An east Las Vegas neighborhood is being haunted by a mysterious figure that leaves piles of decapitated chickens and pigeons carcases in the streets. Beyond the visage of rotting avian flesh, the stench, as locals and anyone familiar with animal decomposition would know, is not spring fresh.

Days after thousands of blackbirds died in Arkansas, 500 blackbirds and starlings fell out of the sky along a Louisiana highway about 300 miles south. There's still no explanation why this is happening—other than the Apocalypse is here.