Meteorite Causes Illness
 

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.

Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odor," local health department official Jorge Lopez told Peruvian radio RPP.

Seven policemen who went to check on the reports also became ill and had to be given oxygen before being hospitalized, Lopez said.

Rescue teams and experts were dispatched to the scene, where the meteorite left a 100-foot-wide (30-meter-wide) and 20-foot-deep (six-meter-deep) crater, said local official Marco Limache.

"Boiling water started coming out of the crater and particles of rock and cinders were found nearby. Residents are very concerned," he said.

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This is how it starts, folks. The next thing you know there are zombies running rampant and we're all stocking up on weapons to fight them. Then rushing to deserted islands to escape the plague and try to live normal lives.

Get ready! Start watching Lost and NRA tapes!

My god! It's like a horror movie opening!

Wow! I heard this on the news this morning. I hope the people will be okay. I would've been scared if I'd heard that thing crashing into Earth like that.

Wowsers... definatly a horror film come to life there. Oi! :o

hmmmmm.

Sounds like radiation sickness........or someone freaked out and made themselves sick and everyone else was psychsomatic.


ahhh the power of suggestion.





or






AHHHH we're being invaded!!!!






take your pick ;)

I agree, It's like a horror movie, or could also be like a
70s Sci-Fi Movie, The Andromeda Strain for example.

SOMEBODY SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE MEEEEEEEE LET YOUR WARM HAAAAAAAAAAAAAANDS BREAK RIGHT THROOOOUGH.

Oh come on. It had to be done.