On December 15, 2011, MailOnline reporter Andy Dolan wrote an article about apples that mysteriously rained down on Coundon, Coventry, England. The incident reminded people about Biblical stories of raining frogs and made them wonder if other similar anomalies had happened. The answer is yes, objects falling from the sky have been recorded numerous times. There are some interesting theories about this phenomenon.
The Evening Apples Fell From the Sky
The fruit hit cars and littered gardens at 6:45 PM. Drivers said small green apples brought traffic to a stop on the B4098. Brian Meakins told the Daily Mail he was astonished when he opened his door and found his garden was full of damaged apples. He added, “At first I assumed kids must have thrown them because we do get the occasional egg and apple thrown but there’s way too many for that.” A woman said, ‘The apples fell out of nowhere. They were small and green and hit the bonnet hard. Everyone had to stop their cars suddenly.” There was green slush on the roads.
Apples Falling from the Sky: Other Anomalous “Rain” Falls
Anomalies, such as weird objects falling from the sky are part of Forteana, or Fortean phenomena, named after Charles Fort, the father of modern paranormalism because of his interest in weird phenomena and his attitudes toward 19th century Spiritualism and contemporary scientific dogma. Before his death in 1932, Fort collected 294 accounts of organic objects falling from the sky.