Scientists explain why spiders sometimes rain from the sky

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe one we teased: thousands of spiders, sometimes, falling from the sky. Scientists have an explanation, and it is less horrifying than the footage.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIt's a real phenomenon, folks, and it depends on the weather. Certain conditions get the spiders airborne, and then they come back down together.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTogether. I love that for them. A team outing.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNobody on the ground was invited.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe Economic Times says scientists describe it as rare, and tied to those conditions. So most Sundays, your head is safe!

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMost Sundays.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThink of it as free travel. They didn't buy a ticket, they just trusted the sky.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTrust! That's the spirit! I'd trust the sky too, if it had a good reputation.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe sky has no reputation. It has a forecast, and the forecast has never once apologized.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHank, that's almost a feeling.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt was an umbrella note. Next, Rex has the Bears and Packers, a game where only the football falls from above.