God hates you if...
You are sitting in the dessert hanging out with your buddies Achyuta and Jagadeep, checking out the old clothes you just traded for a sack of utensils, and then you get hit by a fucking meteorite. From The Hindu news:
" Jaipur: A suspected meteorite today Thursday claimed the lives of three nomads and injured four others at Banchola village in Rajasthan's Bundi district.
Two persons died on the spot and the third at a local hospital, police said.
A crater was formed due to a blast-like situation, police said, adding it might be a blast in explosive scrap which the nomads or `banjaras' had collected from somewhere.
According to fellow nomads, the victims, who used to sell utensils in exchange of old clothes, were sitting in a field when an `ulkapind' (unknown flying object) hit them around 9 a.m., police said. "
Sucks so hard. Interestingly, this would actually be the first recorded case of death by meteorite. Although there are some unconfirmed possible deaths by meteorite, which you find out all about after the click.
"Barbotan, France 7/24/1790: Meteorite crushed cottage- killed farmer and some cattle.
Martinsville W.Virginia 3/11/1897: Man knocked out, horse killed, walls pierced.
Yugoslavia 12/8/1929: Meteor hits bridal party, killed 1 (speak now or forever hold your...)
The last recorded confirmed case of is Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Hodges in 1954.
"On the 30 March 1954 Mrs. Hodges was asleep on her sofa when a 3.86 kg (= 8.51 lbs unit conversion) stony meteorite crashed though her roof and hit her, causing abdominal injuries which, fortunately, were not serious. The funny thing about the incident - although she probably did not find it amusing at the time - is that Mrs. Hodges lived opposite the Comet Drive-In Theatre. The photograph ... shows Mrs. Hodges shortly after the malevolent meteorite struck her. It caused extensive bruising which took a number of weeks to disappear."
Here is a great list of all the meteorite strikes starting in 861 in Japan, up through 2006 in Norway.
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