... that might make for good Ravenloft inspiration. (I know this problem can be temporarily dealt with with magic in the setting... but the sound of millions upon millions of buzzing flies would still be there....)
From ananova.com...
Flies take over village
A village in Russia has been evacuated after it was taken over by millions of flies.
The problem started after a local farmer arranged for several tonnes of chicken manure to be dumped near the village of Polevoy in the Sverdlovsk region - one of the most beautiful parts of Russia.
But hot weather in May and heavy rains in June were perfect conditions for the flies that have emerged from the dung in their millions.
More than 50 homes had to be abandoned and only one woman, Elena Potapova, stayed behind because she had nowhere else to go.
She said: "This area is a no go zone for everybody, I have to wear a surgical mask otherwise I would end up with a mouthful of flies every time I took a breath.
"And the noise from the buzzing is so loud it is deafening. There is no surface not covered in flies and the house is full of them the moment you open the door."
The farmer who imported chicken manure has apologised to villagers and said he hoped to solve the problem soon.
He said: "We have not been able to plough up our fields to put the natural fertilizer in the ground. As soon as the rains stop, we will plough it all up, and the number of flies will reduce."
"Arrogant mortal! You are in my world now and you will never leave this attic alive! I will destroy you, and then I will possess she whom you love the most. And there is not a single thing in the world you can do to stop me!"
*poke*
"OW!"
-Dracula
Think of what it was like while they were still larvae...
"Arrogant mortal! You are in my world now and you will never leave this attic alive! I will destroy you, and then I will possess she whom you love the most. And there is not a single thing in the world you can do to stop me!"
*poke*
"OW!"
-Dracula
Blackpaws wrote:Sounds like a paradise for Dracula's Renfield.
Perhaps, unless the flies have actually formed a hive intelligence and decide to kill Renfield using sheer numbers.
I think we're property...
That once upon a time, this earth was No-man's Land...but that now it's owned by Something:
That Something (now) owns this earth -- all others warned off. -Charles Fort
Blackpaws wrote:Sounds like a paradise for Dracula's Renfield.
Perhaps, unless the flies have actually formed a hive intelligence and decide to kill Renfield using sheer numbers.
Do flies actually have any sense of community? I always thought they were independent, simply appearing together when there are things to eat.
No, they don't.
While they are technically "social animals" in that, they prefer to live in groups that cluster near an easily acessable food source, they don't have a hierarchy of any kind, aside from males squabbling over access to females. This is because they tend to have very short lifespans (females live for 28 days, males 20 days), and bickering over right to food sources takes up too much time that could otherwise be spent eating and mating.
"Arrogant mortal! You are in my world now and you will never leave this attic alive! I will destroy you, and then I will possess she whom you love the most. And there is not a single thing in the world you can do to stop me!"
*poke*
"OW!"
-Dracula
.. The I read it and it does sound like my reception.......
