1998 Shamouti incident

On June 31, 1998 AM, Daniel Lawrence III, a collector of mythological artifacts, captured a Moltres and a Zapdos around Shamouti, Orange Islands, triggering infighting between the local Legendary Birds and worldwide chaotic weather for a day. This coincided with a local ritual, and the local Melody and then-second-year Trainer Ash Ketchum quelled the fighting by completing said ritual.

Lawrence was initially assumed dead when his airship, the Hikokyu, was destroyed during the incident; however, he managed to escape his ship uninjured, losing almost his entire collection.