[meteorite-list] Posting for Randall Gregory

[Pete Pete]

Hi, all,



Maybe I misunderstood the latest news releases regarding the "illnesses" in the Carancas crater event - haven't the ailments finally been attributed to Mass Hysteria?

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_hysteria

Cheers,
Pete





> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:33:48 -0700

> From: mlblood at cox.net

> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Posting for Randall Gregory

>

>

> This morning we were sorting through the stones I collected from the

> Carancas crater and I had a small 1/2 kilogram bottle of very fine grained

> meteorites that bought from an old woman who patiently collected these

> grains for 3 days using a car speaker. She used the magnet on the speaker

> cone sifting through the dirt surrounding the crater.

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> As my wife started to pour the grains onto a paper towel, she immediately

> said that here noise started to burn. She described it like a thousands

> little bees stinging the inside of her nose. I put my nose to the bottle and

> sniffed a little bit and felt the same sensation but more in my eyes and to

> a lesser degree. Later that day, a friend of ours who was visiting, and

> after showing here the meteorites, she said "I'm getting a headache". and we

> never told her about the irritation.There is a very good possibility that

> the vaporization or release of microscopic dust grains into the air was the

> cause of the complaints. It appears the effects have a lasting effect since

> my wife is still complaining of irritation. Her exact words are 'this dust

> has something and I think we need to store these outside'. My wife's

> occupation is a research biologist and said that she felt the same thing

> when opening bottles of sulfuric acid.

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> My wife is very sensitive to chemicals, smoke and fumes. I can't smoke

> around her because it makes her ill and there is no way I can hide my habit

> from her. I had less of a reaction because I am a smoker and I'm more

> tolerant of smoke irritation. She's a human smoke detector par excellence.

> Tonight, she is complaining of nose, eye, and throat irritation. Anyway, it

> appears there is something in the meteorite that is acidic and irritating to

> mucus membranes. Tomorrow, I want to buy a PH tester and see what the

> results are. I'll try to get the results of the testing that the health

> officials performed on the people living close to the crater. I'll post the

> results of my research and testing.

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> Greatly appreciated,

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>

> Randall

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