Comments on: Trivia: Woman Struck by Meteorite

By: pepsibookcat

pepsibookcat — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:42:15 +0000

I graduated from the University of Alabama. I've seen the meteorite a gazillion times. You can, too. It's in the natural history museum in Smith Hall.

http://amnh.ua.edu/about.html

Visit, and maybe you'll get to have a paranormal experience with what is purported to be Dr. Smith's ghost. Heh.

There's a cute little museum display all about meteorite, and there sits the meteorite in its case ready to be viewed by classful after classful of elementary school students arriving in school busses each spring to tour the museum.

Regarding the complaint in another comment: I'm guessing that the reporter/photographer just had her hold any ole rock for the picture because they had already lost secure possession of the original. I can hear it now, "Oh, nobody'll be able to tell. Just hold this rock for effect. We just need a good picture."

Too bad the museum had to take their shrunken head collection off display. It was cool.

By: BettyAnn

BettyAnn — Sun, 11 May 2008 04:27:30 +0000

@greenskin: It is indeed a confirmed meteorite. This happened in the town next to me (Sylacauga, Alabama). I also happened to attend the University of Alabama, so I've seen the meteorite in question on several occasions.

@TT: This is the only confirmed case of a human being stuck by a meteorite.

By: TT

TT — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:44:07 +0000

She wasn't the only one.

There have been accounts throughout history of people being struck by something so fast it ripped through the body like a bullet.

By: greenskin

greenskin — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:56:42 +0000

The rock being held in the pictures is no meteorite. Any expert can tell you that. The visual clue is in the rock's sides, whick would be pitted and not smooth , from whizing through the Earth's atmonsphere.
Which begs the question, did they switch the rock before they gave it back to the lady? If they didn't switch it maybe it was a hoax or murder attempt.
(shrugs)