All towns have a history, and we know some are far more interesting than others. These two Kentucky towns, though, might just take the cake. (As long as it's made of bird seed .)

The Hopkinsville Blackbird Invasion

It was more than 50 years ago--in the fall of 1974--when the townspeople of Hopkinsville, Kentucky , looked up into the sky only to see it darkened by an unusually massive amount of blackbirds . Only 11 years removed from Alfred Hitchcock's immortal The Birds , they must have thought a similar occurrence was upon them.

The droppings, the health hazards, the environmental issues. All concerns were on the table. Tens of millions of blackbirds descended upon Christian County that day, certainly enough to get federal authorities involved , as these enormous flocks

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