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Ohio Man Also Hit by Meteorite?

August 15th, 2010 by Robert Bast | No Comments | Filed in meteorite

Following on from the man watching the cricket last week, if this in in fact a meteorite, then perhaps, just perhaps, we are seeing a rise in such phenomena…

An Ohio man claims he was hit in the shoulder by a chunk of meteorite falling from the sky Sunday night.
“I didn’t know what it was,” Pat Foraker said. “I thought somebody was playing a prank on me and threw something at me.”

“Hit me right here, I heard it,” he said. “It was like a whistling noise. It thumped my shoulder and landed in the swimming pool.”
The rock sliced the skin on Foraker’s shoulder, and was still warm when he plucked it out of the pool.
Geologists at Ohio State University will examine the rock, but believe it’s likely a meteorite.

Despite what the news report says, if you watch the video the University experts do not think it is a meteorite. Perhaps because they think a meteorite would cause more harm?

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Bosnian House is Meteorite Magnet

August 8th, 2010 by Robert Bast | No Comments | Filed in meteorite

This, if true (and it appears to be), is the most extraordinary meteorite story I have ever come across.

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Since 2007, the home of Bosnian man Radivoke Lajic has been struck by meteorites on SIX different occasions. According to the Telegraph, scientists from Belgrade University have validated the claims, and they are investigating possible magnetic field anomalies.

Despite having to reinforce his roof with steel, Radivoke has a marvellous attitude, and does not seem to be paranoid (I think I would be!):

“But these meteorites have brought happiness to our family as well, as we’ve met different people from around the world that were interested in it,” he said. ”And I have had so many visitors that I plan to make a small museum in my back garden.”

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British Man Hit By Meteorite

August 5th, 2010 by Robert Bast | 1 Comment | Filed in meteorite

Following on from the German lad who was struck last year, in England a cricket fan was hit in the chest by a fragment of a meteorite. Sussex man Jan Marszel saw the meteorite approaching as he drank beer watching Sussex against Middlesex in a county cricket match. The meteorite missed him, but broke in two when it crashed into the ground, with one piece bouncing up and striking him in the chest. Could there be an increase in small meteorites? The most recent example of an injury, prior to Gerrit Blank last year, was back in 1954.

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Pyramid / Meteorite Coin – A 2012 Collectible?

September 13th, 2009 by Rob | No Comments | Filed in coin, meteorite

Imagine living in a post-2012 apocalyptic world, due to our planet colliding with an asteroid…

Now, imagine showing your children this, to help explain what happened:

801373 crtv large Pyramid / Meteorite Coin A 2012 Collectible?

Not only does it show the orbits of the planets, and not only does it have genuine meteorite fragments embedded in the center, but it also depicts Egyptian and Mayan pyramids, and an Easter Island statue!

Great gift idea (hint to Mrs Bast), buy it from the Aussie Mint for $155:
http://mintissue.ramint.gov.au/mintissue/product.asp?code=801373

German Schoolboy Hit By Meteorite & Lives!

June 15th, 2009 by Rob | 1 Comment | Filed in gerrit blank, meteorite

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The size of a pea, by the time it reached him, it still managed to leave a 5cm scar on the hand of Gerrit Blank, and a 30cm-wide crater in the pavement.

While this is the sort of “happy story” that you sometimes get at the end of news bulletins, it is only so due to the fact he lived, and the rarity of the situation. If a town/city is ever struck my a large meteorite, it will be a tragedy.

In recorded history he seems to be the person who has come off best from such a cosmic collision. According to Wikipedia:

The only other human confirmed to be struck and injured by a meteor was 31 year old Ann Hodges, of Sylacauga, Alabama. She was struck while asleep in bed on November 30, 1954, after the meteorite punched through the roof of her home, smashed a wooden cabinet, and then bounced off the floor to struck her in the hand and hip. The meteorite, which weighed about eight and a half pounds, caused extensive bruising.

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