"I’ve never been so scared in my life:" BC woman nearly hit by meteorite
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- čas přidán 4. 09. 2024
- Ruth Hamilton was sound asleep last week when she was awoken by her dog barking, the sound of a crash through her ceiling and the feeling of debris on her face, the resident of Golden, B.C., said Monday.
She said she jumped out of bed and turned on the light to figure out what had happened, and discovered a hole in her ceiling.
“I’ve never been so scared in my life,” she said of the Oct. 3 incident. “I wasn’t sure what to do so I called 911 and, when I was speaking with the operator, I flipped over my pillow and saw that a rock had slipped between two pillows.”
A police officer was immediately sent to investigate, she said. Initially, the officer suspected it was debris from a construction site on a nearby highway.
“He called the (construction site) and they said they hadn’t done a blast but that they had seen an explosion in the sky and, right then and there, we realized it was a meteorite.”
They concluded it must have been a fragment from a meteor shower that took place earlier that night.
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She seems like such a nice lady - so glad that she wasn't injured.
Ikr, Luckily 🕊
Looks can be deceiving.
She should be able to sell that for enouvh to fix the roof and gave a very nice vacation
Absolutely- a very nice person. Perhaps Karma works?
honestly, I feel like nobody deserves to be injured this way
She speaks so softly. Glas that she is ok🙌🏻
And her dog is so cute ☺️
It could pass through the earths atmosphere a zillion times and not land on her house let alone her pillow! We are talking inches here! Amazing.
Truly miracle to survive the inches from being hit by an outer world objects. Amazing story 👏👏👏👏👏
Ya…… but it didn’t have to do all that………
It only did it one time
@@jumsaesiaw6890 nothing miraculous about it lol
@@Tre16 yep just probability,
@@Tre16 no, but its undoubtedly amazing.
That rock is worth many thousands of dollars. I hope she didn't give it away.
Yeah as soon as they said that they let some university or something inspect it, i guess it’s now in the university their hands. But hopefully not. Though maybe even then there could be some laws which state something about the ownership of such meteorite when such a thing happens.
@@Engineer9736 Local news is garbage. This was the most interesting question and they failed to answer it.
gistfilm they also could have done more to acknowledge the dog ! That is quite remarkable that it woke her seconds before. What did it hear ? How did it sense ? Not that the dog could answer those questions, but it's amazing and the circumstances deserved more recognition
I read elsewhere she loaned it to researchers. They'll return it to her. It landed on her property therefore it is hers. I think it could be valuable...but what a cool thing to pass down in the family! The space rock that almost killed grandma!
@@AnAlbertaGirlAtHeart It's interesting. If he really woke up just seconds before, he might have been responding to disturbances in the atmosphere, though I'm not sure to what extent that would be detectable from something as tiny as a meteorite.
Mellow sweet and kind. Her smile tells it all. She has an attitude of gratitude.
Thats equally the scariest and coolest thing to happen at the same time!!! I wonder if she kept a piece
It's fascinating! Glad she's ok but I would of kept part of the rock too!
Yes they should have gave her lot of money 💰and fix her house 🏠😒🙄I think I would have to talk to a lawyer first just think 🤔her ROCK would have sold on ebay for lest 100k!!!
@@timothyroper2459 America stands for freedom shouldn't be no they. sound like China. I wish they would mess with mine
@@iknownothing7044 please tell me you are 5, and swiped your mum's phone while she wasn't looking 😧??? Because if you are infact an adult.... Oh my good-grammer me!!? Faaaaark
@@briankenyon1543 go fly a kite moderator
That's one awesome puppy dog. Saved that woman's life!
The damaged roof metal and the drywall are worth some money now, as is the meteorite. An ordinary Chondrite with a great story is more valuable than a lone fall in itself.
Yup
Yoire just jeolous becauss youre so far away
The famous Peekskill meteor 92' went for $50,000 and the damaged car went for $25,000 meteorites=bank
@@billwhelan466 LOL that was the famous Mailbu I believe, an otherwise worthless car
@@billwhelan466 maybe that's the one I was thinking of. You are right about the bank
Amazing that it had the power to bust through the roof, then land softly on the pillow. Must have been a MyPillow.
