https://www.odditycentral.com/news/over-300-reindeer-killed-by-lightning-in-unusual-natural-disaster.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=over-300-reindeer-killed-by-lightning-in-unusual-natural-disaster A collection of oddities that includes weird places, strange people, bizarre events and other odd stuff from all around the world Thu, 01 Sep 2016 16:01:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.odditycentral.com/news/over-300-reindeer-killed-by-lightning-in-unusual-natural-disaster.html#comment-705209 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 16:01:07 +0000 http://www.odditycentral.com/?p=53736#comment-705209 Lightning? The likeliest cause is gamma radiation released in the interaction of two sources: cosmic rays and gamma radiation released by nuclear plants, especially the TEPCO Fukushima No.1 facility. Clouds and fog containing radionuclides are the kettles where cosmic rays collide with radioactive fallout, generating cascades of high-energy gamma rays another deadly particles.

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