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Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village

physorg.com — 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.

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  • canewediggit, on 10/15/2007, -19/+246one villager reportedly got angered at the developments, changed into a large green beast and leaped out of sight. he was heard screaming 'carlos smash!!!!'
    • MonarchWastxD, on 10/15/2007, -2/+11Seriously though this could be more like the movie Evolution rather than the Hulk ;)
      • Psych77, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1A meteor brings a disease to earth? That's Night of the Living Dead.
    • Godlike, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Itchy. Tasty.
    • dorianh49, on 10/15/2007, -1/+57Obviously, this is Valve doing viral marketing for Half-Life 2: Episode 4. Just watch out for the headcrabs and you'll be fine.
    • RoroCo, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1DUGG mirror - http://www.duggmirror.com/general_sciences/Mystery_illness_strikes_after_meteorite_hits_Peruvian_village_3/

      Direct link is very slow if it works at all.
    • norman619, on 10/10/2007, -0/+28Real life Andromeda Strain....
      • tnoy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Good thing I've been drinking Sterno every day.
      • TheFinaleofSeem, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Have people turned gray and powdery, like the life has been sucked out of them? Are there strange lights in the swaying trees?

        Might as well just call the new crater "The blasted heath".
    • OwdenBowden, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Clearly Radiation Poisoning. But I there is not enough details to say it is if it is Man Made or Extraterrestrial? Or it could be the Chupacabras.
    • urbandistrict, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Dugg for funny.
    • fixedcoma, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2The color of the meteorite burning up in the sky oin the photo shows it burning green! We must ask ourselves what types of atoms burn green! I'm sure it was radioactive also. Sulphur is yellow i believe, but that one person said sulphur bolide, hmm! Copper burns green also!.. wait i found this also copper chloride burns green!
      http://van.physics.uiuc.edu/qa/listing.php?id=2496
    • gummih, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7More info plus Pic
      http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7001897.stm
      • nomadxx7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Thanks for the link. Dugg up.

        FTA: "An engineer from the Peruvian Nuclear Energy Institute told the AFP news agency (said) no radiation had been detected from the crater and ruled out the fallen object being a satellite."
    • brdude, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I'm gonna go stock up on guns and ammunition just in case they turn into zombies.
  • gwjc, on 10/15/2007, -11/+209Clearly, this is an act of interstellar chemical warfare, we should send an invasionary force to α Centauri and show the universe that this aggression will not stand.
    • redfox2600, on 10/15/2007, -1/+42A free trip to α Centauri? Hell sign me up.
    • synaesthesia, on 10/10/2007, -8/+26Its funny enough to joke about but if this meteorite had just happened to hit a major US city (especially NYC, LA or DC), we'd be halfway to Tehran by now.
      • lithera, on 10/10/2007, -4/+46As soon as this news is translated to a cartoon so Bush can understand it to he will find a way to blame Iran for this.
      • SlipstreamLucas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1i'm sure there were some Iranian passports recovered from the crash site.
    • mydigga, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4But, Centauri is a pacifist.
    • cloudyprison, on 10/10/2007, -0/+78If we don't fight the war at α Centauri, we'll be fighting the war here.
      • staticneuron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+73The aliens of α Centauri are after our freedoms.... they hate our way of carbon based living.
    • outsid3rNo17, on 10/10/2007, -0/+32I heard they got uranium there, too. Not that it matters to us, we're going there only to spread democracy.
    • soupyc, on 10/10/2007, -2/+33I think you all just chose α Centauri so you could show how you could use the α symbol. αsshats.

