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15 years 6 months ago - 15 years 6 months ago #78777 by Seanie_Morris
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A teenager was hit by a meteorite travelling at 30,000mph - and lived to tell the tale. Skip related content

Gerrit Blank was on his way to school when he saw a massive fireball heading straight towards him from the sky.

The white-hot meteorite bounced off the schoolboy's hand and hit the ground so hard it left a foot-long crater in the tarmac - as well as a three-inch scar on his hand.

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uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090612/tod-boy-hit...ng-at-3-870a197.html

Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time... I was stuck indoors at work!


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15 years 6 months ago - 15 years 6 months ago #78778 by johnomahony
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I wonder if he will develop "superpowers" after being hit by a radioactive meteorite :silly:

Very lucky not to have been seriously injured or killed.
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15 years 6 months ago #78779 by dave_lillis
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A foot long crater on the tarmac ??
He's lucky he's not injured !
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15 years 6 months ago #78780 by Seanie_Morris
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Dave_Lillis wrote:

A foot long crater on the tarmac ??
He's lucky he's not injured !


I think you could call it artistic license, as he is a young teenage boy... from Germany...

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15 years 6 months ago #78781 by Frank Ryan
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Holy Freakin' Balls of Fire from Above Batman!

That is mental.
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15 years 6 months ago #78783 by michaeloconnell
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Must be an Irish guy working for Space.com
www.space.com/news/090612-boy-hit-by-meteorite.html
"...scared the bejeezus out of him"
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Difficult to see how a pea-sized meteorite could create a foot-long crater.

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