Episode 176: The Kentucky Meat Shower & the Oakville Blobs

Today we’re looking up to the skies, rolling up our sleeves—and maybe grabbing an umbrella..because things are getting weird overhead. Imagine glancing up one afternoon only to find… meat. Falling. From. The. Sky. Or wandering through your neighborhood as gelatinous blobs drift down like strange raindrops an alternate dimension. 

History is filled with bizarre meteorological moments that challenge both science and sanity. But today’s stories will have you thinking the movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is actually possible. So let’s get into it. Today’s perplexing episode is all about strange things that have fallen from the sky, The Kentucky Meat Shower and the Oakville Blobs.

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SOURCES:

https://vinepair.com/cocktail-chatter/kentucky-meat-shower-mystery/
https://www.weku.org/kentucky-arts-culture/2026-03-06/kentucky-meat-shower-150th-anniversary-draws-hundreds-to-bath-county
https://www.hollyhillandco.com/stories-recipes/meat-shower
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https://davebarry.substack.com/p/the-kentucky-meat-shower
https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article314895873.html
Season 5 Episode 20 “Unsolved Mysteries”
https://www.kuow.org/stories/return-of-the-blobs-sw-washington-revisited-by-decades-old-gooey-mystery
https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-were-the-oakville-blobs-and-what-caused-them/
https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/what-were-the-oakville-blobs
https://medium.com/@ajhotz23/do-not-ask-the-1994-oakville-blobs-711bd8631fa8
https://www.iflscience.com/oakville-blobs-in-1994-mysterious-gelatinous-goo-rained-down-on-washington-73717
https://www.rd.com/list/weird-things-fallen-from-sky/