Now for tales of the strange...

THESSALONIKI, Greece - Greek officials say a horde of frogs has forced the closure of a key northern highway for two hours.

Thessaloniki traffic police chief Giorgos Thanoglou says "millions" of the amphibians covered the tarmac Wednesday near the town of Langadas, some 12 miles east of Thessaloniki.

"There was a carpet of frogs," he said.

Authorities closed the highway after three car drivers skidded off the road trying to dodge the frogs. No human injuries were reported.

Thanoglou said the amphibians probably left a nearby lake to look for food.

Anyone who is familiar with the writings of Charles Fort knows of incidents like this. They're always written of in the back pages of newspapers, seemingly added to fill space.

But they're never REALLY explained. "A carpet of frogs"? Something like that is unusual to say the least. But it'll be passed on, just another isolated incident found in the man-bites-dog section of the papers.