Posted on 05/18/2011 10:12:03 AM PDT by traumer
BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – A Basking Ridge homeowner would really like to know why there’s a crater in her front yard.
“To me it looked like something blew out of the ground because the grass was folded back, the rocks and dirt were all spewn out into the cul-de-sac and across the driveway,” Sue, who asked not to be identified out of concern that the hole may draw unwanted onlookers and crowds, said.
Her son, Jeff, believes something fell from the heavens. “Something clearly came out of the sky and just hit it from an angle and then it all shot up the other way,” he said.
Officials and experts are also scratching their heads. For now, it appears the small crater that splayed debris across a 100-foot area wasn’t caused by a meteorite. Beyond that, it’s a mystery.
“It’s just really, really weird,” said Jerry Vinski, director of nearby Raritan Valley Community College’s planetarium, who conducted tests on the site. “We dug around and couldn’t find anything. We used metal detectors because all meteors have metal in them, and we couldn’t find anything, large or small.” Bernards Township Police Capt. Edward Byrnes said whatever hit the front yard left a crater about 18 inches deep and roughly the size of a coffee table.
A State Police bomb squad ruled out explosives, Byrnes said. According to Byrnes, no one in the neighborhood heard or saw anything at the time of the May 6 incident. The homeowner called police upon arriving home. “The weather was clear, there were no reports of lightning strikes; nobody reported seeing anything,” Byrnes said. “I’ve never seen anything like this in 23 years.”
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UFO made a bounce?
Bush’s fault
SC - I thought I would put this on your radar for a possible Catastrophism ping if it proves a meteor strike.
Graboids?
Moles. Those little sumbitches can make a mess like that.
It looks like someone or some animal has been digging.
That is a Graboid exit hole if I ever saw one!
Shai-hulud.
You and I have our minds sync-locked. That may not be a good sign. ;-D
LOL
I know I shouldn’t, but I like those movies.
Chinese watermelon seeds?
We see this all the time ‘round here. Just a big dog, looking for his bone. :-)
Just an airliner ejecting waste! Urin Ice Bomb.
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