STUNNED schoolkids were forced to run for cover after it started raining WORMS

during their PE lesson.

The 22 youngsters were playing football when they were showered with dozens of

the slimy creatures plummeting from the sky.

And their shocked teacher David Crichton found even more of the garden grubs

scattered up to 100yds from the site of the bizarre downpour at Galashiels

Academy, Selkirkshire.

David, 26, said: “We had just done our warm up and we started hearing this wee

thudding noise on the ground.

“There were about 20 worms already on the ground at this point and they kept

coming.

“The kids were laughing but some were covering their heads and others ran for

cover.



“After it happened I counted about 60 on the multi-purpose court we were on

and about 60 on the tennis courts, so there were over 100 in total. The

other PE teachers were having a laugh at me until they went out and saw for

themselves. They thought I was mad, but they came back in and looked

shocked.”

Showers of worms have previously been reported across the world. In 2007, a

woman in Louisiana was hit by a clump of the creatures dropping from the

sky.

And other falls have been reported in Sweden and Norway.

David added: “I spoke with the science department but none of them had any

explanation for it.

“One of them thought it was maybe a freak weather thing, but it was a clear

calm day. And we’re away from any buildings so it’s not like someone could

have been throwing them.”

Headteacher Kenny McKay said: “The event does coincide with a significant

change in the weather and so could be the result of an unusual

meteorological event.”

Last night a Met Office spokesman said there have been previous cases of frogs

and fish falling from the sky — but not worms in the UK.

He added “This is quite a rare occurrence but it’s not impossible for it to

happen. The worms could have been picked up by the wind and then have fallen

back down to the ground.”

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