Yeah about the end of the world...

**Fonzie** · 09-18-2007, 01:50 PM

Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village - Yahoo! News

Originally Posted by Yahoo

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.

I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords.

**- - - TAURUS - - -** · 09-18-2007, 01:53 PM

its not the end of the world, like every generation claims

**blackmage_nuke** · 09-18-2007, 02:01 PM

My hopes the end of the world wouldnt include everyone vomitting to death have been unfulfilled

**Madame Adequate** · 09-18-2007, 02:50 PM

Seems more likely to be a chemical Humans can't handle than a virus or anything.

As we all know, an alien virus would have killed us all by now.

**Captain Maxx Power** · 09-18-2007, 02:59 PM

If you're going to wipe out a planet with a virus a single rock in a back-end village is the worst way to go about it. MILF's probably on the right track, especially with the "bubbling water" most likely being a chemical reaction in the soil. As someone who stole chemicals from his comprehensive school on his last day and threw them all into a hole to see what happens, I can tell you they can be quite volatile. Incidentally if you are ever in my home town and find a blackened hole about six feet square it's probably mine.