      :-)
      • TheRunes, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2I dugg the first guys comment for it then I almost buried the others. :P
        • AUmrysh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0what about ß centauri? yeah, thats right... the space nazis!
    • raeanin, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4I do mind, the Dude minds.
    • snyper2s, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0its them new space terrorists and their jihad
    • Thuktun, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6No, no, we're supposed to fight the Dilgar first, then the Minbari, *then* the Centauri.
    • rsc0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"How about a trip to the outer rings? ... Zegema Beach?!"
    • Klepto21, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Preemptive action is the only solution.
    • h4mx0r, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I say we nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
  • mtwhitneyclimb, on 10/10/2007, -7/+108Sounds like radiation poisoning.
    • dattaway, on 10/10/2007, -6/+42Sounds to me more like fungus poisoning, like anthrax. Fungus lives in the ground and is likely to be disturbed and flood the air with spores.
      • gopher043, on 10/10/2007, -6/+28I will probably get dugg down for making a bible comment, but in Revelation it talks about a star falling to earth that is called Wormwood and it made people sick. I was thinking about this cause Absinthe is a derivitive of wormwood and it is green in color when distilled. Which is why I liked your fungus comment. just a thought anyways and not meant to be a religious debate.
        • dragon76, on 10/10/2007, -6/+12Stars don't fall.
          • gopher043, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23Only when they are drunk and snorting coke on a weekend binge ala Lohan.

            Seriously, though, it used to be common to call meteorites "falling stars", especially in the times revelation was written. In fact people still call it a falling star when they see one today.
          • alexforcefive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3Jurassic Five begs to differ
        • AtHomeBoy2000, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12back then anything from the sky was a star. Heck we still call them "shooting stars"
        • MrSketch, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15If a star collided with our planet, we would have bigger problems...
        • madwelshacre, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4You can't forget to take into account translation errors.
      • Liability, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8We're screwed, cash in your chips now
      • earlycj5, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17Anthrax isn't a fungus, it's a bacterium.
        • gn0stik, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Says the guy who completely missed the point.
    • Theisos, on 10/10/2007, -0/+35From a comment posted: "This meteor may have been a sulphur bolide which would explain the odour. Hydrogen Sulphide and Sulphur Dioxide are toxic gases which could be formed on impact, and would explain the symptoms of vomiting and headaches."
      • nepawoods, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23From another comment posted .... by a "Mr. Spock" : "Perhaps the Meteor contained alien bacteria that will not only raise the dead but take over the Peruvians body's, turning them into mindless killing machines! That or the sulfur thing."
    • outsid3rNo17, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6How dare you defy our fantasy with your logical *****? GO AWAY! And take your science with you! Thats an alien invasion or an act of God to punish us for our sins.
    • addicted68098, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2heavy Metal Poisoning?, I have been watching too much house
    • Nar1117, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2It was not a meteor.
      In order for a 30 meteor crator to be formed, the meteor would have hit the ground with the force of 1 Kilo-ton of TNT. This would leave clear seismic signs all around the world. Sorry to disappoint.
      Source: http://spaceweather.com/
