What got into Hitchcock's 'Birds'?
Sunday, January 9, 2011 - 03:30
in Earth & Climate
An acid produced by toxic algae may have caused the Monterey Bay incident that is said to have inspired the movie.Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 horror flick "The Birds," in which feathered maniacs attack the residents of Bodega Bay, Calif., over the course of several days, never explained the birds' homicidal intent. But marine scientist David Garrison of the National Science Foundation has a theory about the real-life events that may have inspired the legendary film.