Good Morning...Woman struck by rock from space

[Okla-homey]

Nov 30, 1954: Meteorite strikes Alabama woman

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56 years ago today, the first recorded instance of a meteorite striking a human being occurs at Sylacauga, Alabama, when a meteorite crashes through the roof of a house and into a living room, bounces off a radio, and strikes a woman on the hip.

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The victim, Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges, was sleeping on a couch at the time of impact. The space rock was a sulfide meteorite weighing 8.5 pounds and measuring seven inches in length. Mrs. Hodges was not permanently injured but suffered a nasty bruise along her hip and leg.

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Ancient Chinese records tell of people being injured or killed by falling meteorites, but the Sylacauga meteorite was the first modern record of this type of human injury. In 1911, a dog in Egypt was killed by the Nakhla meteorite.

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[usaosooner]

wow! thanks for posting!

[stoops the eternal pimp]

looks like what i dropped in the toilet last night after getting back on the pain meds

[olevetonahill]

Did she get to keep it?

[Okla-homey]

Did she get to keep it?

I think they have it in the "Alabama Museum of Culture and Science-y Stuff." Right next to Jim Nabors' (also a Sylacauga native) first macadamia nut.

[olevetonahill]

Did SHE donate it or did the Gov. take it from her.
I thot i read somers that they will take em if one lands on yer property. Not sure tho.

[Romulus]

I think that is what Joe Dirt is based upon

[Wishboned]

Did she get to keep it?

She gave it to Bear Bryant and Alabama claimed another national title.

[olevetonahill]

She gave it to Bear Bryant and Alabama claimed another national title.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D