Worms are seen showering down from the sky in
Beijing, the capital city of China, in a bizarre video that has gone viral on
social media.
Following the incident, according to some
sources, Beijingers would now be seen carrying umbrellas to the street in order
to avoid being hit by the strange rain.
Several people believed that worms had truly
started to fall from the sky due to the inclusion of the phrase "shower of
worms" in social media advertisements for the film.
Online theories have begun to circulate to
assist solve the mystery, but the Chinese officials have not yet provided an
explanation for the strange occurrence.
Other people hypothesized that the mystery
worms might actually be poplar blooms, a popular tree in the area whose flowers
are sometimes mistaken for caterpillars and are filled with seeds.
A possible explanation is that a powerful wind
blew the worms towards Beijing. This assertion was supported by the scientific
publication Mother Nature Network, which noted that these kinds of animal
incidences regularly occur following a storm.
Such encounters with animals, according to The
Scientific Journal of the Mother Nature Network, take place after a storm when
wind or a whirlpool sweeps bugs miles away.
Shen Shiwei, a Chinese journalist, pointed out
that the footage was phony and that Beijing had not recently had rain.
"This video is false, and I'm in Beijing. These days there hasn't been any
rain in Beijing, he claimed.
The video was dubbed a "prank" by
some online users. The worms, according to one of the users, were just on the
automobile and not on the pavements. The video was therefore a joke.
Others, however, claimed that the worms’
falling video clip was entirely typical and that it occurs each spring. Others
mocked the occurrence by claiming that the Chinese people might have eaten the
falling worms as dinner. According to reports, no official Chinese
authorities have made any statements on the subject to date.
