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20 tons of dead herring on beach in Norway
photo by Uwe Kils (Wikimedia Commons)
A beach in Nordreisa, Norway is now completely blanketed in dead herring.
It is unknown what caused the herring to die; whether it was tides, predatory fish or something else.
Scientists would like to test the dead fish to discover the cause of death.
From the Guardian:
For doom-mongers, the fish were the second a sign in as many days that 2012 would live up to the apocalyptic prediction of the ancient Mayans, after hundreds of blackbirds reportedly dropped dead in Arkansas.
To see a large picture of the starling scene check out this article in the Daily Mail.
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To be fair, this could be something that just happened, like due to a storm (large fresh water influx into salt water) and tides, etc. As far as the Apocalypse goes, this is just a tool for religious and state authorities to control people and always has been, in my opinion. Even raining frogs has a scientific explanation!
though this was not the first time it occurred but definitely it is becoming a trend, there were times where they say that level of toxicity of the water in certain areas turned out very high, but of course we all know the reason of this, it all boils down to ‘climate change’ nothing else……Well if they consider it a sign so be it, but isn’t unfair that instead of accepting the fact that it’s all our fault why all of these are happening, we will divert it into the so called ‘apocalyptic sign’ what for ? so that we will feel non guilty and would not do anything about it coz they say ‘there’s nothing we could do, coz it was all prophesied? I don’t want to sound very religious or all knowing on this matter but the book of REVELATION also known as APOCALYPSIS is overly used and overly sensationalized without proper knowledge what it is all about…read the background why it was written, to whom it was for, understand it, stop interpreting the book…..
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