Case file · High strangeness
The saiga mass death
In May 2015 more than 200,000 saiga antelope, over half the world population, died within weeks on the steppes of central Kazakhstan.
2015 CE · 49.60, 64.50 · status: explained
The account
Whole herds died in days, which led to talk of rocket fuel from Baikonur and other poisons.
The sceptical view
Studies found haemorrhagic septicaemia caused by the bacterium Pasteurella multocida, triggered by unusually warm, humid weather.