In this image taken Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, Molly the dog walks amongst dead herring on a beach at Kvaenes in northern Norway. Norwegians were puzzled on New Year's Eve, as tens if not hundreds of thousands of dead herring carpeted a coastal stretch in northern Norway. Speculation included the idea that predators drove a huge school ashore, or that a powerful storm with hurricane-strength winds that hit Norway on Dec. 25 washed them ashore.