“Fish rained from the sky, and all were fit for consumption”: In 1947, fish fell from US skies onto streets, rooftops, and people’s heads, and the ‘devil dusters’ likely caused it

On the morning of October 23, 1947, residents of Marksville, Louisiana, were astounded to witness fish raining down during breakfast. This extraordinary event was later documented by biologist Alexander Bajkov in a scientific journal, where he proposed that a waterspout had lifted fish from local lakes only to drop them onto the town. Similar reports have emerged globally, highlighting this baffling meteorological occurrence.