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>> A red hot, pea-sized piece of rock then hit his hand before bouncing off and causing a foot wide crater in the ground.

That's crazy. I don't understand how it didn't take his hand off.

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Neither do I. How could the meteorite hit his and only leave a scar, but have enough force to not only knock him over but leave a crater in the ground? Doesn't make much sense to me. He's probably misremembering. Seems more likely that the meteorite first hit the ground, the impact of which knocked him to the ground, during or after which either the meteorite ricocheted into or a piece of debris hit his hand.

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