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Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:57 pm
by Doppleganger
14-year-old hit by 30,000 mph space meteorite Gerrit Blank, 14, was on his way to school when he saw "ball of light" heading straight towards him from the sky.
A red hot, pea-sized piece of rock then hit his hand before bouncing off and causing a foot wide crater in the ground.
The teenager survived the strike, the chances of which are just 1 in a million - but with a nasty three-inch long scar on his hand.
He said: "At first I just saw a large ball of light, and then I suddenly felt a pain in my hand.
"Then a split second after that there was an enormous bang like a crash of thunder."
"The noise that came after the flash of light was so loud that my ears were ringing for hours afterwards.
"When it hit me it knocked me flying and then was still going fast enough to bury itself into the road," he explained.
Scientists are now studying the pea-sized meteorite which crashed to Earth in Essen, Germany.
"I am really keen on science and my teachers discovered that the fragment is really magnetic," said Gerrit.
Chemical tests on the rock have proved it had fallen from space.
Ansgar Kortem, director of Germany's Walter Hohmann Observatory, said: "It's a real meteorite, therefore it is very valuable to collectors and scientists.
"Most don't actually make it to ground level because they evaporate in the atmosphere. Of those that do get through, about six out of every seven of them land in water," he added.
The only other known example of a human being surviving a meteor strike happened in Alabama, USA, in November 1954 when a grapefruit-sized fragment crashed through the roof of a house, bounced off furniture and landed on a sleeping woman.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandte ... orite.htmlOr maybe he already does lol
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:11 pm
by Doron
Damn German kids are already scary without super powers, thank you very much.
You know which country will go down first if that were to happen?
Holland. and that's where I am. dammit.
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:11 pm
by Locketart
How does it not go through his hand?
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:12 pm
by Xyzzzy
Locketart wrote:How does it not go through his hand?
thats what I was wondering
and damn thats a freaky lookin' kid
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:12 pm
by BloodyBlade
hey i live in essen too
But in belgium xD
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:20 pm
by inky
"When it hit me it knocked me flying..."
+ "A red hot, pea-sized piece of rock"
+ "30,000 mph"
+"hit his hand before bouncing off"
+ "three-inch long scar on his hand"
= 
Even if it hit his hand from an angle, it still wouldn't explain him "flying off"...none of this makes sense. I smell a bunch of attention whoring douchebags making shit up to make the story bigger.
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:35 pm
by *BlackFox
If thats true thats amazing!
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:46 pm
by LillDev!l
inky wrote:"When it hit me it knocked me flying..."
+ "A red hot, pea-sized piece of rock"
+ "30,000 mph"
+"hit his hand before bouncing off"
+ "three-inch long scar on his hand"
= Even if it hit his hand from an angle, it still wouldn't explain him "flying off"...none of this makes sense. I smell a bunch of attention whoring douchebags making shit up to make the story bigger.
Exactly what i thought T_T
How can something hitting him from such a wide angle that it does not go though his hand sent him flying, or how could anything SMALL that goes insanely fast sent him flying, it'dd go straight though, it cant bounce of his hand, it cant sent him flying either >.<
Attention whoring indeed
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:01 pm
by .AWAKE.
are they serious with this nonsense? ROFL
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:07 pm
by DumboDii
I think the pressure wave sent him flying. Not the meteor itself.
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:23 pm
by ltsune
lol that's kinda cool
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:24 pm
by Brago
its true its on yahoo... but that kid would be in pain for weeks, or i know i would if i got hit by a 30,000 mph object even if its small.. a bullet can go through ur hand and it goes slower then 30,000mph why can't a FLAMING hot which burns the skin go through your hand...
heres more meteror survivors
(meteors love to bounce)
On November 30, 1954, Alabama housewife Ann Hodges was taking a nap on her couch when she was awakened by a 3-pound (1.4-kilogram) meteor that crashed through the roof of her house, bounced off a piece of furniture and struck her in the hip, causing a large bruise.
On June 21, 1994, Jose Martin of Spain was driving with his wife near Madrid when a 3-pound (1.4-kilogram) meteor crashed through his windshield, bent the steering wheel and ended up in the back seat.
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:27 pm
by inky
DumboDii wrote:I think the pressure wave sent him flying. Not the meteor itself.
Maybe..I mean, they do burn off quickly when passing through the atmosphere but still doesn't explain a lot of things. Story is probably true but exaggerated for the press.
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:34 pm
by Blindfire
It probably grazed him, which is why he has a three inch cut and not a hole.
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:53 pm
by Doppleganger
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:08 pm
by Squirt
Sadly he is a Ginger, which if you read the book states, " No Gingers can become superheroes".
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:32 pm
by nohunta
Lul. How do you figure this superpower bs? If u ask me it was bee sting and there just so happened to be a meteor on the ground where he was stung.
^ More likely than that bs story we were given.
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:34 pm
by Lempi
nohunta wrote:Lul. How do you figure this superpower bs? If u ask me it was bee sting and there just so happened to be a meteor on the ground where he was stung.
^ More likely than that bs story we were given.
Bee sting's are 3 inches long now? I reckon he was self harming just as the meteor hit.
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:19 am
by Foilin
It probably didnt even hit him, i mean it coulda come close and burned a fuckin line of flesh. i would imagine if it had made direct contact he would have exploded.
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:40 am
by BrokenSaint
Foilin wrote:It probably didnt even hit him, i mean it coulda come close and burned a fuckin line of flesh. i would imagine if it had made direct contact he would have exploded.
exactly what im thinkin
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:46 am
by ThatBluePerson
o my Farking god why are you posting this douchebag here.
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:48 am
by Ashikiheyun
Don't be dissing Phil!!!
Anywho, yeah the story sounds pretty unbelievable, I can't see how it didn't go through his hand but sent him flying through the air. Though I don't think he would have exploded
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:17 am
by Toshiharu
Quick send this to mythbusters!
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 6:02 am
by GimmeMo
Toshiharu wrote:Quick send this to mythbusters!
What a good idea
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:49 am
by DumboDii
Meteor scratched his hand ---> landed near him ---> sent a pressure wave which sent the boy flying
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:37 am
by Doppleganger
ThatBluePerson wrote:o my Farking god why are you posting this douchebag here.
Because he mentioned this meteorite kid and i felt like it.
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:39 am
by *BlackFox
I found this article
The average velocity of meteoroids entering our atmosphere is 10-70 km/second. The smaller ones that survive the trip to the Earth's surface are quickly slowed by atmospheric friction to speeds of a few hundred kilometers per hour, and so hit the Earth with no more speed than if they had been dropped from a tall building.
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:50 am
by Miguez
ThatBluePerson wrote:o my Farking god why are you posting this douchebag here.
WTF he's cute!
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:44 pm
by PR0METHEUS
Xyzzzy wrote:Locketart wrote:How does it not go through his hand?
thats what I was wondering
and damn thats a freaky lookin' kid
I was wondering about that as well, but maybe the rock grazed the kid's hand at an angle instead of hitting it dead on. I don't know if that would be enough to deflect a tiny object falling from space, or if it would still go through his hand like a hot knife through butter though.
Re: Lucky SOB is gonna get superpowers
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:15 pm
by Draquish
He is the chosen one.