Man Stumbles Into Millions of Mayflies During Walk

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The video, shared by Chrish, captures a surreal and overwhelming natural phenomenon as he steps directly into a massive insect swarm.  ''This past August weekend, I went for what I thought would be a simple sunset walk and unexpectedly found myself walking straight through millions of freshly hatched mayflies. It was surreal, overwhelming, and honestly one of the wildest things I have ever experienced. A mayfly hatch is an incredible natural phenomenon. Millions of aquatic mayflies emerge from the water, swarm together to mate and lay eggs, and then die, all within roughly 24 hours. But what really made these videos take off was the experience itself: being right in the middle of it, completely caught off guard, with my totally unfiltered and very colorful commentary capturing my genuine reaction in real time,'' Chris told WooGlobe.  The vast cloud of insects creates an almost blinding, swirling haze around him, filling the frame with a chaotic, buzzing blizzard. WooGlobe Ref : WGA525562 For licensing and to use this video, please email licensing@wooglobe.com

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00:00okay guys third installment they are literally coming right from the river is that where mayflies

00:07are from look at this that is not the light and if you're wondering like chris you're nuts

00:14you know what i don't even care at this point because they have been in my mouth they're in

00:19my shirt they're but look they're literally coming from the susquehanna river can you just

00:25take this in right now look at this look at she has an umbrella because of it look look at

00:33this

00:35there's a cop coming i wonder if they're shutting down the bridge

00:39i i don't i don't want to start rumors i don't want to start rumors but i do believe that

00:43is

00:44what happened when this happened before like do people know that this is happening there's nobody

00:50else here i have never seen anything like this i just got in from a long day and i just

00:59wanted to

01:00get a little walk-in to digest my food and now i feel like this is national geographic like who

01:08do

01:08i need to call look look at that they're they're all coming from the river and i'm sure someone in

01:19the comments is going to tell me well chris that's where they hatch

01:26i mean be safe if you want to come and see this phenomenon but i just don't get what was

01:35that

01:35i don't think i'm sleeping on my bench tonight listen i i've never seen anything like this before

01:43this is god's work honey absolutely it is god's work i absolutely it's everywhere you go

01:50have a good night it's everywhere you go

01:57are these mayflies

01:59are these mayflies

02:00are these mayflies

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