Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village

[American Patriot]

I know Samidatz posted this somewhere, but it needs to be in it's own thread.





Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village
AFP ^ | September 17, 2007

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.


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.

[American Patriot]

Meteorite makes villagers ill
Adelaide Now ^ | 09/18/2007 | NA

Meteorite makes villagers ill

VILLAGERS in southern Peru have been struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area.



Around midday Saturday, villagers were startled by an explosion and a fireball that many were convinced was a plane crashing near their remote village, in the high Andes department of Puno in the Desaguadero region, near the border with Bolivia.

Residents complained of headaches and vomiting...

Farking Excerpt Snippers...



A picture of the crater and a link to an article that makes for fun reading after a Google translation.




El Nuevo Diario

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...

[Ryan Ruck]

[American Patriot]

Yeah, that was the first thing that crossed my mind too. LOL. Only in AS, it was a crashed satellite that carried the energy-seeking, quickly growing disease/virus whatever it was

[Ryan Ruck]

Well, it's either that... Or possibly this:



Or maybe even this:

[American Patriot]

LOL!!!!!!!!

Where's Doogie Houser with his machine gun? /snicker

I loved that book, the movie was just ok, but the book was great

[samizdat]

I'm sorry. I thot at first that perhaps a meteorite picked up some fierce radiation in the Van Allen Belt and luckily plopped into a sparsely inhabited area.

Maybe it was a wild pitch from a rookie angel trying to knock off Hugo.

[American Patriot]

It was a real meteor, confirmed yesterday, but there is no evidence that the meteor caused the sicknesses.

[Ryan Ruck]

I'm telling you folks... Lock and load! The bugs are on their way!!