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RED RAIN in KERALA

The Boom and the Flash

Just to add to the whole mystery thing, in 2001, a few days before the blood rain phenomenon started, people of Kottayam and Idukki reported as sudden flash of light and a sound in the sky. People say that it was pretty much like a sonic boom. Not only that, people also reported that the trees shredded shrunken and wrinkled burnt leaves. Some even reported sudden formation and disappearance of wells.

The Red Rain Pattern

The blood rain followed a specific pattern. It always rained over a very localized area of no more than a few square kilometers. Some said that the rain was even more localized in certain areas with normal rain pouring down only a few meters from the red rain. At that time, there was no plausible explanation for this localized rain pattern. Even more interesting was that the red rain in specific poured down for no more than 20 minutes.

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