Trail Off Tuesdays: The Kentucky Meat Shower

Send us a textHave you ever experienced something so bizarre that it defies all explanation? The Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876 might top your list of strange phenomena after you hear this tale.On a perfectly clear March day in Olympia Springs, Kentucky, Mrs. Allen Crouch was simply making soap in her front yard when the unimaginable happened—chunks of raw meat began falling from the cloudless sky. This wasn't a hallucination or tall tale; neighbors came running to witness the aftermath of what would become one of history's most peculiar weather events. The meaty downpour covered roughly a hundred yards, with pieces catching in trees and splatting across the farmland.What makes this story particularly fascinating—and somewhat revolting—is what happened next. Some brave (or foolish) locals actually tasted the mysterious sky meat, comparing it to venison, lamb, and "spoiled mutton." The Kentucky Meat Shower stands as a reminder that our world still holds mysteries that science struggles to fully explain. From divine intervention theories to vulture vomit, the possibilities reflect humanity's need to make sense of the truly bizarre. Follow Trail of Tuesdays for more strange historical phenomena that will leave you questioning what you thought you knew about our world. And remember—if something unusual starts falling from the sky in your neighborhood, perhaps don't follow the 19th-century protocol of tasting it immediately.Support the show