Bird Testing: Arkansas Birds Died of Massive Trauma and Internal Bleeding

The Arkansas bird story gets stranger and stranger. Autopsies of the birds show they died of massive trauma and internal bleeding. How could that be? What kind of force attacks with forces to cause massive trauma thousands of birds without them ever being spooked and flying off?

"Further tests will be done to rule out other causes, but the birds suffered from acute physical trauma leading to internal hemorrhage and death. There was no sign of any chronic or infectious disease," the report said, according to the game and fish commission.

It is now estimated that up to 5000 of these birds have died, and many residents are starting to wonder what is really behind the deaths of the birds, which have been identified as red-winged blackbirds and starlings.

Some early theories about why the birds died are blamed on lightning, fireworks or high-altitude hail. Some people believe something more sinister is happening. The fact you have fish dying like the birds just a few miles down the road makes the idea of lighting, fireworks, or high-altitude hail seem unlikely. It doesn't help with government officials walking around Beebe, Arkansas looking like they just stepped out of the movie E.T. with their MOP gear on to combat a chemical attack.

“You know my kids are out here playing and you don’t know, is it safe?” Beebe resident Jeff Drennan said. “They’re walking around with chemical suits picking them up with gas masks and everything.”