[meteorite-list] Witnessed Falls and Hammers - CARANCAS
From: Mr EMan <mstreman53_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:27:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <572826.79009.qm_at_web55206.mail.re4.yahoo.com> > I recall from reports at the time that some already dead and > buried "Carcancas Carcasses" were > excavated/exposed by/near the crater. Something else was > mentioned during the fog of thought and fear immediately > engulfing the event:a claim was made that animals had been > killed by the impact in the event a re-reimbursement claim > could be made should this turn out to be an errant military > munition or other big pocket liability claim. Subsequently > the animal deaths were confirmed to have been several days > before.AFAIR > > So I guess the new moniker for this class could be > "grave digger". > > Elton > > > --- On Tue, 3/10/09, cdtucson at cox.net > <cdtucson at cox.net> wrote: > > > From: cdtucson at cox.net <cdtucson at cox.net> > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Witnessed Falls and > Hammers - CARANCAS > > To: "Meteorite List" > <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>, "Jeff > Kuyken" <info at meteorites.com.au>, "Don > Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>, > "Michael Blood" <mlblood at cox.net> > > Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 5:42 PM > > Don, > > Actually they never did figure out the source of the > > smell. My crew interviewed the land owner and she too > > testified that two of her animals had been killed by > the > > impact of the blast. We did not think to photograph > dead > > animals after four days of rotting but we did document > on > > paper. The bull he mentions may have been one of hers. > And > > again, this hit a human maintained spring used to > water the > > animals and that is why it filled so quickly with > water. Not > > hard to imagine animals were at their watering hole. > And > > that aint no bull either. > > Carl Esparza Received on Wed 11 Mar 2009 08:27:39 AM PDT |
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