Meteorite Crash-Landed in a Canada Woman’s Bed While She Slept
by Theresa Machemer/Smithsonianmag.com
When Ruth Hamilton awoke on October 3 to the sound of her dog barking, followed shortly by an explosion and drywall debris falling on her face, she was afraid there was an intruder in the house, she tells Claire Palmer at the Pipestone Flyer. She was on the telephone with an emergency operator when she noticed a dark gray rock behind her pillows that matched the fist-sized hole in her ceiling.
The police officer who visited Hamilton’s home in Golden, British Columbia, first suspected a nearby construction site might have been to blame for the projectile. But there was no blasting at the site that night. Instead, the construction workers tipped the officer off to another explanation. They heard booming and saw an explosion in the sky just before Hamilton reported the impact.
“The police officer came back in and said: ‘Well, I think you have meteorite in your bed,’” says Hamilton to CTV News Vancouver’s David Molko.
The meteorite weighs about 2.8 pounds and is the size of a large adult fist, per John Yoon and Vjosa Isai in the New York Times.
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Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.
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To be struck by a meteorite is considered one of the rarest events in humanity. To be struck by one as a ricochet is mentioned as the second rarest.
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