[meteorite-list] Re: Seems PF fell on 3/27 and NOT on 3/26...

From: gle_at_bellatlantic.net <gle_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:35 2004
Message-ID: <3EE1D264.73D78DBD_at_bellatlantic.net>

MARTIN, It's funny- I had the same thoughts- GRANT ELLIOTT

Martin Horejsi wrote:
>
> Steve A. not of Chicago but near Chicago kindly wrote:
>
> Still thinking someone was shooting at him, he crawled to
> his house door and hurried in. Shaking it off, he decided
> just to go to bed. Early the next day, he learned about the
> meteorite fall in Park Forest and when he returned home he
> found the 78.8g specimen about 20 feet away in his front
> yard and an impact pit in the blacktop driveway.
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I had heard that the neighborhoods of the Park Forest fall were
> rough, but I have trouble believing that someone who thought they were
> getting shot at, crawled into their house under fire, then put it
> behind them and went to bed. No 911 call, no return fire, no nothing.
>
> My guess is that this guy really believed that: 1) anyone shooting at
> him was either not really after him personally, 2) he had bulletproof
> walls and windows in his house, 3) society in that area has devolved
> to such a state that random shootings are as common to them as
> telemarketers are to us, or 4) his story might have been stretched a
> bit.
>
> Further, why would any red-blooded American park his car on the street
> in such a rough area when there is a perfectly good, unused driveway
> just sitting there outside the house?
>
> Just my thoughts.
>
> Dr. Watson
>
> aka: Martin
Received on Sat 07 Jun 2003 07:54:12 AM PDT


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