witnessed an uncanny resemblance to the Hitchcock movie "The Birds."
Dozens of U.S. Environmental services crews walked between homes, climbing on people roofs with protective hazmat suits and breathing masks, picking up the birds.
The birds showed physical trauma and may have been hit by lightning or high-altitude hail.
Wildlife officials say New Year's Eve revelers shooting off fireworks in the area could have startled the birds from their roost and caused them to die from stress.
The Game and Fish Commission says poisoning does not appear to be the case and strange events similar to this have occurred across the globe -- a number of times.
