[MassExodus]

Two things - "We will have it mounted in a glass presentation case so she can keep it for the rest of her life

Not likely, if true that chunk of ferous will be in a museum somewhere probably and they'll pocket a check.

If it IS a meteor, shouldn't it have past through her foot on it's way to making a crater about 2 feet across?

[inquest]

It wouldn't necessarily have caused physical harm. I've seen woodcuts from the nineteenth century showing meteor showers where the meteors were raining onto the ground, with people standing around marveling - and according to the sources I've read, these are accurate depictions, not some artist's tortured imagination.

If the rock's small enough, the atmosphere would have slowed it down, and then cooled it down, enough so that at worst it would have stung her a bit, depending on what kind of shoe she had on.

[mhking]

If it IS a meteor, shouldn't it have past through her foot on it's way to making a crater about 2 feet across?

Thank you!

I keep thinking about the scene at the beginning of Armageddon where the guy's dog gets wiped out in Manhattan...