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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Boy Hit by Meteorite |
| 2009-06-13 |
| A 14-year old German boy was hit in the hand by a pea-sized meteorite that scared the bejeezus out of him and left a scar. "When it hit me it knocked me flying and then was still going fast enough to bury itself into the road," Gerrit Blank said in a newspaper account. Astronomers have analyzed the object and conclude it was indeed a natural object from space, The Telegraph reports. Most meteors vaporize in the atmosphere, creating "shooting stars," and never reach the ground. The few that do are typically made mostly of metals. Stony space rocks, even if they are big as a car, will usually break apart or explode as they crash through the atmosphere. There are a handful of reports of homes and cars being struck by meteorites, and many cases of space rocks streaking to the surface and being found later. But human strikes are rare. There are no known instances of humans being killed by space rocks. |
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| #7 Nice shooting Lord. Now please move on to the VW size boulders that hate teleprompters. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-06-13 12:14 |
| #6 In 10 years are we going to read about him wearing a cape and leaping tall buildings? |
| Posted by: ed 2009-06-13 12:06 |
| #5 gotta like a news article containing: "scared the bejeezus out of him" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-06-13 10:40 |
| #4 Probably missed his chance at winning the lottery. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2009-06-13 07:41 |
| #3 Damn. talk about unlucky, what are the odds? I can't figure that high, not enough digits on my calculator. |
| Posted by: Mstrmech 2009-06-13 05:22 |
| #2 ...well there does seem to be a casual connection between 'rock stars', being 'stoned', and leaving a mark on life leading to fame, no matter how fleeting. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-06-13 04:30 |
| #1 does his 15 minutes of fame make him a rock star? |
| Posted by: classer 2009-06-13 03:06 |