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Dad: Son struck by meteorites while playing outside [FL]
http://www.clickorlando.com ^ | Nov 27 2013 12:13:06 AM EST | Author: John Ambrogne

Posted on 11/27/2013 12:32:52 PM PST by Red Badger

LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. -

The family of a 7-year-old boy says their son was hurt after small meteorites fell from the sky while he was playing outside.

Steven Lippard was in his driveway Saturday in Palm Beach County when he began bleeding.

The family initially thought he may have been hit by a golf ball or a bird, but then found several small rocks nearby.

The rocks were taken to Florida Atlantic University. Initial tests showed the rocks were metallic and could have come from space. Experts are now doing more tests to confirm the possibility.

Meteorite strikes around the world are incredibly rare but have happened in the past.

Lippard had to have staples put in one part of his head because of the cut, but is expected to be OK.


TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: aliens; meteor; whodidthat
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To: MUDDOG

He’s got some good souvenirs in those rocks.....He’s got a freakin’ fortune, if real.


21 posted on 11/27/2013 1:05:10 PM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Shaped like a winter squash…


22 posted on 11/27/2013 1:05:20 PM PST by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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To: EEGator

The nuclear bomb in the diner was a nice touch.


23 posted on 11/27/2013 1:06:04 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Mercat

I had lightning strike powerlines over my head (by 13-20 feet) and otherwise nearby (traffic light while I was at the intersection, neighbor’s house, etc.). Only ever saw one meteor shower.

I had a friend who was struck by lighting in a car (he was the passenger and touched the window when it happened).


24 posted on 11/27/2013 1:13:36 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: driftdiver

Yep. I thought it was a good terrible movie. (if that makes sense)


25 posted on 11/27/2013 1:13:49 PM PST by EEGator
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To: bunster

Are meteorites caused by global warming?


26 posted on 11/27/2013 1:14:02 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: a fool in paradise; JoeProBono; dfwgator
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27 posted on 11/27/2013 1:20:40 PM PST by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: Red Badger

I got hit by azzteroids but they finally went away.


28 posted on 11/27/2013 1:30:23 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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29 posted on 11/27/2013 1:33:48 PM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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To: Alex Murphy

30 posted on 11/27/2013 1:37:38 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: a fool in paradise

“Are meteorites caused by global warming?”

It’s probably like our house insurance policy where Ocare doesn’t cover your health if “an act of God” (or whatever term they are now using instead of God” — so no health care for you if you semi-drown in a flood, or get singed by lightning, or hit by a meteorite. You think?


31 posted on 11/27/2013 1:42:20 PM PST by bunster
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To: Red Badger

Meteorites love AstroTurf


32 posted on 11/27/2013 2:02:14 PM PST by bunkerhill7 ("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
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To: PATRIOT1876

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man gets stoned to death.


33 posted on 11/27/2013 5:54:33 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Red Badger

34 posted on 11/27/2013 5:59:45 PM PST by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: COBOL2Java

looks like he picked his super power outfit just in the nick of time.


35 posted on 11/27/2013 6:06:08 PM PST by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: Red Badger
We had house guests last weekend and took them to Loxahatchee for an airboat tour of the swamps/everglades.

We were keeping our eyes open for gators... I guess we should have been on the lookout for meteorites.

36 posted on 11/27/2013 6:23:24 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: bunster

OH no, no, no, no, no, NO!!! Do NOT go there.

We’ll all find ourselves subsidizing Celestial Falling Object Injury Coverage on top of all the other CRAP most of us don’t want to pay for.


37 posted on 11/27/2013 9:01:01 PM PST by logi_cal869
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To: cripplecreek

That’s about 125 mph, right? Still gonna leave a nasty welt.


38 posted on 11/28/2013 12:48:05 AM PST by beelzepug (if any alphabets are watchin', I'll be coming home right after the meetin')
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To: going hot
looks like he picked his super power outfit just in the nick of time.

LOL! Never noticed that. Well, those Silver Age comic book artists & editors were under the gun to get those issues out, I guess. :0)

39 posted on 11/28/2013 7:19:58 AM PST by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: logi_cal869

LOL, CFOI — love a new acronym.

I remember a few months back reading about Ocare’s detailed coverage list (not the entire list — but an excerpt) and I think it was about geese. How there is one schedule # for being bitten by a goose, another for hit in the eye by a goose, tripping over a goose, and on and on, and about 5 more that I can’t even imagine or think of now they were so bizarre and made me wonder if these braniacs in DC did that for every conceivable injury and animal. CFOI is probably on this list.


40 posted on 11/28/2013 7:51:01 AM PST by bunster
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