[meteorite-list] Cosmic Child Abuse?

From: Ed Deckert <edeckert_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 11:12:44 -0500
Message-ID: <9B4BD1AC6E9D439CBFA3DDA8FD3C4370_at_MAINPC>

More like the story was cooked up by the dad, and possibly the son too. Or,
the son was doing something he should not have been doing, got hurt, and he
cooked up the meteorite story by himself.

OR - someone beaned the kid with a shower of stones that were hurled by a
slingshot.

Ed


----- Original Message -----
From: "Aras Jonikas" <arasj3827 at comcast.net>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Cosmic Child Abuse?


> There was a facebook discussion on this. NO WAY those tiny stones caused
> that big gash.... The stones are several grams at most and could not have
> falling fast enough to cause that injury, nor anything close to that (even
> if you combined all the little frags into one stone).
>
> Aras
>
>
>
> From: "Kelly Beatty" <jkellybeatty at comcast.net>
> To: "John Harrison" <jloharri at hotmail.com>,
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 8:03:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Cosmic Child Abuse?
>
> hi...
>
>> Evidently this kid in Florida has been struck by a meteorite.
>
> original 3-minute WPEC-TV report is here:
> http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_11507.shtml
>
> color me skeptical.
>
>
> clear skies,
> Kelly
>
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