Haha good one
XD !!!
Lol
It didn't even scorch the sheets...
Luke Warm Meteorites. Most glow red hot!
Mike Lindell will be crying they stole the rocks.
Her dog saved her life❤️❤️❤️
What about more talk on how her dog is a hero… Always good reasons to have a dog. Dog lovers are just better people…
That dog deserves a lot more acknowledgment . It saved her life !
So the dog could sense the rock a rock is coming a few seconds before it hit the house? Must be the dog’s super hearing senses
likely sound and vibration due to their (dogs) sensitive hearing .
GOOD DOG.
@Lonestar Papa yes that's true they can see if the windows are not shaded out ....especially a meteor those things light up the sky n bright as the sun
@@SuperBroncosguy the dog prob saved her life as well ....made her switch position
probably just classic witness false testimony. after telling the story 20-50times it tend to change alot.
She had an out-of-this-world close encounter! She is a lucking woman!
Hello can I have it
@@gladys3041- Wish you good luck and good health!
@@harryv6147 thank you 🙏 and good health to God Bless
Did that reporter really say "the astro belt"? wow, that's just sad
Astro(id) belt. Whats wrong?
this has always been my fear, until I told myself the odds are too low to ever worry about that, but then I see this
That means your odds are now even lower. Thank God that she wasn't hurt, and that you're not going to be the one who has to face it.
Imo, a miracle/angels watching over her. 🙏 😇
I hope she gets to keep it. It’s probably worth more than her house.
Thinking the same thing. That's why i came to the comments. My luck it would be a Joe dirt Boeing bomb and it would have landed in my face!
She lives in BC. Nothing is worth more than her house.
@@YoBoyMarcus 😂
The Lord was watching after Dear Lady. You are very calm.
Are you sure he wasn't saying ''WATCH OUT!!!''?
Just goes to show how dogs can be intuitive with senses that can tell when things are going to happen before they can happen, good job dog, and maybe the lady could take the rock to the bank tomorrow and put it in the bank deposit box.
I was just thinking that rock could be a lot worth and it fell straight from the universe, so why should anyone else take it?
Yeah I would definitely have kept the Rock
@@opalfenner8821 .. Trust me, I will never give anyone my rock - O, if only one would visit me? Please do 😂😂🤣🤣
@@bethanyephraim2761 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@@opalfenner8821 .. So many people in the US have found rocks that are Millions of $ worth and have become rich - What's wrong with Canadians, why are they letting "them" take the rocks? ☹☹ This is the 2nd one I'm seeing come through the roof, one was in Mississauga about 2years back? My rock is mine & no one gets it. Period!!
Someone should tell her that the rock could be worth as much as a million bucks .
In Canada they belong to the government.
@@jhay440 interesting. So if it is in a park or on crown land it the governments.
My information must be old.
@@jhay440 there are very few homestead properties that hold the mineral rights of their property. It was included in the original deeds but was left out after properties sold.
That again may be old.
It is true though if you bought property that you find a mineral deposits on you are not allowed to extract it. Oh Canada
@@briankeyes268 No they don't
Just wondering, Rock traveling at that speed why it didn't burn the bed or sheets. wouldn't it be hot.
In fact, they are often as cold as dry ice. They have been cold soaked in the absolute zero of space for millions of years. The short time in atmosphere only heats the surface very briefly, and they are seldom hot to the touch. But when something is that cold, it can feel like a burn on touch. But, no not hot, and meteorites don’t start fires, etc….
Glad she is ok!!
Does she get to keep the rock once they’re done with it??🤔
I would hope so, it is worth thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars, possibly more if it has a rare composition
They better 😂 it’s not even theirs...
I’d be pissed if they try to take what was clearly given to her.
It’s Worth lots of money
Yes, its on her property and if they want it they have to pay for it. Why wouldn't she keep it? It doesn't belong to anyone and she's not obliged to inform anyone. Its on loan for study.
The dog is the MVP in this story.
Wow, now that was close. Usually found in the back yard or open. Actually coming through the roof is very rare. Glad she escaped injury.
