Boy Survives Meteorite Strike

A meteorite hit Gerrit Blank in the hand, leaving a three inch scar. He said "it knocked me flying" and then made a one foot crater in the earth. The blinding flash was his only warning, which was followed by "an enormous bang like a crash of thunder." The schoolboy said the noise made his ears ring for hours afterward.



The pea-sized meteorite has been found to be magnetic, and chemical tests verify it has fallen from space.

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