  • GGzah, on 10/10/2007, -7/+168Rev up your rusty chainsaws boys, this sounds like the beginning of Z-day!
    • acwhite, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6The Rockies is where we make our stand!
    • clearwaterlab, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Quote from article: "The meteorite didn’t hurt anyone, but the authorities are investigating if the remains found in the area are of animals that may have died because of the explosion. " So... remains found in forest, aye? Sounds like zombies feasting to me. *****.
    • Midvicious, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15Everyone get your survival guides and be ready to evacuate the cities. I just hope to God they're shamblers... Be right back... going to Home Depot for some wood...
      • SlipstreamLucas, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0dig simple for a quake 1 bad-thing reference :)
        it made me smile
    • Woah_G!, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4It's about time one of our sci-fi games/movies came to real life.
    • Midvicious, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21Well... I'm back from Home Depot... Jesus... one of those things took a bite of my arm.... but I got the wood, it's... what? Why's everyone looking at me funny?
    • KingGorilla, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9*crosses fingers for zombies* *come on zombies!!!*
    • kunradish, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1wooooo now i'm glad i bought that 30 cal. mg time to put that baby to good use
    • SlipstreamLucas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2all those years of playing zombie games might finally count for something, there one gigantic i-told-you-so coming my mothers way :D
  • misterkaizer, on 10/10/2007, -20/+1yeah!
    • EmperorAwesome, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Who the ***** are you "yeah" -ing to, *****?
  • mybrainhurtz, on 10/10/2007, -4/+45I was just going to add that this is how zombie movies start... but you kind of beat me to it GGzah... time to practice my "Lobo" skills
    • pseudo.hero, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Nice WWZ reference!
    • snyper2s, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1hmmm, the AK-47 never jams, i think im going to iraq, ironic isnt it?
  • digitizit, on 10/10/2007, -3/+67And to think that those bad movies from the 80's would get the origins of the zombie outbreak correct. Who would have thought it? I'm going to go stock up on shotgun shells now.
  • londubh, on 10/10/2007, -10/+4From the description it sounds like it might be a nuclear powered satellite that de-orbited. Time to get out the Geiger counter.
    • Promac, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6What is there in orbit that's powered by a nuclear battery and that would survive re-entry enough to make this size of a crater?
      • Asno667, on 10/10/2007, -6/+25The space laser the we used to bring down the World Trade Center, HAHA. Please don't believe that
        • gn0stik, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Cat's out of the bag now, Agent of the Secret New Order #667, A cleaner team is on the way. We told you the dangers of social networking, consider this your burn notice. Was it worth it?
        • Asno667, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2How did you figure out my username, god damn. Where's my flouride so I can "change his mind" on my name.
    • davewashere, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1It would have had to have been "launched" into de-orbit somehow, because there's no way it could free-fall and make that crater.
  • endgame, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15Remember Creep Show?
    • milkmage, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"meteor *****"
    • Midvicious, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0*****... yes... I can almoist see the headline... "Several villagers found dead covered in mysterious fungi"
    • Cannfodd3r, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Had to be Stephen King's best role.. or only role?
      • gn0stik, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Pay closer attention, SK has been in every single one of his movies.
  • iching, on 10/30/2007, -1/+79photos from various news agencies.

