Great Sheep Panic of 1888. The day tens of thousands sheep across Oxfordshire broke from their enclosures and scattered in terror. Nobody knows what scared them.
Great Sheep Panic of 1888. The day tens of thousands sheep across Oxfordshire broke from their enclosures and scattered in terror. Nobody knows what scared them.
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The most common cause for panic would be a lower level earthquake. In the 4's on the Richter scale.
Combine this with an intense rainstorm and it's a recipe for panic.
Sheep flash mob
Airburst meteor
Someone would have noticed an airburst over 200sqmi.
Clearly the answer is chupacabra.
Manbearpig
In 1921 the scientific journal Nature noted that the 3 November 1888 had been "an intensely dark night, with occasional flashes of lightning"
Could have been metors
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