[2sheep]

Within the stream are probably thousands of bodies including asteroids, mountain-and island-sized boulders, smaller meteoroids, Encke's Comet and assorted fragments of celestial refuse.

I remember hiking and walking under waterfalls when I was a kid.  On the outside one was in a mist. As I walked closer to the main falls, the power and intensity and size of the water increased in size.  Wouldn't this also be the case with this Leonid storm?

[blam]

"Wouldn't this also be the case with this Leonid storm?

Yes, that is the 'gravity lensing' they're talking about.