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The title of this page is nonsensical. Rain refers to liquid precipitation. Animals falling from the sky are hailing. Please rename and relocate this article at your earliest convenience. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.75.135.3 (talk) 20:27, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
Animals falling from the sky aren't even a meteorological phenomenon. 8-leaf clover (talk) 02:46, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
The sources under the spider section both debunk these as "rain". One is called ballooning, a well known, natural spider behavior. The other: "The spider biologist at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUC-PR), Marta Fischer, analyzed the image and said that the phenomenon is normal and occurs mainly in cities in the interior of São Paulo. "They are spiders of the species Anelosimus Eximius, also known as social spiders. They usually stay in the trees during the day and in the late afternoon and early evening they build a kind of web sheet, each one makes its own and then they come together. The objective is to capture insects ", explains the biologist." This article is not neutral. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8806:A100:73:AD3E:FB3F:3833:8722 (talk) 03:31, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
If I can find WP:RS reports of the rains of coins, non-meteoric (cold) rocks, food, etc., I propose they be included and the article renamed. MarshallKe (talk) 16:50, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
The following is from The New Inquisition. It should by no means be considered an acceptable source for this article, but we can use it as a starting point for finding actual reliable sources. MarshallKe (talk) 18:48, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
This Skeptoid post put forth the hypothesis that this is just a case of unscrupulous witnesses and coincidence of animal swarming and meteorological phenomenon, but it is not an acceptable source. We should find acceptable sources that propose this hypothesis. MarshallKe (talk) 13:51, 19 August 2021 (UTC)