Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-13
shower Of Flesh.

The following are ACCOUNTS OF Tue iate suo"-
er Of flesh 10 Kentucky heretofore reported BY
telegraph. The flesh" referred to is suppos-
ed by scientists to be larvae OF insects, caught
up By whirvind, and after being carried an
immense distance, again deposited:
Friday last most wonderful phenomenon
occurred at point 10 Bath county, KY, two
miles from Mud Lick Springs. At the time,
2p. n,., the heavens we're bright, the SUI
shining and only few floating clouds were
visible. Suddenly there appeared light cloud
over the farm of Mr.. Crouch, which seemed
descending upon the earth. 1t hung overhead
a few brief moments and then flakes OF some
thing white fell to the earth. The fall contln.
ued ten minutes. Men and women then went
out aud examined the fakes, aud discovered
them to be flesh. resembling mutton. When
picked up they quiVered. space OF 2oo oy
100 wards in extent was covered, aud number
of trees, fences, &C., were also full of the
strange substance. Stains like those produced
nv blood ia its secondary condition marked
spots where the fakes had touched.
Droyes of chickens and hogs swarmed around
the place and ate the flesh with great guslo.
The inhabitants for miles around came for sew
eral DAYS after AID collected specimens. Hun
dreds are willing to testify by affidavit to the
truth of the entire matter.
Captaio Bent, we'll knowp retired attorney
of Mount Sterling, gave the Courer-J uurnal
reporter some fakes to night, and the latter
placed them in charge OF Professor j. Lawrence
Smith, scientist who will examine them to-
morrow. He says the substance is of an ami
NAL nature. When the q .kes fell they were
from the size of pea to that OF q human hsger,
and an eighth inch in thickness, and OF the
color Of flesh. They have sloce assumed dull
red and white hue, and are somewhat Wlthered.
A butcher ate one fake and pronounced 1t very
palatable, but was unable to say what kind OF
an animal the flesh came from. The lnhabl-
tants Of the locality where the phenomenon oc-
Cured approached the flesh with superstltlons
ave. aud at 6.st would not touch it. MIR. II.
Gin. Of Mud Lick Springs, secured number
of specimens and preserved them tor scientific
examination.-Neao York Herald
One of the most singular aud wonderful phe-
nomena that have ever occurred 10 the modern
world took place in Bath county, on Mudick
Greek, about seventeen minutes east OF this
place and short distance from ellis Sulphur
Springs, and near the house of M. Creuch,
about two 'cIock on the after, ,oon OF Friday
last, March 8. A shower of flesh fell from q
clear SKY, covering space OF one acre wide and
two acres long with little strips OF t1.sh from
one inch to two inches wide and from an inch
to three inches lopg and half to three fourths OF
au inch in thickness. From Friday till Mon
day evening the flesh still remained on the
ground, and hogs and chickens picked it up and
ate it. Hundreds of people visited the locality
from Friday till yesterday, and were still going.
Your correspondent talked with several reliable
gentlemen who had seen plumber of persons
who had seen the strange sight, and hundreds
of persons are willing to make affidavit to the
above facts The country for miles is filled with
reports of this wouder. The people of the
ueighborhood approached the flesh with So.
perst,ious dread, the majority refusing to touch
It. Mr. H. Gill, OF Mudck Springs, secured
number of pieces for examination and cbemi-
cal analysis, aud il possible your correspondent
will secure specimen aud send it to Professor
J. Lawrence Smt tn. will eDdeavor to get all
the facts aud details and write you again.
Louisville Courier Journal.
Professor j. Laurence Smith, says the spec,
mems sent to him for analysis are evidently the
dried spawn of batrachian reptiles, doubtless
that Of the frog, transported from tho ponds
and swampy grounds by currents OF wind to the
spot where they were found.