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Monday, October 18, 2021

Now that's a hell of a wake up call

A Canadian woman narrowly avoiding being killed by a small meteorite that crashed through her roof and landed on her pillow while she slept. 

Ruth Hamilton lives in Golden, a town in British Columbia. She was sleeping when the meteorite hit on Oct. 4. It landed on her pillow.
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  1. Bright EyesOctober 18, 2021 at 3:42 AM

    I was surprised it wasn't in Quebec. There is an area in Northern Quebec that lots of meteorites seem to land. Yup, she was a lucky gal. I don't know if it's true but there is an old picture of a women with a big bruise on her left side. Supposedly she is the only person to ever have been hit by a meteorite. Or at least recorded and verified.

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    1. Jeffery in AlabamaOctober 18, 2021 at 9:58 AM

      That was the Hodges Meteorite (named for the lady it struck in Sylacauga, Alabama).

      https://www.insider.com/alabama-woman-first-person-hit-by-a-meteorite-2020-6#hodges-decided-to-donate-the-meteorite-to-the-alabama-museum-of-natural-history-10

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  2. UnknownOctober 18, 2021 at 4:11 AM

    One lucky lady.

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  3. bogsidebunnyOctober 18, 2021 at 6:48 AM

    Something my daddy always preached: "When your time's up, your time's up".

    Obviously hers wasn't.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 18, 2021 at 12:38 PM

    Missed Trudeau?
    You need some range time, God.

    CC

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  5. AnonymousOctober 18, 2021 at 1:16 PM

    50 cents to 5.oo per gram for iron, stone is 2.oo to 20 bucks a gram. How heavy was it?

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  6. P S BindyOctober 18, 2021 at 1:34 PM

    Worth even more to collectors when the meteorite hit something and was documented rather than found where it landed on the ground.

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