[meteorite-list] Its Not A Crater

From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:10:43 -0500
Message-ID: <f0a794130912141610h11bba6f7x34a4191e8b52b732_at_mail.gmail.com>

Dave,

Thanks for the reply. This is a cow pasture and there are a lot of
hoof prints in and around the hole (around the entire field really). I
will ask him about the salt blocks. The pasture is fenced in, so if he
did leave anything out, it wouldn't be for deer, but only cows.

Thanks,

Mike

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Dave Myers <whitefalcons007 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Mike and list,
> ?coming from a family of farmers in Ohio, (and deer hunters,) It looks from the photos that there are a lot of animal tracks around it, I would ask the farmer if salt blocks were placed there for years. The animals will
> dig a pit after many years! even a couple.
>
> If he says No, Get a back hole and dig!
>
> Dave
>
> --- On Mon, 12/14/09, Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Its Not A Crater
>> To: "meteoritelist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 10:37 PM
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I was wondering around the fields of Lancaster PA near the
>> high mass
>> zone of the newly computed fall line and happened across a
>> really
>> weird hole. The hole is 5 feet wide, 6 feet long and about
>> 16 inches
>> deep.
>>
>> I posted pictures and information here:
>>
>> http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/baltimore-pa-meteor/its-not-a-crater/
>>
>> I'm not saying this is a crater by any means and I
>> understand that
>> meteorites do not make craters 99.9% of the time, however I
>> still
>> think its really weird and I wanted to get some feedback as
>> to what
>> you guys think.
>>
>> Please read the post and look at the pictures and lmk your
>> thoughts.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mike
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