 On August 7, 1994, a resident reported that a translucent, gelatinous substance had rained down in the night; she expressed concern that it may have caused her and her mother to become ill, and speculated it may have been the reason her kitten died.When the substance appeared again, samples were collected and tested by a local doctor, who initially stated that the substance contained human blood cells.Further testing by the Department of Ecology refuted these results, as tests showed that there were no nuclei present.