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Accounting for the original meat rain in 1876 Within a 10 minute period, a "horse wagon full" of meat fell on an area measuring 100 by 50 yards. Chickens and hogs devoured the substance with relish and "two gentlemen" who tasted it claimed that it was either venison or mutton. Samples were gathered for study by faculty members at Transylvania University* while other samples were shipped around the country--for study--by Alexander Tenney Parker, a freed slave living as the head of a household in Lexington. These samples were shipped to several scholars who shared their findings in several publications over the following years.
"Scientific American, 34: 197, March 25, 1876"
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