Birds of a Feather, Lost their Flockin Minds together, Real Story of "The Birds"

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Have you ever thought about what the end of the world would look like… what would be our first signs? The movie “The Birds” is a classic Alfred Hitchcock suspense thriller from the 1960s that played perfectly into those fears. But the most frightening concept of the movie is that it’s actually based on a REAL EVENT! On August 18, 1961, in the city of Capitola, California, during a foggy night, thousands of crazed birds plummeted from the sky, colliding with buildings, homes, cars and even attacking people! Many, many thought the end of the world had finally begun. So, what really happened…


Here’s the real story behind Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ https://www.popsci.com/story/animals/wild-lives-hitchcock-birds/

 The strange, real-life avian ‘invasion’ in Santa Cruz that inspired Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/real-life-santa-cruz-events-hitchcock-the-birds-18001061.php

How bird flocks are like liquid helium
https://www.science.org/content/article/how-bird-flocks-are-liquid-helium

Sound effects, Pixabay

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