Friday, June 12, 2009

14-year-old Hit By 30,000 MPH Meteorite


(This is from the telegraph.co.uk with no apparent signature.)

Gerrit Blank, 14, was on his way to school when he saw "ball of light" heading straight towards him from the sky.

A red hot, pea-sized piece of rock then hit his hand before bouncing off and causing a foot wide crater in the ground.

The teenager survived the strike, the chances of which are just 1 in a million - but with a nasty three-inch long scar on his hand.

Full article here.

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