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Mobile, Alabama, police recently responded to reports of pelican corpses falling from the sky in one neighborhood, which sat there for days, according to NewsNation affiliate WKRG.

WKRG spoke with residents, who believe that a lightning strike might've caused the pelicans to fall from the sky.

One woman said she heard two loud booms during a thunderstorm and saw birds on the ground after it passed.

"Ain't no way, we looked outside, 16 birds just in our yard," resident Destany Williams said. "Nowhere else, just in the yard. This ain't no coincidence... This is the end of the world for real."



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Mobile police confirm lightning strike theory

Mobile police told NewsNation affiliate WKRG that a spokesperson with animal control said a lightning strike caused the birds to fall from nearby trees.

It was unclear when the birds would be cleaned up, but the city said it would be no later than Monday. Residents, however, don't think this is soon enough, since the birds showed up on Saturday.

"We need 911, 311, animal control, the zoo. We need everybody to come get these birds," Williams said. "Y'all come get these birds. For real. Like they stink, come get them, please."

This is a developing story.