I'm sure they mostly hit water. Buildings must account for a pretty small percentage of the earth's surface
I can't believe it went through a metal roof, through plywood and drywall before coming to a comfortable rest on her pillow. So lucky she didn't toss ans turn that night!
guess the meteorite wanted a comfortable place to sleep or was just attracted to her lol
@@jhay440 I'm sure doggo could hear it hurtling down for the last minute or 2
If you look at the pictures at the end of this video, the dog was just barking to that. Dogs are still just animals, not magic personal protection angels or something.
She should buy a lottery ticket.
A meteorite that size... she just has to sell it and live like she did win the lottery.
That meteorite IS the winning lottery ticket. People will pay a lot for that
those sell for millions, why would she even go public is beyond me
i hope she knows it;s possible value as it is a big one
@@63yank think they already took it away to “test” it for life form, she’s probably kicking herself now
She legally owns it. The lab at Western University is not going to steal it. The value is determined by several factors. Including getting it typed. Rare types are worth more. Space rocks that crash thru human structures like this are worth more. The publicity actually will increase the value. But Canadian law is simple and clear. She owns it. If she sold it outside the country, she needs an export permit, but Canada is good about that and usually grants permits. Until then, Canadian institutions can offer her fair market value. Right now, she plans to keep it. But it is worth a small fortune. There will be more pieces out there, so the hunt is on to beat any snow cover….
I hope she's aware that they can be worth millions of dollars. 🇨🇦
Valuable, yes. Millions??? No
Wow!
Her guardian angel was on duty!
Thank you for sharing.
☄️
Just seconds before, that thing sitting cosy on the pillow was hundreds of miles up hurtling through the dark, fathomless wilderness of space...
All that way, hurtling through space - just to end up next to you and your pillow. What are the odds? It would be hard not to wonder, "What does it mean?"
Dog must have seen the light from it outside or heard it falling before it hit. Good thing she got up right then. Very lucky and pretty cool too!
About 1984, my younger freshman year sister was driving --from San Luis Obispo State University. A huge meteorite went through her windshield==travelling so fast the windshield was fully intact with the huge hole etc.--until window replaced about five days later. My sister went into shock--while nonstop driving another 90 miles to our house--terrified to stop. I lived with my parents and answered a frantic, continuous doorbell ring. She clutched me so tight and was whiter than a ghost, trembling nonstop. UC Berkeley and a few space scientists helped identify--after days of agencies unable to identify what "earthly product" it was. My father made a special case for it. The meteorite is about 14 inches long by 6 inches wide. It hit the middle console and ended up in backseat. It would have killed her instantly and also caused her car to go off the road...Miracles happen. (Cell phones and internet didn't exist back then.)
WOW, GOD IS GOOD, YOUR SISTER IS BRAVER THAN SHE THINK!!
Well, saved by the dog (??) The rock will more than pay for her roof repairs !!
There could be more like this as at the moment there is quite an amount of space dirt around ,
eyes to the sky people !
I'd say this story played out like an episode of the Twilight Zone.
Amazing luck. Thank God for your fur baby. I don't know you but I'm glad that you're alive.
I hope that she makes sure she keeps it !
Did they steal the rock from her or did they let her keep it? Seems like they took it from her when all they needed was a tiny fragment to confirm when it is rightfully hers and I hope it is returned to her. Once in a lifetime find
Not in Canada, belongs to the government.
@@briankeyes268 In Canada meteorites belong the the owner of the property where they are found.
@@briankeyes268 - wrong.
@@briankeyes268 nope. Not true bud
@@quantumx9924 So if it lands on Crown land, or a protected area...it's the queens...
I am so glad Ruth is OK. She has a story to tell for the rest of her life--just like my younger sister, Diana.
Great, and we all know Diana so no need for context
its both terrifying and mesmerizing
They better have let her keep it since it was looking for her. It was attracted to her! Blessed.
People in Golden are so mellow. I would be too, with all the natural beauty so close.
It’s all those months of enforced hibernation. Get mellow or get gone!
I am astounded that it slowed down enough to rest on bedding.
It had a "soft landing."
Amazing
Wow 😮
You should be thankful to your dog
Not gonna lie if this happened to me it would give me a new meaning to life not just being afraid of it once it's happened. What are the chances of it like less than getting struck by lightning.
way way way way way way less than being struck by lightning.
