[meteorite-list] Kids say the darndest things

[Mark]

Once again a "Hot" meteorite. What a bunch of Bull. Why waste time on these 
things?

Most kids are liars and this one simply takes the cake. Id like to meet this 
science teacher and educate him. More likely a "Hot" briquet from his 
drunkien neighbors backyard grill.

Wish I had a real meteorite for every WRONG reported seen falling from the 
sky and found still hot. I would have the ultimate collection as it seems 
like every wannabe meteorite finder always finds them hot.

Mark M.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse at charter.net>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 4:40 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Kids say the darndest things


> Ooops, cussin' in the subject.
>
> Anyway, a pair of creative liars and a clueless science teacher.
>
> http://www.ocala.com/article/20071118/NEWS/211180344/1368/googlesitemapnews
>
> Fourth-grader finds meteorite in yard
>
> BY KAREN VOYLES
> THE GAINESVILLE SUN
>
> CEDAR KEY - A fourth-grader got a personal, hands-on lesson in meteorites
> earlier this week.
>
> Jeremiah Barnes, 10, was the featured speaker in science classes at Cedar 
> Key
> School Friday, where he explained how he saw the meteorite fall into his 
> yard at
> the beginning of the week.
>
> After seeing an object streak into the yard, Jeremiah told high school 
> classes
> he initially thought one of his cousins had thrown something over the 
> fence.
> After running over to the object and touching it, Jeremiah said he knew it 
> was
> something extraordinary.
>
> "It burned my finger so I ran in the house and got my sister," Jeremiah 
> said.
>
> After seeing a blister rise on her brother's index finger, Angel Neese, a
> 14-year-old ninth-grader, doused the object with water from the garden 
> house.
> Brother and sister watched in fascination as the water being poured into 
> the
> shoebox-sized hole made by the object instantly began boiling.
>
> "It kind of looked like lava from a volcano, but then I remembered what we
> learned in [eighth-grade] science class. And I kind of thought it would be 
> a
> meteorite," Angel said. After the object cooled, Angel pointed out the 
> metals in
> it to her little brother and explained what she remembered about objects
> superheating when they entered the Earth's atmosphere.
>
> Jeremiah presented the molten lump to high school science teacher Richard
> Whitman, who confirmed it was a meteorite and called the astronomy 
> department at
> the University of Florida to try to figure out the odds of a fourth-grader 
> in
> the state's smallest public school actually seeing a meteorite hit the 
> ground.
>
> "Not a real likely event," Whitman said. "For anyone."
>
> Jeremiah said he plans to keep the meteorite and is cautious about who 
> gets to
> handle his new treasure. After telling his story to the high school 
> science
> students, Jeremiah answered questions, then walked from desk to desk 
> allowing
> the teenagers to look and touch, but being careful to make sure it 
> remained over
> a desk to reduce the risk of an accidental drop.
>
> "I want to make sure I have it always, and it doesn't ever get broken," 
> Jeremiah
> said.
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