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IDAHO FALLS – More than 50 geese suddenly fell from the sky into a parking lot Saturday evening in what officials are calling a “freak accident.”

Idaho Department of Fish and Game conservation officers believe the birds were struck by lightning during a ferocious hail and thunderstorm between 7:30 to 8 p.m. All of the geese were discovered near Yellowstone Avenue and Lincoln Road in Idaho Falls.

“I picked up 48 snow geese and three ross geese after we were notified about the birds from Bonneville County dispatch,” IDFG officer Jacob Berl tells EastIdahoNews.com. “There were quite a few more on the roofs out there that will be removed Monday.”

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