As the average person what city deserves to receive a biblical plague and there’s a good chance “Las Vegas” will be high on their list. Sin City comes by its nickname and reputation honestly, and what happens in Vegas generally stays in Vegas – except during the last week in July, 2019, when the world found out that a biblical plague had indeed fallen upon Las Vegas … a plague of pallid-winged grasshoppers that ironically swarmed around the pyramid-shaped Luxor Hotel and Casino. Was this a plague on Sin City, confused plague insects with malfunctioning GPS, or something else? A recent scientific study sought to find out.