First sign of an apocalyptic year to come?Thousands of blackbirds fall to their death

waves · #1 1st January 2012, 03:25 PM

First sign of an apocalyptic year to come? Thousands of blackbirds fall to their death in Arkansas town for second New Year's Eve in a row

Ancient Mayan legend says that 2012 will bring the end of the world.

A small Arkansas town might have shown the first example of that as approximately 5,000 blackbirds dropped dead from the sky last night in the early hours of the new year.

As if the incident was not strange enough, it is the second time in two years that the birds have fallen as the calendar year changes.

'I thought the Mayor was messing with me when he called me,' said Milton McCullar, the street department supervisor in Beebe, Arkansas.

'He got me up at 4:00 in the morning and told me we had birds falling out of he sky.' Mr McCullar told ABC News.

First sign of an apocalyptic year to come? Thousands of blackbirds fall to their death in Arkansas town for second New Year's Eve in a row

*Yes the world is not going to end in 2012, or at the end of 2012. God is the only one who knows when the world will end.

The fact is birds are dropping dead again.

Cromulent · #2 1st January 2012, 04:19 PM

My opinion: Probably not.

Cromulent · #3 1st January 2012, 04:21 PM

My more considered opinion after reading that last year's deaths had been attributed to fireworks, not a portent of doom, and not in the least surprising that it happened on New Year's Eve.

JustMeSee · #4 1st January 2012, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by Cromulent

My more considered opinion after reading that last year's deaths had been attributed to fireworks, not a portent of doom, and not in the least surprising that it happened on New Year's Eve.

That was my guess.

Vasallus · #5 1st January 2012, 06:03 PM

Yawn

UncleHermit · #6 1st January 2012, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by waves

First sign of an apocalyptic year to come?

If it happened last year as well, wouldn't it be more likely to be a sign that the world is not going to end this year?

Ancient Mayan legend says that 2012 will bring the end of the world.

Which legend is that, exactly?

Steve Petersen · #7 1st January 2012, 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by waves

First sign of an apocalyptic year to come? Thousands of blackbirds fall to their death in Arkansas town for second New Year's Eve in a row

Ancient Mayan legend says that 2012 will bring the end of the world.

A small Arkansas town might have shown the first example of that as approximately 5,000 blackbirds dropped dead from the sky last night in the early hours of the new year.

As if the incident was not strange enough, it is the second time in two years that the birds have fallen as the calendar year changes.

'I thought the Mayor was messing with me when he called me,' said Milton McCullar, the street department supervisor in Beebe, Arkansas.

'He got me up at 4:00 in the morning and told me we had birds falling out of he sky.' Mr McCullar told ABC News.

First sign of an apocalyptic year to come? Thousands of blackbirds fall to their death in Arkansas town for second New Year's Eve in a row

You missed your calling:

fortune teller.

Thobewill · #8 2nd January 2012, 12:47 AM

And the mayans believed man was created out of cornhusks. What makes anyone think they could predict diddly-squat about events 1000 years in the future?

waves · #9 2nd January 2012, 02:29 AM

Yes the world is not going to end in 2012 or at the end of 2012, God is the only one who knows when the world will end.

The fact is birds are dropping dead again.

Glass*Soul · #10 2nd January 2012, 06:50 AM

I predict that if they stop letting off New Year's fireworks, the birds will stop dropping dead.