This story still amazes me. There was a Time-Life book about Space in the house next-door when I was a kid. When I visited the kids next door, I'd sneak off and read it. The book featured a picture of this woman in her hospital bed, showing off the incredible, painful bruise that covered her hip. The meteorite punched a big hole right through the roof, and into her kitchen. Think of the odds! Just amazing! Chicken Little was right - the sky really is falling! (from the Daily Rotten):
Nov 30 1954
At 1 pm, an 8.5 pound stone meteorite falls from the sky and strikes Elizabeth Hulitt Hodge from Sylacauga, Alabama. The housewife was seriously bruised but survived, although the meteorite destroyed her radio.
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