Kevin Gowen and fj.life.in-japan is a baaaaaaaaaaad combination:

>Dave wrote:
>
>>      I went to a festival tonight in Nara and noticed on my way that there 
>> were swarms of birds gathered throught the trees flying restlessly in 
>> several directions. Then my girlfriend reminded me that before the Kobe 
>> earthquake people noticed the same thing. Just wondering if anyone noticed 
>> any strange behaviour or knows anything else about this phenomenon. Needless 
>> to say, she freaked me out!!! 
>
>Animals are observed acting restlessly every day of the year. People 
>only assign importance to such things after an event such as an 
>earthquake, hurricane, or alien invasion.

About a month ago there was a tremor at 12:30 am or thereabouts. There was no
strange animal activity before the quake, but *during* the tremor crows woke up
and squawked. It was pretty creepy to hear any bird making noise in the middle
of the night.


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