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In 2016, over 300 wild reindeer were killed by a single lightning strike on the Hardangervidda plateau in Norway
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had this happened 2000 years ago a local village would be absolutely losing their SHIT.
Way back there weren't any settlements, only nomadic tribes. They'd loose their shit alright. "Oh no, our transport and future food resources!"
I don't think they would go near that.
Hard to know.
Could go either way.
I can certainly imagine people avoiding it because of implied danger.
... but I can also imagine people evaluating it and concluding that "they don't look sick, and they taste fine".
I guess the decision depends on how hungry you are.
I think it's important to point out that anyone making this decision was probably using the herd as a primary source of food...it's pretty clearly a sign that you should hit the road.