Tornado Oddities: Toilet Paper Unwinds and Rewinds

[TexasStooge]

We wouldn't expect this during a severe weather outbreak.
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Weird happenings amid Minn. tornado: Toilet paper unwinds in bathroom, rewinds around sink

HUGO, Minn. (ABC News/AP) - As residents in Hugo begin to move on from last week's tornado, some say they noticed a few bizarre things amid all the damage. Jason Akins said the twister unwound a roll of toilet paper in his bathroom — draped it across the countertop, then rewound it in the sink. The toilet paper didn't even rip.

"All I could say was, 'You have got to be kidding me,'" Akins recalled.

He also said that winds overturned sofas and ripped away his roof, but dishes of cat food and water were untouched. The cat food was actually still in the bowl.

While hurricanes, floods and blizzards create broad swaths of damage, tornados seem to have tiny fingers that can reach in to small areas and cause some weird mischief. Some say tornados have their own personalities.

[Hurricaneman]

I think its time to call Ripleys believe it or not

[JonathanBelles]

I woulda liked to see pictures of the toilet paper.

[KWT]

Wow if thats true thats really impressive, I'm struggling to believe it but who knows!

[Bunkertor]

Now i understand, what Dr. Fujita meant, when he desribed the F-5 tornado. ... "incredible phenomena will occur". That must be it.

[azskyman]

After the tornado event in our hometown back in 1967, I was standing with a family who's house was virtually leveled. A floor mounted stand and bird cage was still standing, however, in the living room, as though untouched. Their pet bird was gone, but the cage latch was still secured.

Just two blocks to the east, a classmate's horse wasn't so lucky. It was in a tree about 16 feet above ground level.

Tornado oddities do not surprise me any more, but the toilet paper event would be interesting to notice in person.