IT MAY well be years before the citizens of Beach Front at Nine Miles, Bull Bay, forget the odd visit of thousands of small Mangrove-type crabs.
"Mi think a God a come," one woman holding a baby exclaimed.
The residents said they noticed the little crabs during the night when they fell in pairs from the ceiling, and crawling upon their bodies. Women grabbed their children and families abandoned their homes.
"Mi fraid, fraid, mi haffi run out wid mi baby!" Dawn, one Beach Front resident told The Sunday Gleaner. Fortunately, the creatures did not bite and appeared to be harmless and most of them were killed by the intense heat of the sun.
Dr. Karl Akin of the University of the West Indies said the incident was a very unusual phenomenon which may be linked to the odd sea floor in St. Thomas, and Saturday morning's full moon.
