[meteorite-list] Re: Seems PF fell on 3/27 and NOT on 3/26...
From: gle_at_bellatlantic.net <gle_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:35 2004 Message-ID: <3EE1D264.73D78DBD_at_bellatlantic.net> MARTIN, It's funny- I had the same thoughts- GRANT ELLIOTT Martin Horejsi wrote: > > Steve A. not of Chicago but near Chicago kindly wrote: > > Still thinking someone was shooting at him, he crawled to > his house door and hurried in. Shaking it off, he decided > just to go to bed. Early the next day, he learned about the > meteorite fall in Park Forest and when he returned home he > found the 78.8g specimen about 20 feet away in his front > yard and an impact pit in the blacktop driveway. > > Hi Steve, > > I had heard that the neighborhoods of the Park Forest fall were > rough, but I have trouble believing that someone who thought they were > getting shot at, crawled into their house under fire, then put it > behind them and went to bed. No 911 call, no return fire, no nothing. > > My guess is that this guy really believed that: 1) anyone shooting at > him was either not really after him personally, 2) he had bulletproof > walls and windows in his house, 3) society in that area has devolved > to such a state that random shootings are as common to them as > telemarketers are to us, or 4) his story might have been stretched a > bit. > > Further, why would any red-blooded American park his car on the street > in such a rough area when there is a perfectly good, unused driveway > just sitting there outside the house? > > Just my thoughts. > > Dr. Watson > > aka: Martin Received on Sat 07 Jun 2003 07:54:12 AM PDT |
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