Lluvia de Peces - Mysterious unanswered fish rain in Honduras

Fish rain is reported in many parts of the world, but the Honduran town of Yoro is the only place where the strange fish rain occurs every year, sometimes several times a year.

The famous Lluvia de Peces fish rain occurs between May and June, usually after a very strong storm. The strangest thing about this unusual event is that, although it is an annual event, no one has actually seen the fish fall from the sky. However, there is photographic and video evidence of hundreds of fish covering the entire area after strong storms.

The Honduran town of Yoro is the only place where a strange rain of fish occurs every year, sometimes several times a year.

Scientists also investigated and many theories were proposed about the cause of this strange phenomenon.

This fish rain occurs between May and June.

When talking about Lluvia de Peces, most people in Yoro are referring to the legend of the Spanish missionary priest Jose Manuel Subirana, who visited the site around the 1850s or 60s. After seeing it with his own eyes Witnessing the poverty of the local people, he prayed for three days and three nights, asking God to provide them with food. One day, the sky turned dark and fish began to rain like rain from the sky, in the place known as Lluvia de Peces. Miracles have happened every year since then.

One local told The New York Times: 'It's a miracle, we consider it a blessing from God.

'It's a secret that only our God knows. It's a great blessing because it comes from our sky," said Evengelical pastor in Honduras.

Although it is an annual event, no one has actually seen the fish fall from the sky. 

Fish falling from the sky has been happening for more than a century and a half, but no one has actually witnessed this rain with their own eyes.

So what really happens in the Lluvia de Peces phenomenon? No one seems to know for sure. Although some locals believe that fish fall from the sky, like a miracle that has happened for more than a century and a half, no one has actually witnessed this rain with their own eyes.

In 1970, a group of scientists happened to be in Yoro when that year's Lluvia de Peces occurred. Although they could not see the rain of fish, they could see the ground covered with fish. However, one interesting thing they noticed was that the fish were all blind and were not of the species commonly found in the water bodies of the area. These discoveries led them to hypothesize that the fish must live in underground rivers or caves, where lack of light makes them blind. Flooding during a major storm forced the fish to come to the surface. This is the most convincing explanation, although it is yet to be confirmed.

Lluvia de Peces remains an unsolved mystery.

The well hypothesis, in which funnel-like clouds form over bodies of water, sucking in both water and fish and transporting them inland. However, this hypothesis is unlikely because Yoro is located about 72 km from the Atlantic Ocean.

Although scientists have come up with many theories, until now, Lluvia de Peces is still an unsolved mystery and the people of Yoro are extremely interested in this strange phenomenon. This mysterious fish rain also helps attract more tourists from all over the world to visit Yoro every year.