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Thousands of birds swirling around a church steeple created a scene straight out of a Halloween movie in Salem, Oregon. An estimated 4,000 Vaux’s swifts circled overhead before pouring into the chimney to roost for the night
Source: AccuWeather
Jaqdakloun
All the women that were were falsely accused of witchcraft and murdered have come back for vengeance.
ShadeMeadowsArt
Maybe there's a villain song in progress
abtei
did Batman just get doxxed?
RipVanDrinkel
4000? I mean, maybe? Who makes the call?
edevolt
So much bird shit.
ghostly69
Salem - so those are not birds, but witches, a lot of them flying on their MiniBrooms26
Arcadian1
Of course it's Salem lol
hendawg2020
sabatica
I am from Salem and have seen this before, its pretty neat
komradekristoph
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1bXpmYWtwdTlrM2RzbzgybTM5OXVwdTNqMDFxeWlnODRhYTFkOGJwayZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/AM9nsTnzfS6Ag/200w.webp
ddefiance1
Am I the only one reminded of the mid-2000s movie Night Watch?
garrim
The Russian one? Thought of that one also!
FTUG
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1MHZkbWh5dXhvYmplMWw3b3NqaWY0NzA5anAxeTZpcXFlenI5OGZkNiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/ljE57hRBCNcsg/200w.webp
dswagz
Starling murmuration presentation
ScientificPanda
I hope there's someone playing an organ in it
SecurityBadger
Were some of them going into the chimney, or was that an optical illusion?
Jaysen
They are. They're roosting there for the night.
iamthemurray
Bats! In the belfry! 🎶 \m/
SwissScars
Lucky they don't have Bats in the Belfry...
MagnumRadhard
First thing that came to mind
sweateryams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLFtgDd16Wg
bbrtki
I almost wish those were bats.
rzlprnft
Why are they doing this?
Colopty
Swarm behaviour. Emerges naturally in any animal that follows the three rules of:
1: Move in the same direction as neighbours. 2: Remain close to neighbours. 3: Avoid collisions.
Orionsdick
Ornithologists call it "Hitchcocking"
UhSadHJ84
Gang violence....jk
SolarSerpent13
JackHL01
i like how it looks like they are disappearing into the chimney @ 16sec
iamdeathnote
It looks like it because they are. They're going to roost
NightOwlRally
In Salem...*GASP*!
...Oregon. FUUUU-
Iinajoki360
I still think it's witches
UnaccomplishedWatcherImNotaBot
Don't let the awesomeness distract you from the fact that they are, in fact, not orbiting the tower. They are clearly in front of it from the beginning
sochilln
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1aG8yY2xmdjdraHhmOGwycmRwZ3phM3ppYmxxZjFrcDJ1cWQ5MG5zbSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/Sx2jWspiy33gYxNNuo/200w.webp
mikeatike
Pretty sure these are chimney swifts.
Verbodentoegang
MantisTobagganMD
UndulatingTerrain
CIRCLE PIT, CIRCLE PIT!
UnattendedDeviant
Swiftnado.
Hexrowe
Not the worst possible Birds sequel.
getadogupya
Are they not bats?
ChippinStrata
Only one is a bat. You can see it 9 seconds in on the bottom left.
l3ikes
They are Devo
EdwardLongshanks
Are they not pins?
bigleciezki
Damn, you beat me to it. Take your upvote.
TheresAGermanWordForThat
Ooh, Goth Devo cover band would be a neat idea.
LazyBuddha
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1ZmV1aW5sbnoydTAyZnp5MTVyd2VpeW5hOTllYW5qdHI1NHNjYnN0eSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/OCzvIfdMWbKlG/200w.webp
Gorgoror
Yep.
RunsNakedThroughSwamps
Fun fact about swifts, they have their own species of bedbug that often lives in their nests. You do NOT want them in your chimney
tejayes
Birds, bats, bananas... same effect.
airbreather
Only if Santa is a vampire. Which is a theory that could easily be supported by existing lore. (Lives forever, only active at night, only enters a house if “invited” with hug stockings…)
henryv1598
Sounds like a good basis for a short story or novella
CataclysmicFate
Now, wait a second here... There's something to this... That's damn good
Fuckimgurcunts
For real!
redtails2649
They is not
NearHereThere
Am they isn't?
sunyudai
They am isn't.
flyingirishman82
They are not.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Vauxs_Swift/overview
RobBobertyYT
Neat. Thought there was no way these were birds but reading that makes it pretty clear they are. Thanks!
derrymerbles
I wish we had those around where I live to help with the bugs!
CouldntCakeLess
slow heavy metal music playing in the background*
Semphir
Just put on blood for the blood god by debauchery
ChosenChaos
Or "Night on Bald Mountain"
NightOwlRally
🎶 Tetragrammaton - thy wrath inflame my passion
Tetragrammaton - against all sinful flesh 🎶
SOSwalt
I agree. Something like The Black by Imminence. Something a little orchestral and spooky
CouldntCakeLess
O yeah, can totally feel this! https://youtu.be/_XHCNcPogXk?si=RSFWS1f0dt7dVWS8
MK1Maniac
I will also accept a full-scale church organ. Or both.
Sigge1981
https://youtu.be/O-JsEP9hDQk
CouldntCakeLess
Hell yeah, this rules!
zelda633000
I love an instrument you play by bashing your fist on it!! How therapeutic that must be--making music and taking out your frustrations at the same time! (Plus I love the two semi-nerdy looking dudes jamming out Motorhead🤘)
CouldntCakeLess
These two dudes rock like nothing else, LOVE it!