It reminds me of "the summer of the shark" where the media reports of shark attacks was way up.. but shark attacks were not actually way up. They were down a bit. The world is a smaller place, with instant news 24/7. Chalk some of it up to that.
Or maybe "killer bees". Remember when africanized honey bee's were crossed with the more docile bee's making a race of killer bee's that was set to destroy mankind in 1979 or whenever?
