[meteorite-list] Wisconsin Man Says Meteorite Hit His Driveway

From: ken newton <magellon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:02:08 -0500
Message-ID: <45A4FFF0.6030802_at_earthlink.net>

Hi,
I was told a List member purchased the specimen mentioned below.
Would the new owner be so kind as to contact me off list?
Thanks,
Ken Newton
http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/

Ron Baalke wrote:

>http://www.wisinfo.com/northwestern/news/local/stories/local_21122794.shtml
>
>Area man says meteorite hit his driveway
>
>Made 2-foot deep indent
>
>By Patricia Wolff
>The Northwestern (Wisconsin)
>May 22, 2005
>
>WAUTOMA - When something that looked curiously like a meteorite landed
>in Bill Hicks's driveway and left a sizable indentation, he wondered out
>loud if maybe it was meant for his neighbor.
>
>"We live near Camp Phillip. Maybe God was trying to speak to them and he
>missed," Hicks mused.
>
>Pastor Tom Klusmeyer laughed out loud when he heard that.
>
>"We've got some neighbors who wish we weren't here. Maybe he's one of
>them. We sing and make noise and praise God. Some of the neighbors want
>peace and quiet," Klusmeyer said.
>
>Camp Phillip is a ministry of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
>Church that caters year-round to children and families. Hicks lives
>about a mile from the camp on Buttercup Avenue west of Wautoma.
>
>"I don't even hear them," Hicks said.
>
>He definitely heard the rock that landed in his driveway about three
>weeks ago. It sounded like a big thunderclap so he didn't think much of
>it at the time.
>
>"I got up in the morning and saw the hole and said, 'What the hell is
>that?'" Hicks said.
>
>He filled the hole, which he estimated at about 2 feet deep, with cat
>litter, gravel and rocks so that his SUV wouldn't get snarled up when he
>tried to back out, he said.
>
>Hicks and his roommate Larry Linde haven't shown the rock to any experts
>but they've asked someone from the astronomy department at the
>University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh to take a look at it.
>
>"It definitely looks like pictures I've seen of meteorites," Linde said.
>
>It measures about 4 inches by 6 inches and is reddish-brown in color.
>
>Neither Hicks nor Linde would be surprised if the rock turned out to be
>a meteorite, they said. Other rare occurrences have happened on their
>property.
>
>"We've been struck by lightning twice since I've been living here,"
>Hicks said.
>
>The same thing happened at the camp, Klusmeyer said.
>
>But, a meteorite is more rare than that.
>
>"You're four times more likely to get hit by lightning than a
>meteorite," Linde said.
>
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