Biblical plague of dragonflies swarms Rhode Island beach in eery horror movie scenes

A monolithic swarm of dragonflies descended connected a Rhode Island beach forcing terrified beachgoers to return screen arsenic their time successful nan sun became thing reminiscent of biblical plague.

Beachgoers were heard screaming arsenic a unreality of insects swarmed Misquamicut State Beach successful Westerly connected Saturday afternoon.

Video shows really a swarm of dragonflies buzzed crossed nan formation and past nan dozens of frightened visitors, whipping complete towels, done umbrellas and past beachgoers' bodies.

Children were heard screaming arsenic they swatted distant astatine nan bugs pinch shovels and soil toes. Some sunbathers packed up their things and left, while others hunkered down and took shelter successful their car.

Witnesses recalled really different visitors seemingly embraced nan chaotic 'invasion'. They stood and watched arsenic nan bugs flew past, pinch immoderate moreover 'trying to drawback them'. 

Helene Dombrowski, who filmed nan eery incident, estimates location were 'hundreds' of dragonflies connected nan formation erstwhile she arrived Saturday astir 9.30am.

By noon, she claims that 'millions' of insects 'flying beautiful fast' had swarmed nan beach, located astir 50 miles from nan superior metropolis of Providence.

'Holy c**p. Look astatine this, ohio my God,' Dombrowski, 52, said arsenic she captured footage of nan 'beautiful' incident. 'Look astatine nan swarm complete here. I've ne'er seen thing for illustration this successful my life.'

She laughed arsenic nan insects flew complete her and her companions. 

Although Dombrowski was somewhat wowed by nan phenomenon, she recalled really different beachgoers seemed rather afraid. 

'Some group were screaming while others were trying to drawback them,' she told Storyful.

Richard Sontag, who was among nan thousands of beachgoers subjected to nan swarm, branded nan incident an 'invasion.' 

Stephanie Martin told WCVB: 'I was enjoying a bully time astatine Misquamicut State Beach until we endured a dragonfly apocalypse.'

Another witnesser claimed nan show was 'amazing' and says he was 'agog pinch nan sheer number of them'.

'One of those spectacles of quality that you very seldom get to spot truthful I was each happy,' Mark Stickney, 63, told The Boston Globe. 

Dombrowski, who claims nan monolithic swarm only lasted astir 5 minutes, added: 'I thought it was beautiful. I was very fortunate to acquisition it.'

'I've ne'er seen thing for illustration that. Maybe a fewer twelve astatine a clip of dragonflies, but ne'er successful that amount.' 

Dragonfly swarms thin to hap successful nan summertime months erstwhile nan insects are breeding aliases aft nan smaller insects they provender connected are kicked into nan aerial by quality aliases upwind disturbances, WBUR reported.

Individual swarms tin see billions of dragonflies and have, successful immoderate instances, been truthful ample that they are detected by radar systems.

Dragonflies provender connected mosquitos and various flies, but tin besides prey connected mini mammals for illustration hummingbirds.

Although a monolithic swarm tin look scary, experts opportunity dragonflies airs nary threat to humans.