Meteor Causes Mysterious Illness in Peruvian Village

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Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village

Mon Sep 17, 11:23 PM ET

LIMA (AFP) - 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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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 100-foot-wide (30-meter-wide) and 20-foot-deep (six-meter-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.

When asked to comment on the situation, one resident repeatedly exclaimed "cerebros!" (that's spanish for "brains").

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070918/sc_afp/peruhealthoffbeat

Ok, the last part was mine.

 

[chamber-music]

Cool their turning into mutants!

 

[Carcharodon]

The two most likely causes would either be radiation, or a hazardous material that was put up into the air as a result of the disturbance of the ground.

 

[terry78]

Resident EVIL.......FOUR!

 

[Erzengel]

That'll teach them from eating guinea pigs.

 

[turtlefocker]

Please be zombies
Please be zombies
Please be zombies
Please be zombies
Please be zombies

 

[terry78]

^Your ass will be the first one they come after.

 

[turtlefocker]

and what a shame that would be

 

[jaguarr]

^Your ass will be the first one they come after.

Not likely. Zombies eat brains.

jag

 

[terry78]

Not likely. Zombies eat brains.

jag

You and your facetious nature. Jeebus.

 

[Fried Gold]

 

[jaguarr]

You and your facetious nature. Jeebus.

Who's the woman in your avatar, Terry?

jag

 

[Morg]

The Andromeda Strain?

and that ain't a women Jag

 

[terry78]

The Andromeda Strain?

and that ain't a women Jag

He knows that.

 

[jaguarr]

Hahaha!

jag

 

[Showtime]

I was going to say, isn't that Terry?

 

[Downhere]

I thought the illness was going to be like people getting superpowers by the meteor like in Meteor Man...

 

[Overman27pj]

Please be zombies
Please be zombies
Please be zombies
Please be zombies
Please be zombies

Check out World War Z sometime!!! One of the funniest books to read!

 

[carrrnuttt]

Two of the new cast members of Heroes with "deadly powers" are from Latin America.

 

[Kritish]

Not likely. Zombies eat brains.

jag

Gay zombies go for the ass.

 

[Jack Rabbit]

Check out World War Z sometime!!! One of the funniest books to read!

How was that book funny?

 

[Fred_Fury]

plz be zombies... plz be zombies...

 

[Kritish]

How was that book funny?

Regardless, WWZ was awesome!

 

[DV8]

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