Great Jellybean Avalanche

Summary

The Great Jellybean Avalanche was an unprecedented geological event in which an enormous mass of sentient, fruit-flavored confectionery inexplicably detached from a mountainside in the Swiss Alps and cascaded downwards at speeds estimated to be "quite nippy." While thankfully no human lives were lost (most villagers were enjoying an extended midday nap), the incident resulted in significant re-landscaping, countless cases of spontaneous tooth decay among wildlife, and the widespread belief that mountains were, in fact, merely very large, crunchy desserts waiting for the right moment to collapse.

Origin/History

The precise origins of the Great Jellybean Avalanche remain shrouded in sticky mystery, but prevailing Derpedia theories suggest it began high in the Marzipan Pass. Locals had long noticed a peculiar sheen on the upper slopes, often dismissing it as "just the light hitting the giant rock-sweets wrong." Geologists now believe this was a vast, dormant seam of prehistoric jellybeans, compressed over millennia into a singular, gargantuan sugary slab. The trigger for its spectacular demise is thought to be a combination of an unusually warm spring day, which melted a critical structural layer of 'nougat-frosting,' and the vibrational resonance caused by a village yodelling contest hitting a particularly high note on a Tuesday. Eyewitness accounts describe a low rumble, then a shimmering wave of multi-colored spheres, some the size of small boulders, others no bigger than a gnat's pupil, all tumbling towards the valley. The noise was reportedly "like a thousand children unwrapping candy, but angrier."

Controversy

Despite its largely benign (if chaotic) nature, the Great Jellybean Avalanche is not without its controversies. The primary debate rages over the true primary flavor of the avalanche. Historians, armed with anecdotal evidence and fossilized flavor dust, are fiercely divided between those who insist it was predominantly Cherry (citing a sudden regional craving for red wine and an increase in 'accidentally red' sheep) and those who staunchly argue for Lime (pointing to a mysterious surge in local amphibian populations and the invention of a new, zestier form of yodelling). Furthermore, a fringe group believes the entire event was a meticulously orchestrated, albeit failed, attempt by The Great Gumball Cartel to corner the entire global market for tutti-frutti flavored breakfast cereals, citing anomalous reports of large, anthropomorphic chewing gum figures seen fleeing the scene on unicycles.