[meteorite-list] DOCUMENTED Human strikes - Listeners Correct Auctioneer About Meteorite History

From: Darryl Pitt <darryl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 07:34:37 -0400
Message-ID: <0B1FDFAD-CD51-430F-95B7-DCE757591410_at_dof3.com>

Add Thailand's Chiang Khan to the list. A fisherman was struck as
reported in the original abstract.

By the way, an absolutely superlative Chiang Khan specimen is being
offered in this weekend's auction at Heritage. It's so
extraordinarily well oriented it looks like an australite (flanged
button tektite) without the flange.

Check this out....

http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=6016&Lot_No=41195




On May 13, 2009, at 11:41 PM, Michael Blood wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> I can think of at least 3 off the top of my head. Of course,
> Some people have strange Ideas about what "documented"
> means:
> 1) The obvious: Sylacauga with a photo of the "victime"
> Next to a medical Dr.
> 2) Mbali: a boy was struck in the arm after a small stone passed
> Through a banana tree (slowing it down to a "safe" speed)
> 3) L'Aigle: A coachman was struck(among other things) in this
> Thoroughly investigated fall.
> Best wishes, Michael
>
>
>
>>
>> ?There were many letters in response to an interview about
> the auction of
>> the Garza Stone, a meteorite that hit a house
> in Park Forest, Ill., in 2003.
>> Listeners were quick to point
> out that ? contrary to what the organizer of
>> this auction
> suggested ? there is at least one documented case of a
>>
> personbeing hit by a falling rock from outer space.?
>
>
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