    http://forgetomori.com/2007/science/meteorite-makes-30-meter-crater-in-peru
    http://noticias.uol.com.br/ultnot/efe/2007/09/17/ult1809u12978.jhtm
    http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/articles/show/139967-Peru%3A+Meteorite+falls+and+makes+a+crater+in+the+ground

    Video: http://www.reuters.com/news/video/videoStory?videoId=66641

    Looking at the crater it seems odd.
    • noots, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2how so? the ground must be very wet or a water source, and the water has filled the empty gap. Happens all the time. Didn't you learn anything from Man vs Wild?
      • Magnj, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7no but on Survivor man I did
        • CiXeL, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1survivorman is a pussy. lets loiter around in the wilderness and then go find the safety camp when we run out of ideas. at least on man vs wild he shows you how to find a way out of the wilderness.
          does that survivorman guy even know anything about the environments he's in? half the time he seems like he doesnt have the slightest clue.
        • refreshers, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0At least Les actually survives in the wilderness, and doesn't have things premade for him.
    • Navicerts, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Clearly Superman.

      Did you notice the water let out a big bubble near the end of the video? I swear something was about to emerge from there.
    • SillyRabbits, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I don't think the issue is with the water. I think he means that it doesn't look like what you would expect for a high velocity impact. Especially one that witnesses claim was accompanied with a huge explosion. I'm certainly not an expert, but that's not what I would expect.
    • Navicerts, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7I thought the water was odd, but i checked out the location on Google Earth, it's right next to "Lake Titicaca"
    • iching, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The aridity of surrounding environment caught me off guard until I read that this is very close to Lake Titicaca, the birthplace of the Inca civilization that was really a prelude to even an older civilization which National Geographic just found traces deep within the lake.. The lake is supposed to be feed by underground rivers from what I read so that might explain the water, however the crater's morphology doesn't seem typical because of the ejecta.
    • wastelander, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0"The member of the National Academy of Sciences, Modesto Montoya, told to the “Andean” state agency that the fall of meteorites in Peru doesn’t present any danger, unless they hit some structure. " As oposed to meteorites that fall in other countries?
      • smellytim, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Perus soil is apparently rich in lead and silver which could cause illness. At least lead could.
    • gn0stik, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Fox Mulder Analysis would go something like this: "According to sources of the Territorial Direction of the Police, the alarmed inhabitants of the area heard a great noise, similar to that of an airplane falling. Later, the witnesses saw a luminous object in fire in the sky that hit the ground, producing an explosion that left the earth charred. " So, first they heard a sound like a falling craft, and later they saw a green trail of light streaking across the sky? Well how much later? What kind of meteorite Makes a sound like that Scully? Typically you'd see the light before hearing anything, and when you did, all you'd hear is a sonic boom before it hit. The reason it sounded like a falling craft scully, is because that's exactly what it is. "The meteorite didn’t hurt anyone, but the authorities are investigating if the remains found in the area are of animals that may have died because of the explosion. " So when was the last time you heard of a meteorite hitting where there were biological remains left behind? Scully? Why don't all the articles have the same information? Some mention the biological remains while others dont, some mention the sickness and the smell, and others dont. And what about that smell and sickness? What does that sound like Scully? Alien blood, you know what that stuff does, and what it smells like. " "I'm going down there. "
    • klaupacius, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2"The meteorite didn’t hurt anyone, but the authorities are investigating if the remains found in the area are of animals that may have died because of the explosion." wierd.
    • mikeazorin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The meteorite crashed on an ancient Incan burial ground. Obviously.
      • bat-21, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Oh great. Now we have to fight Incan zombies.
    • smellytim, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Wait is there really a lake Titicaca?! no way!
      • Psych77, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No, we made it up just to keep you amused for a couple of hours...
  • BigManOnCampus, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16Interestingly enough, I saw a very very bright meteorite in the skies of Los Angeles at about the same time.
    • rezivor, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Where in LA were you? I can't see the stars... too many city lights.
    • Navicerts, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Im surprised you can see the moon through all the light and pollution let alone a meteorite, must have been bright. It was about 1/5 of the way around the earth from where you are.
      • AQUANETA, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You can see the moon in la.
      • BigManOnCampus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1uh, it's not that bad. I do astronomy observing in south-bay all the time. landmarks are hard to find, but get decent optics and you can see quite a bit.
    • urbandistrict, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2That would be SouthWest Flight #1170 out of LAX.... Mr. BigManOnCampus
  • bobdotcom, on 10/10/2007, -3/+25They're all infected with Green Kryptonite, soon they'll start transporting, conducting electricity with their hands, and stealing your body heat to survive!!
    • Synn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Where's Chloe Sullivan when you need her. Send her over to my place...I'd like to have a "word" with her.
  • Godlike, on 10/10/2007, -3/+30ALRIGHT! ZOMBIE ATTACK! Everybody get your shotguns!
    • 13B1303, on 10/10/2007, -0/+29To the Winchester!!!
    • macweirdo42, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18Shop smart, shop S-Mart.
    • Flatlineskillz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I am so glad I got dead rising on sale last week. I will be stocking up on propane tanks and hedge clippers
    • parasitewasp, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3We can't, the liberals took them away.
    • LordByr0n, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That would be hela cool
  • plizard, on 10/10/2007, -21/+5blame george bush!
  • GoMegaMan, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6It's the beginning of the end people!!! This is how almost every Zombie movie starts out. Y'all better start reading the Walking Dead and watching Zombie movies for survival tips.
    • Neiby, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I was just watching 28 Weeks Later last night! Not a very good movie, actually...
    • ideaLOLogies, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks ftw.
      • AUmrysh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0*uses the log at the back of the book to start tracking the spread*
        good thing its only a second level and not a first... still, we must find places from which to defend.
    • Godlike, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Yah I've read that survival guide and played tons of Resident Evil and Doom 3 and Half Life man, I am sure set to get some sort of weapon and die almost instantly to hordes of undead that I underestimate!

