What could have caused Kirkcaldy's ‘starfish apocalypse’? Dr Lyndsey Dodds at WWF Scotland said that although it’s “disturbing” to see so many starfish washed up in one place, it’s likely a natural event. “It’s not totally clear why this has happened, the most likely cause is a natural one such as increasing storms and high tides,” she told STV News. She added that there have been stormy conditions out at sea and starfish’s response to that could be a factor in the volume of them that washed up