[meteorite-list] Hopper Is Not The First Dog To Find A Meteorite

[Timothy Heitz]

Thanks Phil.

That was good, we needed that.

TIm Heitz

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Whitmer" <prairiecactus at rtcol.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:22 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Hopper Is Not The First Dog To Find A Meteorite



> You guessed it, it was Lassie!  From season 6, episode 13,  "The Man From 

> Mars", first shown 11\29\59:  Lassie and  little Timmy are stargazing one 

> night when they see a large fireball streaking acros the sky.  The next 

> morning Lassie finds a rimmed impact crater.  It looks pretty authentic, 

> like the one in Carancas. Mr. Martin thinks it was caused by dynamite, 

> but a scientist tracking it informs them it was caused by a "meteor"  and 

> it's still buried in the crater. Mr. Martin then has a sit down with Timmy 

> and talks about the wonders of living in the Space Age and how America 

> will soon have  a satellite in earth orbit.  Mrs. Martin must have been 

> listening, because she apparently takes astronaut training and ends up in 

> outer space as the mom on  Lost in Space.

>

> Sorry Hopper, Lassie beat you to it!

>

> Phil Whitmer

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