Meteorite strikes, strange sickness follows.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:22 pm

Weird.

LIMA (AFP) - Villagers in southern Peru were struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area, regional authorities said Monday.

Around midday Saturday, villagers were startled by an explosion and a fireball that many were convinced was an airplane crashing near their remote village, located in the high Andes department of Puno in the Desaguadero region, near the border with Bolivia.

Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odor," local health department official Jorge Lopez told Peruvian radio RPP.

Seven policemen who went to check on the reports also became ill and had to be given oxygen before being hospitalized, Lopez said.

Rescue teams and experts were dispatched to the scene, where the meteorite left a 100-foot-wide (30-meter-wide) and 20-foot-deep (six-meter-deep) crater, said local official Marco Limache.

"Boiling water started coming out of the crater and particles of rock and cinders were found nearby. Residents are very concerned," he said

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Post by **Mikey** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:47 pm

The meteorite probably struck and released a pocket of sulfur or some other volcanic gas.

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:45 pm

There's a theory that many of the diseases throughout history that have caused mass deaths come from meteor impacts. The Beubonic and Neumonic plagues for example.

DarkOmen · Post by **DarkOmen** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:53 pm

Anyone ever read/see Andromeda Strain lol?

we're all doomed.

Post by **Teaos** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:06 am

Could be phycosimatic.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:21 am

There's a theory that many of the diseases throughout history that have caused mass deaths come from meteor impacts. The Beubonic and Neumonic plagues for example.

Why do we need a theory for those diseases, which already have perfectly plausible, tested, and identifiable transmission methods?

BTW, congrats on the promotion, Monroe.

Anyone ever read/see Andromeda Strain lol?

Ah, when Crichton wrote WITHOUT the sole intention of his books becoming screenplays...

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:20 am

Mikey wrote:
There's a theory that many of the diseases throughout history that have caused mass deaths come from meteor impacts. The Beubonic and Neumonic plagues for example.
Why do we need a theory for those diseases, which already have perfectly plausible, tested, and identifiable transmission methods?

BTW, congrats on the promotion, Monroe.

Thanks

I didn't say I came up with it its just a theory

Actually I was doing a report about it in one of my history classes and several medeval villages and cities, including Paris and some in northern Italy reported seeing a meteor in the sky a few days to a few weeks before the disease struck them. I think that's the origin of the theory.

Ah, when Crichton wrote WITHOUT the sole intention of his books becoming screenplays...

Masters of Horror: The Screwfly Effect is a brilliant TV episode (just one episode on the masters of horror series) that has an alien disease that makes human males not differ sexual arosal from aggression. Its an awesome story and makes me really uncomfortable. Which is what it was going for.

Granitehewer · Post by **Granitehewer** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:25 pm

Elliot Gould is a fine actor, and made the 'screwfly effect', emotionally quite scarring

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:03 am

Heard about this. Any more news about it?

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:28 pm

I think the BBC mentioned that several livestock also died. So it's unlikely to be something mental.

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:05 am

Found an update

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePxtRJb5rCQ

Enkidu · Post by **Enkidu** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:06 pm

I hate how stories like this just disappear without resolution. A few years ago I could have waited a year or so for Horizon to cover it, but now, Horizon reports are all too similar to that YouTube skit linked to above.