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Star Jelly (Pwdre Ser)
Mysterious gelatinous blobs found after meteor showers. They evaporate within hours. Welsh legends call it 'rot from the stars.' Scientists can't identify it. After thousands of years, we still don't know what falls from the sky.
Ancient - Present
Worldwide
500+ witnesses
Star Jelly has puzzled humanity for millennia.
The Phenomenon
What people find:
- Gelatinous substance
- After meteor showers
- Clear or gray
- Evaporates quickly
- No smell
Ancient Records
Long history:
- Medieval accounts
- Greek references
- Welsh “pwdre ser”
- Norse legends
- Global phenomenon
Modern Cases
Recent finds:
- Scotland 2009
- England multiple times
- USA various locations
- Same description
- Same mystery
Scientific Attempts
Analysis problems:
- Evaporates before testing
- No consistent composition
- Some: frog spawn
- Some: fungal
- Many: unknown
Theories
Explanations:
- Frog/toad regurgitation
- Fungal growth
- Cyanobacteria
- Meteor debris
- Unknown organism
The Mystery
Why unsolved:
- Disappears too fast
- Inconsistent samples
- Ancient phenomenon
- Modern science baffled
- Something falls from sky