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Great Sheep Panic of 1888. The day tens of thousands sheep across Oxfordshire broke from their enclosures and scattered in terror. Nobody knows what scared them. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

The most common cause for panic would be a lower level earthquake. In the 4's on the Richter scale.

Combine this with an intense rainstorm and it's a recipe for panic.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Sheep flash mob

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Airburst meteor

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Someone would have noticed an airburst over 200sqmi.

Clearly the answer is chupacabra.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Manbearpig

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

In 1921 the scientific journal Nature noted that the 3 November 1888 had been "an intensely dark night, with occasional flashes of lightning"

Could have been metors