Lightning Kills More Than 300 Reindeer in Rare Mass Death A severe storm in Norway killed an entire reindeer herd in a national park in an unprecedented event, officials say. Lightning is an eager young reindeer featured in the Sesame Street special, Elmo Saves Christmas. He wears a harness so that he may one day pull Santa's sleigh, a bell-laden collar and a necklace charm in the shape of a lightning bolt.
When Santa Claus is saved from being stuck in Elmo's chimney on Christmas Eve, he blames his uncalculated width on the extra bulk added to his sack by a little. More than 300 wild reindeer were killed after being struck by lightning in Norway, in what government officials say was an unusually deadly event. It's not uncommon for wildlife to be killed by.
In 2016, a lightning storm rolled across the Hardangervidda plateau in Norway. When the skies cleared, wildlife officials stumbled upon a haunting scene: the bodies of 323 wild reindeer all. More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by a lighting strike in a Norwegian national park, and experts say they've never seen anything like it.
Lightning during a recent thunderstorm in Norway killed a herd of 323 reindeer. More than 300 reindeer have been killed by a single lightning strike at a Norwegian national park. Pictures released by the Norwegian Environment Agency on Sunday show 323 carcasses scattered.
A ranger at Hardangervidda, in central Norway, was walking around Friday when he came upon a gruesome discovery: over 300 dead reindeer, killed, officials, think, after lightning strikes in the area. A herd of reindeer was struck by lightning in Norway, killing at least 323 of the animals, officials say. Reindeer are known to huddle together during storms.
Havard Kjotvedt//Norwegian. 323 dead reindeer were discovered by hunters in Norway last Friday. 70 of them were just calves.
They were apparently struck by lightning. According an ABC news report, the Norwegian Wild Reindeer.