[meteorite-list] Nakhla dog bashing - other interpretations

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Nov 3 16:49:35 2004
Message-ID: <4189526E.1080205_at_fascination.com>

We have lost our humor when we decide there could have been no dog!
Dave (the other dog) Freeman

David Weir wrote:

>Hey List,
>
>Since I was allowed to include a copy of Kevin's excellent Nakhla
>article with his Nakhla dog explanation on my web site, I just wanted to
>say that this doesn't mean that I wholly subscribe to his point of view,
>nor to any I've heard so far. Rather, I have my own point of view,
>developed with the possible translation problem in mind.
>
>A dog, or some other animal perceived to be a dog from a distance
>(raccoon, fox, cat, whatever ?) may have been suddenly startled by
>either the falling of a fragment, or by the concusive atmospheric
>explosion, and then reflexively darted away so fast that this left the
>impression in the mind of the eyewitness that the "dog" quickly left the
>scene "leaving it like ashes in the moment". That's my take and I'm
>sticking to it (I'm open for further evidence in support or
>contrariwise)
>
>David
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Received on Wed 03 Nov 2004 04:49:34 PM PST