      Though if video games and fiction really can prepare you for a zombie strike, I will seriously kick some zombie ass!
    • gn0stik, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I gotta find a shopping mall with a gun store in it.
    • alpharaptor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0those aren't just movies, they're training videos
  • murlidhar, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0omg i gotta go and make a trench for myself !!
  • purplemonkey87, on 10/10/2007, -3/+68Anyone read "The Andromeda Strain" by Michael Crichton?
    • Neiby, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I don't know why someone dugg you down. That was exactly what I thought of when I saw the title of the article.
    • matth1jd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I was just thinking that all we have to do it wait until it mutates and only dissolves rubber.
      • gn0stik, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Do you realize how much of a catastrophe that would be? A bacteria that only desolves rubber and became widespread somehow would cause havoc on earth.
    • EBFoxbat, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Andromeda strain didn't have anything to do with a meteorite. It was a man-made satellite and as long as our leading exo-biologist doesn't have red-light induced epilepsy, we should be ok.
      • redxxx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Funny, I seem to remember the satellite having been sent out to collect micro meteors, which really does seem to have something to do with meteorites.
      • extrasalty, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0How do you know it wasn't satellite? If it was, don't you think they will tell you it was a meteorite?
    • cyranthus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4anyone read "The Colour Out of Space" by Lovecraft?
      • macweirdo42, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah, that ***** is hella creepy.

        Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fthagn!

        What? Just want to have my bases covered, just in case.
    • VitriolAndAngst, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2When it hit earth they thought it was a meteorite. It was collecting stellar samples to find a bio weapon.
      So it is strangely pertinent here.

      >> Just don't try to destroy the contagion with a nuke!
  • arkowi, on 10/10/2007, -1/+33this better be zombies.
  • saturnx8, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7the Peruvian village wouldn't be named smallville? who knows maybe meteor freaks really could exist?
  • grizzlypuma, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1the strogg invasion begins
  • Bladeweever, on 10/10/2007, -4/+10The sky is falling! The sky is falling! [puke]
  • MerryMortician, on 10/10/2007, -1/+66I can't wait to see what that village looks like in 28 days.
    • GoMegaMan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21Oh man, I hope they're not fast Zombies.
    • r1y23, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah but they will all be starved to death by 28 weeks...... Just dont kiss anyone for a while
  • Asvetic, on 10/10/2007, -5/+5Life imitates Art: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallville_(TV_series)
    • tnoy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wait, Smallville isnt a true story?!
    • cultist667, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1We must flee from the super powered peasants and farmers with laser vision.
  • Cyber_Akuma, on 10/10/2007, -3/+17Crap! I forgot to have a zombie plan!
    • zombiedepot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5ready.gov
    • SlipstreamLucas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0get a shot gun and lots of ammo, pretty much a safe plan for any zombie encounter :)
  • Blade2000, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3War of The Worlds has officially begun!!!!
  • FreakyD, on 10/10/2007, -12/+7Bush did it
  • reuscel, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8I think we need to dispatch troops to space. Because if we don't fight evil, disease-causing meteorites in space, we'll have to fight them here.

    Also, does this remind anyone else of the Stephen King scene from "Creepshow"?
  • whatthefu, on 10/10/2007, -1/+47So many geeky jokes to make, so little time..
  • cubicrystal, on 10/10/2007, -9/+3OK - not to freak anyone out or anything - but apparently there's some kind of cosmic event going to happen today Sept 18 2007.
    • Sephirenn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1What event?
      • cubicrystal, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2The info is sketchy - apparently there is some Hebraic mystical significance to this particular date where a cataclysmic event is to occur today - my refs, datastorageguy - can't be furnished at this time. As much as I'd like to. So - sit tight. Prayer wouldn't hurt if it moves ya.

        'Tzit.
        • crazydiode, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10you mean the Fed meeting about reducing interest rate?
        • TheGort, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yea, That's the one.
    • crushfan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2kthxbai.
    • datastorageguy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12You would have freaked us out a bit more if you had actually posted what it was that was going to happen and a source. You poopsnake.
    • Navicerts, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3get me all excited only to realize you don't even have a source :(
      • cubicrystal, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Patience. The source will reveal itself. Still got a few more hours till midnght. Wait.
  • pathy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+43No one would have believed, in the early years of the twenty first century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space.

