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The Kentucky meat shower was an incident occurring for a period of several minutes between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. on March 3, 1876, [1] where what appeared to be chunks of red meat fell from the sky in a 100-by-50-yard (90-by-45-meter) area near Olympia Springs in Bath County, Kentucky. [2]
Bath County was established in 1811 from land given by Montgomery County, Kentucky. Its name is derived from natural springs said to have medicinal qualities. The courthouse in Owingsville was destroyed by an accidental fire caused by Union troops during the American Civil War in 1864. [4] It is the site of the Kentucky Meat Shower. From 11 a.m ...
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Olympia is an unincorporated community in Bath County, Kentucky, United States. [1] The community is located along Kentucky Route 36 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Owingsville. Olympia has a post office with ZIP code 40358. [2] [3] Olympia is near the site of the 1876 Kentucky meat shower. [4]
Explores a selection of cases of unexplained weather phenomena, including the Kentucky meat shower, an incident that occurred in 1876 in Olympia State Forest in Kentucky, in which chunks of meat fell from the sky.
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Levi Boone Helm (January 28, 1828 – January 14, 1864) was an American mountain man, Old West gunfighter, and serial killer known as the Kentucky Cannibal.Helm gained his nickname for his opportunistic and unrepentant proclivity for consuming human flesh, usually in survival situations, though instances of killing people for their meat unprovoked were also documented.