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Mini tornado turns Irish field into a weird zone of floating hay

This is like a scene out of an alien-invasion movie.

Michelle Jaworski

Updated on May 28 2021 4:19 am CDT

Tomas Kohl/Flickr (CC BY SA 2.0)

We’ve seen big, scary, Wizard of Oz-style tornados before, but this is something new.

A whirlpool of wind passed through a hay field in Kildare, Ireland, on Wednesday, ripping up bales of hay and sending it flying around the kids nearby. The so-called “mini tornado” doesn’t look too dangerous, but we don’t envy whoever has to restore this field to its original condition.

Photo via Tomas Kohl/Flickr (CC BY SA 2.0)

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Michelle Jaworski

Michelle Jaworski was a staff writer and TV/film critic at the Daily Dot. She covers entertainment, geek culture, and pop culture and has covered everything from the Sundance Film Festival, NYFF, and Tribeca to New York Comic Con and Con of Thrones. She is based in Brooklyn.