Maine Man’s “Northern Lights Tonight” Prediction Goes Viral After His Backyard Chicken Coop Starts Glowing Green
CAMDEN, MA – In a stunning twist that has the internet in stitches, local chicken farmer Dwight Abernathy has become an overnight celebrity after his frantic Facebook Live broadcast predicting the “northern lights tonight” went viral for all the wrong reasons. While Aurora Borealis chasers across the state were battling tree cover and light pollution, Dwight was simply trying to find his missing rooster when he noticed his entire backyard was illuminated by an eerie, shifting green glow. Turns out, it wasn’t a geomagnetic storm, but a rogue batch of bioluminescent slime mold his son had ordered for a science fair project that had escaped and colonized the chicken coop. “I was shouting ‘northern lights tonight, folks!’ from my porch while my wife was screaming ‘Earl is glowing! And so are the eggs!’” Dwight recounted, as experts confirm the only aurora in Downeast Maine was created by fermented compost and a poorly sealed petri dish. The hashtag #NorthernLightsTonight is now trending, with memers declaring this the first “farm-to-table” light show.