Washington

I am always looking for a unique windshield situation, and today I found the mother load! I discovered a curious story about a rash of windshield damage that went through Washington state in 1954. The story goes that people started to noticing that their windshields were chipped, and small pits appeared on their vehicles over night. Not to uncommon, but then people across several counties noticed their cars also had curious windshield damage, and by the end, 3,000 people stated they had windshield damage.

The article found on History Link stated “Initially thought to be the work of vandals, the pitting rate grows so quickly that panicked residents soon suspect everything from cosmic rays to sand-flea eggs to fallout from H-bomb tests.”

The craziest thing I read in this story is that people thought that bugs were laying eggs in the windshield and they were all hatching at the same time. How crazy is that?!

So what was the mysterious cause of all the mysterious windshield damage in 1954 Washington? Aliens? H-bombs? Turned out to be a big heap of nothing!

It was determined that the folks up in Washington suffered from mass hysteria and that the windshields were chipped and pitted from normal events, but that collectively, everyone seemed to notice all at once and went a little crazy about it.

For everyone out there with chips on their windshields, instead of going crazy and hysterical thinking an alien chipped your windshield, let us help you repair those chips. And who knows, perhaps we shall hear from the windshield chipping alien in the future…

Read more from Rachel Letourneau. System Process Manager, Rachel has been with Teleglass for six years. In addition to making a mean birthday cake, Rachel has an extensive grasp of the auto glass business. Find her on Twitter: @rachelcrocker.

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