What the Blob?!

In August of 1994, the town of Oakville, Washington fell asleep to the sound of a familiar rainstorm but woke up to anything but rain. Instead, strange gelatinous blobs coated cars, lawns, and rooftops as far as the eye could see. At first, locals chalked it up to odd weather… until people, and their pets, began falling mysteriously ill. What fell from the sky that night? Join us on this episode of Beneath the Evergreens to find out.

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