A classic tale of critters done wrong, right here in Texas.

The American city of Texarkana suffered a slight setback to its popular annual festival this weekend, when dead pigeons started plummeting from the sky.

The ex-pigeon deluge came as Texarkana, a city confusingly placed halfway across the Texas/Arkansas border, was celebrating the Quadrangle festival. Visitors couldn’t help noticing that there appeared to be a large number of dead and dying pigeons on the ground, reports the Texarkana Gazette.

Then witnesses started reporting that the pigeons were dropping from the heavens.

One word of advice: DUCK!