A massive block of ice smashed through the roof of a car in Bournemouth on a warm summer day. The ice showed a layered structure — concentric rings of clear and opaque ice. No aircraft were overhead. Similar megacryometeors have been documented worldwide, defying conventional explanation.

Small stones fell from the sky over a period of several hours, peppering rooftops and gardens. They were warm to the touch but not hot enough to burn. Witnesses described a faint whistling sound preceding each cluster. The stones were dark-colored and porous.

During a severe hailstorm, residents cracked open large hailstones to find small frogs entombed in the ice — some still alive when thawed. The frogs were identified as a species native to nearby prairie potholes. The updraft velocities required to loft and freeze them were estimated at over 70 mph.