Sickness From Space
Tuesday September 18, 2007
Did a meteorite that crashed in Peru make villagers sick?
Yahoo! News says, "Villagers in southern Peru were struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area."
After a large explosion, which was first thought to be a plane crash, on Saturday, residents of a remote village, located in the high Andes department of Puno in the Desaguadero region, near the border with Bolivia began to complain of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odor." Police who responded were also struck by the mysterious illness and had to be given oxygen before being hospitalized.
The mysterious meteorite left a 100-foot-wide (30-meter-wide) and 20-foot-deep (six-meter-deep) crater. Rescue workers and experts have been dispatched to the scene.