When Christine told her out-of-town family about this strange event, they all thought she had lost her marbles and was talking nonsense. "I haven't gone crazy, thank goodness. There was no rain of crocodiles," she said. Ashley, a senior forecaster at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, said that the climate conditions in the Douglas Daly area on February 26 were perfect for the formation of tornadoes, but there were no official reports of any tornadoes. He said: "This is an extraordinary event. (The fish and water) can be lifted to heights of 60,000 to 70,000 feet by updrafts. Perhaps these fish came from tornadoes formed in other waters, but we have not received any related information."
Incredibly, at around 6 p.m. on both February 25 and 26, the small town experienced two spectacular "fish rains" — thousands of small fish fell from the sky like heavy rain, one after another. It was reported that these fish were silvery white, commonly found bright barramundi in northern Australia, and many of them were still alive when they hit the ground.
Lajamanu, located on the edge of the Tanami Desert, is hundreds of miles away from Lake Argyle and Elliot Lake, and even further from the coast. Strangely, this was the third time Lajamanu had experienced a "fish rain." The town had seen two previous incidents in 1974 and 2004.
A 55-year-old resident, Joe Ashley, also said: "Fish should be in the water, but now they are falling from the sky. What if something bigger falls next time? If it's crocodiles, that would be really terrifying."
According to Australian media reports on February 2, while rain from the sky is not news, "fish rain" is probably a strange occurrence that many have never heard of. Recently, the town of Lajamanu in Australia's Northern Territory experienced two consecutive days of "fish rain," with thousands of small fish falling from the sky, and many of them were still alive when they hit the ground! Experts speculated that these small fish were likely swept into the air along with river water during a tornado, traveling hundreds of kilometers in the wind before finally falling over Lajamanu, creating the spectacle of "fish rain."
Many people were curious as to how small fish living in rivers could fall from the sky like rain. On March 2, Australian meteorological experts provided a reasonable explanation. They speculated that these small fish were likely swept into the air along with river water during a tornado, traveling hundreds of kilometers in the wind before finally falling over Lajamanu, creating the spectacle of "fish rain."
Christine Balmer, a local resident and employee at the Lajamanu Elderly Care Center, said that when she saw that what was falling from the sky was not rain but hundreds or even thousands of white small fish, she pinched herself hard, causing pain, unable to believe that this was not a dream. Christine also took pictures of the small fish that had fallen to the ground and those placed in buckets by people. Some residents used buckets to catch the small fish.
According to reports, Lajamanu is a desert town located in the Northern Territory of Australia, with only 669 inhabitants, and is 326 miles away from the nearest river.
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