Meteorite causes mysterious illness in Peru

[Daedolon]

Should we start preparing for a zombie holocaust? :D I wonder what's the real disease.

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 today.

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 30-metre-wide and six-metre-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.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/img/2007/scitech/1809_meteor_lg_a.jpg

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=296907

[Rider]

Hmm... not the Tiber River apparently...

*rimshot*

[Micki!]

Creepy... Sounds like an old Science Fiction movie :o

[BillyD]

Meteorite? That's really one of them remote controlled chemtrail spreaders that crashed. The government just wants you to think it's a meteorite. :o

[December Man]

Hmm... not the Tiber River apparently...

*rimshot*

Planet C&C idea:

Titicacaium Wars!!one!

[Tang Lung]

*loads shotgun*

TO THE BOOK DEPOSITORY!

[Daedolon]

Here's the BBC News version: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7001897.stm

Yahoo news: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070918/sc_afp/peruhealthoffbeat_070918032309
Yahoo has a video about it here: http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=49750&cl=4143186&ch=68276&src=news

It looks like the symptoms seem to fit in the description of Ebola, which there has been an outbreak in Congo few days ago, but now in Peru? I wonder if WHO will make an update about the Peru situation, if they are even investigating it.

EDIT: Yahoo posted a new video just after my post: http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=49750&cl=4149693&ch=68276&src=news

[alexgk]

Be prepared... They're coming...

[Hyperactive Slob]

I have the sudden urge go get supplies and go on top of the roof of a mall........

[Water12356]

Maybe the meteorite was comprised of some radioactive material?

[Llama Gibbz]

This is my conclusion.
The last one is a bit far fetched though.:)

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/8804/blobde7.jpg
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/6889/blob2ur6.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9821/tribbleqn8.jpg

[RedSplat]

This could be the beginning of the end for humanity. :woot:

Hope DNF is done soon..

[Daedolon]

Maybe the meteorite was comprised of some radioactive material?

They confirmed that the surroundings didn't show any mR/h. They haven't yet tested the stones, but they believe the fumes risen from the contact between the hot meteorite and the soil caused the illness. I hope it's nothing seriously contagious, like a mutated virus from outer space :o

[Mr.Fibbles]

This could be the beginning of the end for humanity. :woot:

Hope DNF is done soon..

Wait, if this is a sign, then perhaps the Chicago Cubs will win the World Series for the first time in 99 years.:o
But, no, I can't die yet, there are way too many things left for me to do; like get a life.:insomnia:

Possibly some space bacteria; maybe even something sent into space by the ancient Egyptians and is just now returning. It was all a plan to destroy the evil Peruvian Empire before it rises.

[wayskobfssae]

Dammit Llama, you beat me to it.

Heh, stare at that crater while listening to the blob song, I find it oddly amusing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_SsrZAAIJk

Those guys might want to keep an eye on each other for signs of zombie metamorphisis too though.

Or... should we expect a snicker or two from H.G. Wells?

[avatar_58]

I personally think this is how life may have started - bacteria and materials from space. So it's not surprising if this meteorite brought "something" down with it thats causing some illness. Just pray it doesn't evolve into something......evil? Mwahaha...muahahaha...

Sorry...

[wayskobfssae]

I personally think this is how life may have started - bacteria and materials from space. So it's not surprising if this meteorite brought "something" down with it thats causing some illness. Just pray it doesn't evolve into something......evil? Mwahaha...muahahaha...

Sorry...

Now we're getting into "chicken or the egg" territory though. Cuz if life on Earth was seeded then where did the bacteria come from? :p

[Tang Lung]

Now we're getting into "chicken or the egg" territory though. Cuz if life on Earth was seeded then where did the bacteria come from? :p

Chuc...

No..I can't even bring myself to say it anymore..

[Altered Reality]

Chuc...
Yes? :D

[Dave-ros]

Chuck Norris caught the alien virus. It almost got away, but he stunned it with a roundhouse kick :p

ANYWAY... Colour out of Space, anyone? Will plants start to grow around the site, apparently full of life but bitter-tasting and grey, and will people also start to disintegrate and possibly jump down wells?

