Independent TV
Showing now | Lifestyle
00:35
Rare waterspout dumps 'hundreds' of fish on family's front garden
A stunned family discovered a rare waterspout dumped hundreds of sprat fish on their front garden.
Hilly and John Boutloup were shocked one night to find a couple of small fish on their balcony and initially dismissed it, blaming a seagull, but the next morning discovered fish everywhere around their property.
Experts on the Channel Island of Jersey where they live say the fish were picked up by a waterspout at sea then dumped on their home.
Watersprouts are essentially mini-tornados, which take up water vapour from the sea and transport it into the clouds.
Sign up to our free newsletters by clicking here
Bookmark popover
Removed from bookmarks