Except it isn’t that, necessarily, and all the things you are saying could just as easily be hyperbolic editorializing. Eerie is the exceptionally mellow thing to say.
For instance, they noted it had been happening since at least ‘08 in the area - but didn’t note that it had not been happening since before then. Which I suspect means they only had aerial footage since ‘08. Or they would have said it.
These kinds of things do actually happen naturally in some areas, and it could be a slight increase - or just something that happens every once in awhile in that specific river. No one actually knows, apparently, based on that article.
For instance, they noted it had been happening since at least ‘08 in the area - but didn’t note that it had not been happening since before then. Which I suspect means they only had aerial footage since ‘08. Or they would have said it.
These kinds of things do actually happen naturally in some areas, and it could be a slight increase - or just something that happens every once in awhile in that specific river. No one actually knows, apparently, based on that article.