    No one could have dreamed we were being scrutinized, as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets and yet, across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this Earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely, they drew their plans against us...
  • justinp, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2I don't give a ***** about this story but I'm Digging this because the other submission misspelled Andromeda.
    • Midvicious, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Wow. Thank you so much for telling us that. I mean... what would we have done without that information?
  • eboy, on 10/10/2007, -9/+2i blame george bush!
  • trer, on 10/10/2007, -4/+14Zerglings probably will pop out of the chests of those afflicted villagers. The Protoss will soon teleport in their Zealots.
  • RevnCliffie, on 10/10/2007, -2/+34I can not stress enough how important it is that NO ONE poke it with a stick.
    • millertime588, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1...or cut a hole and climb inside to take pictures like that giant ball with radiation signs on it in Russia.
  • idhindsight, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9It's the Colour Out of Space!
    • greyrat, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Not many Lovecraft readers out there I take it.
      • SignorDildo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1The crater is 6 meters deep and half-full with water, our Peruvian friends should make a well of it...
    • genconkeeper, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Most of the Digger haven't read any Mythos work from th HPL.
  • PoserOfAllTrade, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3The zombie apocalypse... has begun!!!
  • coolsteve, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1"Residents complained of headaches and vomiting"

    Does radiation cause this?

    Edit: Oh, nvm, mtwhitneyclimb already mentioned it.
  • cubicrystal, on 10/10/2007, -5/+6Doesn't seem to be random - the area seems to be an alien landing ground. Wonder if it's Incan related......
    • omega6, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1As someone mentioned earlier. Yer a poopsnake.
      It would be rather difficult for a dead peoples to control meteorites from space. But who knows!!! oooo. Maybe the aliens are giving you a sign to kill yourself with koolaid. You'd better do it before it's too late!

      Don't be so gullible to believe everything you read on the internets. Sometimes it's just a meteroite
      • Terrk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0And a million meteroites could hit the ground, and cause a terrible sickness, and people like you would just say "It's just a meterorite"

        ;-)

        Don't be so closed minded.
  • celticchrys, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9I can't believe no one has refenced the X-Files episode about La Chupacabra yet. And you call yourselves geeks!
  • Ericn84, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8There are two types of people in this world, those who have a zombie plan and those who don't. Whats your Zombie Plan?

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=BkaxjymbfS0
  • jdryyz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Be at ease worried villagers, for it is merely overpowering stench of rotten eggs (sulpher) that has stricken you....nothing mysterious.
  • moocowrat, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2has anyone found the alien symbiote yet? if yes, SOUND WAVES can kill it...or fire...
  • steelclash84, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13Christ, they'll say anything to get out of work.
  • yoda17, on 10/10/2007, -6/+21WARNING: "presumably from outer space"


    Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Happy Fun Ball. Caution: Happy Fun Ball may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds. Happy Fun Ball contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at. Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete. If Happy Fun Ball begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head. Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types of skin. When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration. Failure to do so relieves the makers of Happy Fun Ball, Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company Global Chemical Unlimited, of any and all liability. Ingredients of Happy Fun Ball include an unknown glowing substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space. Happy Fun Ball has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is also being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. Happy Fun Ball comes with a lifetime guarantee. ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!
  • Brownflem, on 10/10/2007, -8/+1I blame CANADA!
  • bib4tuna, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1ive played resident evil 4. protect the presidents daughter. NOW.
  • zieak, on 10/10/2007, -10/+3Is Buenos Aires in Peru? BUGS! Kill them all! I'm going to serve.
    Don't worry. Sky Marshall Bush will undoubtedly order an invasion of Klendathu.
    • zadadka, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4BA is the capital of Argentina.
      Apart from that, d'you wanna live forever, ape?, break out the Morita's, send Chas, and Roughnecks Ho !
  • itdiestoday518, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1Nicole Kidman will save us
  • underthewether, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4i hear walmart is having a sale on shotguns
  • Flatlineskillz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Its Prob just Mork from Ork
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