‘The Birds’ (1963)
Daphne du Maurier’s The Birds short story may have been inspiration for Hitchcock’s 1963 film The Birds, but the film was reportedly based on real-life events.
The film centers on a Californian coastal town, Bodega Bay, that was terrorized by a flock of birds.
In 1961, birds in the Monterey Bay area reportedly acted disoriented and rammed into people’s houses due to an unknown cause.
In 2011, researchers found a toxin-making algae in the birds that cause amnesia, disorientation and seizures.
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