Joe Velaidum can’t help but wonder what could have happened if he’d lingered outside his front door for just a couple of minutes longer before taking his dogs for a walk.
The timing of their departure that day last July proved lucky. Just seconds later, a meteorite would plummet onto the front walkway of Velaidum’s home in Marshfield, Prince Edward Island, shattering on impact with a reverberating smack.
“The shocking thing for me is that I was standing right there a couple of minutes right before this impact,” Velaidum told CBC News.
“If I’d have seen it, I probably would’ve been standing right there, so it probably would’ve ripped me in half.”
- luciole (he/him) ( @luciole@beehaw.org ) 12•9 days ago
Heh, neat. Here’s the original University of Alberta announcement. The pictures and the video are shared on Google Drive.
- shortwavesurfer ( @shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip ) 1•9 days ago
That’s not something you hear about every day.
- Trantarius ( @Trantarius@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•8 days ago
I’ve always wondered what to do in this kind of situation. Somebody ought to know about it, but who do you call? Science? Ghostbusters?