A heavy downpour rains down on the Punta Gorda area, but when the clouds clear, the gutters are not only flowing with water but also golfballs. A team of at least four police officers started gathering the balls up and apparently made off with a sizeable haul before getting tired and giving up.
But where did all these golfballs come from? As far as I know, they never solved the mystery. Inquiries at local golf courses seemed to indicate that no one was missing large quantities of balls.
The golf balls had to be from a pond, lake, or driving range. If the ball were all the same, they would be from range, if different, a pond. Had to be a tornado picking them up and then dumping them. When my Dad was stationed at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma, we had a storm that left minnows swimming in the street gutters.
How does arsenic slip into a drink? Was everyone pretending to be a Medici or does arsenic have the ability to be mobile and turn up in unexpected places when no one is looking at it?
I’m doubtful it’s true, but David Letterman claimed to have been fired from an early job as a TV meteorologist when he announced a fall of “hailstones the size of canned hams.”
If he was determined to get fired, I think he should have just claimed it was a fall of canned hams.
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
Where did those golf balls come from 50 years ago? From an airplane with a faulty cargo door?
therese_callahan2002 over 5 years ago
Stranger objects have fallen from the sky, including fish, birds, and coins.
boniface22 over 5 years ago
Golf ball sized hailstones perhaps?
h.v.greenman over 5 years ago
Sp Leo invented a cat?
Gent over 5 years ago
So, god loves golf, eh?
Radish... over 5 years ago
September 1, 1969.
A heavy downpour rains down on the Punta Gorda area, but when the clouds clear, the gutters are not only flowing with water but also golfballs. A team of at least four police officers started gathering the balls up and apparently made off with a sizeable haul before getting tired and giving up.
But where did all these golfballs come from? As far as I know, they never solved the mystery. Inquiries at local golf courses seemed to indicate that no one was missing large quantities of balls.
http://floridazone.blogspot.com/2014/05/punta-gorda-golfball-rain.html
Nathan Daniels over 5 years ago
DaVinci was a weird dude.
J Short over 5 years ago
The golf balls had to be from a pond, lake, or driving range. If the ball were all the same, they would be from range, if different, a pond. Had to be a tornado picking them up and then dumping them. When my Dad was stationed at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma, we had a storm that left minnows swimming in the street gutters.
eranderson1 over 5 years ago
Golf balls the size of hailstones.
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 5 years ago
Heavy into the “..or not..” today, are we?
Petemejia77 over 5 years ago
I feel like Leo is gonna start talking like a Gilliam cartoon
The Pro from Dover over 5 years ago
Were the golf balls Taylor Made?
theincrediblebulk over 5 years ago
How does arsenic slip into a drink? Was everyone pretending to be a Medici or does arsenic have the ability to be mobile and turn up in unexpected places when no one is looking at it?
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 5 years ago
I’m doubtful it’s true, but David Letterman claimed to have been fired from an early job as a TV meteorologist when he announced a fall of “hailstones the size of canned hams.”
If he was determined to get fired, I think he should have just claimed it was a fall of canned hams.
ascha35-gocomics over 5 years ago
You’ve now seen it on the internet, so it has to be true.
russef over 5 years ago
Hair Balls? Isn’t that why they sprinkle pepper in vodka?
Mostly Water Premium Member over 5 years ago
Leonardo was obviously single.
bigal666 over 5 years ago
That hairball is called a bezoar, It does come from goats, and did indeed help against arsenic poisoning.
Caeruleancentaur over 5 years ago
How does arsenic “slip” into a drink? I should think it would have to be “put” into the drink.
craigwestlake over 5 years ago
The Tournament of the Angels broke up nastily…
craigwestlake over 5 years ago
The chef came up with that excuse to save his cat’s life…