Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits

horsemen_ · Post by **horsemen_** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:15 pm

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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.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:17 pm

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:18 pm

Comtrad · Post by **Comtrad** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:30 pm

Probably something from under the ground that escaped from when it hit. It went down far enough to bring water up, so who knows what else came up with it. My guess is some sort of natural gas or something.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:34 pm

Comtrad wrote:Probably something from under the ground that escaped from when it hit. It went down far enough to bring water up, so who knows what else came up with it. My guess is some sort of natural gas or something.

I like that thinking......

SeedOfChaos · Post by **SeedOfChaos** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:42 pm

AFAIK, all germs known on Earth would not survive being out in space, then entering the atmosphere and the extreme temperatures that go with that (it melts rocks & spaceships...), and finally crashing with an explosion. It would have to be an entirely unknown type of life. Of course there's a chance that such life forms exist, but I would at the more mundane explanations first.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:51 pm

yeah, re-entry would have most likely killed anything on the meteor

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:00 pm

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:07 pm

Brent wrote:yeah, re-entry would have most likely killed anything on the meteor

Maybe not. Water (still being talked about) can be held in a meteor or comet that hits the earth. Perhaps it is the foundation of water on earth (it came from space). If water/ice can survive a trip through the earth's atmosphere... life in that water/ice can survive.

http://www.astrobio.net/news/article141.html

*I watch the Discovery channel*

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:21 pm

Brent wrote:yeah, re-entry would have most likely killed anything on the meteor

Applies to "life as we know it"...but how about unknown forms?

MissTynker2 · Post by **MissTynker2** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:31 pm

MadDoctor wrote:Maybe not. Water (still being talked about) can be held in a meteor or comet that hits the earth. Perhaps it is the foundation of water on earth (it came from space). If water/ice can survive a trip through the earth's atmosphere... life in that water/ice can survive.

http://www.astrobio.net/news/article141.html

*I watch the Discovery channel*

MadDoc's birth origin has been revealed! Oh noes!

SeedOfChaos · Post by **SeedOfChaos** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:31 pm

Cat... Brent quoted me, which included such a limitation...

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:53 pm

MissTynker2 wrote:MadDoc's birth origin has been revealed! Oh noes!

I was never born. I was created from "stuff"

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:58 pm

MadDoctor wrote:I was never born. I was created from "stuff"

Speaking of which, Young Frankenstein is on AMC right now...

*Frau Blucher!*

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:38 pm

Indy wrote:

I busted out laughin at that picture!

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:49 pm

Heavy EMF/radiation exposure would be my guess

Russell · Post by **Russell** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:43 pm

Brainssssssssss!!

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:06 pm

I'm in the mood for some giant green beans...

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:50 am

Indy wrote:I'm in the mood for some giant green beans...

I've got something giant for ya!