1969912 0 #1 September 19, 2007 Interesting story. This is all I could find. Anyone have more info? --------- LIMA, Peru — A village in southern Peru has been struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite crashed to the earth around midday Saturday, an official with the local health department said. Villagers heard an explosion and saw a fireball that many thought was an airplane crashing near their remote village, located in the high Andes department of Puno in the Desaguadero region, near the border with Bolivia, according to a report from AFP. Residents later complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odor," according to health department official Jorge Lopez. Click here to read the AFP story Police responding to the scene also became ill and had to be given oxygen before being hospitalized, Lopez said. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297145,00.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIMA (AFP) - Villagers in southern Peru were struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area, regional authorities said Monday. ADVERTISEMENT Around midday Saturday, villagers were startled by an explosion and a fireball that many were convinced was an airplane crashing near their remote village, located in the high Andes department of Puno in the Desaguadero region, near the border with Bolivia. Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odor," local health department official Jorge Lopez told Peruvian radio RPP. Seven policemen who went to check on the reports also became ill and had to be given oxygen before being hospitalized, Lopez said. Rescue teams and experts were dispatched to the scene, where the meteorite left a 100-foot-wide (30-meter-wide) and 20-foot-deep (six-meter-deep) crater, said local official Marco Limache. "Boiling water started coming out of the crater and particles of rock and cinders were found nearby. Residents are very concerned," he said. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070918/sc_afp/peruhealthoffbeat --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #2 September 19, 2007 could it be radiation sickness?You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #3 September 19, 2007 Yeah. If they started vomiting right away, and it was due to radiation, then the dose would have to be pretty high, and very sick (maybe dead) people would result in a week or so. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #4 September 19, 2007 It was frozen airplane poo. My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanillaSkyGirl 6 #5 September 19, 2007 Quote It was frozen airplane poo. That's so sick! (I was talking about your avatar.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #6 September 19, 2007 QuoteYeah. If they started vomiting right away, and it was due to radiation, then the dose would have to be pretty high, and very sick (maybe dead) people would result in a week or so. Posibility of sulphur poisoning tooYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #7 September 19, 2007 Its the Andromeda Strain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #8 September 19, 2007 I think it was a chupacabra nest that exploded out when they all hatched.... Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
porpoishead 8 #9 September 19, 2007 fucking chupacabra... bwaaaha too funny!!!! if you want a friend feed any animal Perry Farrell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #10 September 19, 2007 Quote Quote It was frozen airplane poo. That's so sick! (I was talking about your avatar.) I should send you a 24X30 enlargement of it.My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #11 September 19, 2007 Quote Its the Andromeda Strain I got it JeanneYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Armour666 0 #12 September 19, 2007 caused by it , Yes , came from it no , Something ploughing through the earth churning things up anything from fungus on down to any thing that has polluted the ground getting tossed in the air for sure I could make people sickSO this one time at band camp..... "Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #13 September 19, 2007 meteorites/comets gave the planet life, they will take it away in the end. But what a wild ride in between! My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
highfly 0 #14 September 20, 2007 Its the start of the alien invasion You've seen war of the worlds where they come out of the pavement? www.myspace.com/durtymac Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #15 September 27, 2007 They have apparently found the problem: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/09/mysterious-mete.html "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