OR... could the meteorite have uncovered a toxic waste dump?

[DeeperThought]

Hey, I have an idea. What if they, like, stopped going near the crater.

[alexgk]

ANYWAY... Colour out of Space, anyone?
I loved that HPL tale :D.

Maybe, medical wastes buried there? But it wouldn't explain the boiling water :o.

[Hyperactive Slob]

^^Passing through the atmosphere I'm sure as hell that the meteorite is hot enough to boil water.

[Dave-ros]

Not necessarily -- small ones, at least, are apparently still cold to the touch, seeing as they were at -273.15 degrees, and even though their surface would have been not during the passage through the atmosphere, leave one for a moment and it'll "normalise" its temperature... or something :confused:

[Mr.Fibbles]

Perhaps, just perhaps, there is a planet far away which collapsed onto itself and the sole survivor was sent to Earth in a small pod. This child will one day grow up to be faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to jump buildings in a single bound and . . . and. . well you get the idea.

[TBZ]

Illnes from space? Weird..

I'm not the only one who wants a pet zombie named Fido, right?

[Hyperactive Slob]

Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odor,"
I'm going to hate myself for saying this but...
IT CAME FROM URANUS!!!

[Mr.Fibbles]

I'm going to hate myself for saying this but...
IT CAME FROM URANUS!!!

lol. I'm glad you gave in to the temptation.

I wonder what type of organisms live in Uranus (in because it is a gas giant):dopefish:

[Rider]

I just realized it also bears some resemblance to this flick:

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/c/c7/200px-Evolution_movie.jpg

[Altered Reality]

Perhaps, just perhaps, there is a planet far away which collapsed onto itself and the sole survivor was sent to Earth in a small pod. This child will one day grow up to be faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to jump buildings in a single bound and . . . and. . well you get the idea.
Or it may be the harbinger of an invasion of people with tails, funny hair, a bad attitude and the ability to turn into giant apes when they see a full moon.

[Commando Nukem]

Or it could just plain be that the rock was/is harboring radioactive matierial (either in the form of absorbtion or actual matierial in the rock) and now people are coming into contact with it in the form of a strange substance and getting sick.


Just a guess.

[Phait]

The real photo

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/959/koolaidfr2.jpg

[crunchy superman]

http://crunchysuperman.freeservers.com/creepshow.jpg
EWWW . . . meteor shit!

[Phait]

^ God that's the movie I was thinking of when I read this the other day, but I can't remember what that's from... it was like a series of movies within a movie.

[crunchy superman]

Creepshow

[Dave-ros]

Hey Phait, what's wrong with Kool-Aid?! :tinyted:

(Aren't you impressed that a non-American knew about that drink? :p)

[Micki!]

^ God that's the movie I was thinking of when I read this the other day, but I can't remember what that's from... it was like a series of movies within a movie.

Creepshow


Haha, i have that on VHS tape :D

[Damien_Azreal]

I have it on DVD. :D I win. :p

[Micki!]

I have it on DVD. :D I win. :p

It exists on DVD..? :eek:
Wow, i thought those old movies would never get to that, unless they were ridiculously popular...:o

[wayskobfssae]

what's wrong with Kool-Aid?! :tinyted:

Ask Dane Cook...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP1USaPMXpI

Anymore questions? :p

[JobivanHiob]

it is THEY! :o
Prepare, we're all doomed! :D
One more reason for 3DR to finish DNF! :p

[Destroyer]

maybe superman just came?

[wayskobfssae]

maybe superman just came?

Yup, he did. And Lois is gonna have a baby in 9 months.

[Mr.Fibbles]

Yup, he did. And Lois is gonna have a baby in 9 months.

lol

that is so bad. You are on a punny streak. But it must stop.

[Cubanito Loco]

Funny thing is...superman had like 20420420 sons in the side-stories from the comics...

[Tang Lung]

Funny thing is...superman had like 20420420 sons in the side-stories from the comics...

So all those Fathers For Justice guys wernet actually idiots dressed as superheroes..they actually WERE superheroes.

[dan2091]

Be prepared... They're coming...

Come on, nobody's coming.. They're already here..:insomnia: