Dakota Slim Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Man Becomes Overnight Millionaire After Meteorite Crashes Through His Roof https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/man-becomes-overnight-millionaire-after-meteorite-crashes-through-his-roof-2327321 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clay Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Hutagalung, who was across the street at the time of the incident, said, "I was working on a coffin near the street in front of my house when I heard a booming sound that made my house shake. It was as if a tree had fallen on us." Hutagalung continued: "It was too hot to pick up, so my wife dug it out with a hoe, and we took it inside." Gotta love the Philippines. This was probably just down the road from the giant gold nuggets being found stuck in basalt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikestang Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 (edited) It was most likely freezing cold. If the body expects something to be very hot, it will feel very hot. You can make someone think they are being burned with an ice cube. And where are they getting the valuation of that rock? There's no way in hell he's a millionaire in US currency from that. These news people find the most expensive meteorite they can and then apply that price to every single meteorite that makes the news. Edited November 20, 2020 by Mikestang 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedrock Bob Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 It is obviously worth many millions of dollars more than what Hutagalung was paid. It is fraud. An attempt by meteorite dealers to steal the meteorite from Hutagalung. I demand a recount. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 I didn't know coffin makers in Sumatra made over $40,000 a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billpeters Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Kolang 1°53’18.8"N, 98°39’39.6"E Sumatera Utara, Indonesia Fall: 1 Aug 2020 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM1/2) History: (M. Farmer, Arizona) Around 4 pm local time (9 am UTC) on 1 August 2020, residents in northwest Sumatra (Central Tapanuli Regency) heard loud booming sounds that shook their houses. A single stone weighing ~2100 g went through the roof of a house in Kolang at 1°53’18.8"N 98°39’39.6"E (Satahi Nauli, Kolang, Central Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia) and embedded itself into the soil beside the house. Another stone impacted in a rice paddy about 2.2 km south of the main mass. Two more stones were found ~7.8 km to the SE (around 1°49’50.22"N 98°41’51.22"E). Michael Farmer initially acquired 266 g, which includes fragments from the main mass and the rice paddy stone. This material was used for the classification. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimale Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 On 11/20/2020 at 9:36 PM, Bedrock Bob said: It is obviously worth many millions of dollars more than what Hutagalung was paid. It is fraud. An attempt by meteorite dealers to steal the meteorite from Hutagalung. I demand a recount. Just a marketing strategy for the meteorite dealers, For such 'juicy' headline to appear, in the media, you just pay money that is it, and the editor craft such an appealing words for the specific purpose he intends. Na wagotea wote! Billpeters. Bob, soon coming jimale enterprises, ingredients out of stock. Reason: covid19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55013725 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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