It’s raining worms: Schoolchildren’s lesson interrupted by creepy crawlies falling from sky

DATELINE ZERO — A group of students attending a school in the in the Scottish Borders in the UK got a lesson in Fortean events recently, when it began raining earthworms during an outdoor Physical Education class. What made the event even more strange is that it was “such a clear, calm day,” according to the teacher.

PE teacher David Crichton, of Galashiels Academy, says: “We had just done our warm up and we started hearing this wee thudding noise on the ground. There were about 20 worms already on the ground at this point and they kept coming. The kids were laughing but some were covering their heads and others ran for cover.”

“After it happened,” Mr. Crichton recounted, “I counted about 60 on the multi-purpose court we were on and about 60 on the tennis courts, so there were over 100 in total. The other PE teachers were having a laugh at me until they went out and saw for themselves. They thought I was mad, but they came back in and looked shocked.”

“I spoke with the science department here but none of them had any explanation for it,” Mr. Crichton said. “One of them thought maybe it was a freak weather thing. But it was such a clear, calm day.”

Kenny McKay, headteacher at Galashiels Academy, said: “The event does coincide with a significant change in the weather in recent days and so could be the result of an unusual meteorological event …”

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