Amazing!!!
Thank God, for his Mercy and Grace. ☝️👀🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
The lady can go safely back to that same bed knowing that , that will never happened to her again in a very very long time.
Good doggie saved mom
I love these elaborate Halloween pranks.
Let me guess, they took it from her and have no intentions of giving it back? That thing is worth a lot of money.
More grand theatre for the masses.
That’s what we call “Luck”
the dog saved your life
It was the grace of God that intervened in rescuing her. May you all come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, he suffered and died in your place. I would encourage you all to read your Bible so that you could know the mercies of God.
Amen!
"Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, save it for a rainy day...." --- Perry Como. What are the odds of this happening, and right on your bedroom pillow! Amazing!
I'm not buying it. Nice story for the masses thought.
What I don't understand is how a "hot" meteroite did not burn her pillow and mattress.
Always wondered what happened to those falling 🌠
Couldn't happen to a nicer woman.
She is giving the space rock to her grandchildren as a treasured heirloom.
What a story.
Hopefully her media interviews will help pay for the damage to the roof. Her doggy definitely deserves an extra helping of cuddles and walkies tonight.
🍁🌠🍁
I hope she thanked her dog for saving her life...NO BARK =NO WAKE UP CALL FOR HER TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY!
Haha I was just talking about this with some co workers and here it is. It’s gotta land somewhere and this poor soul had the scare of her life cause it landed next to her. Glad she’s ok and hope no one gets seriously hurt from a random piece of the universe just falling from the sky.
whoa!! yikes!! that was a close call!!
Wow you are one lucky girl.. that is a one in a billion chance that would happen. You could live twice and that probably wouldn't happen again.
Would love to know exactly what’s in the rock. To think that’s been floating around for billions of years. Mind blowing
It's only been floating around for at most a couple of decades. Notice the square edges on one end of it. It's a heat dissipation tile off of one of the Space Shuttles. They fell of pretty frequently from non-critical areas from the center and aft wing.
Traumatic. Poor woman. God bless.❤️
That was Devine !!!
That's wild that the bed stopped it.
That’s insane bro!!!!!
What do you expect to happen to an unvaccinated person.
Should be worth some money $$$
Very scary, yes! But what an amazing experience. What a story to tell. Lucky lady to be alive.
Is it just me or does this seem weird?? No damage to the bed seems so odd…
The was a lady in the 70s hit in the belly after one came through her roof and she had major bruising it was half as big
It had to go through a roof and other material and the bed absorbed the rest of the impact energies. Nothing odd about it.
You're like the most lucky and unlucky person at that moment
Imagine how unlucky you have to be to get hit by a meteor
Can't Imagine the phone call to the insurance company. Glad she wasn't hurt, much more of a chance getting struck by lightning with a clear blue sky - wow!
Insurance companies often have a natural disaster clause… and insurance companies tend to try to dive behind anything possible to not pay out.
This being the Global News comments section, I was surprised to see no one blaming Trudeau.
Hahaha yes 🤣
what can't be explained??? You mentioned in the beginning, some things can't be explained? Like what? This was perfectly explained.
This reminds me of 'Toilet seat girl' from the sitcom 'Dead Like Me' filmed in BC in the early 2000's Great show by the way. Girl gets struck by a space station toilet seat falling from orbit and lands on her and...Dead Like Me!
At a minimum $200,000 at most $1,000,000 for that meteorite.
She should have immediately played the LOTTERY because she was DEFINITELY ON A WINNING STREAK! LOL!
She wone her life!
The lottery is a scam.
There was a girls car that was struck by a meteorite in 1992 (peekskill, new york)...she sold the space rock and her car for thousands of dollars..
Robert Haag of Tuscon, Arizona told me that the family's cat while lying on the lap of one of the family members, some seconds before the meteorite hit the back of the car, started swirling its head in all directions, obviously being able to hear or sense it coming towards their property !
It should be returned to her as treasure
May she be happy, and healthy...🌸❤️🌌
Wow!!!! Just wow!!!
I hope she gets to keep it.
This lady is uninjured, so glad of that. But the value of that meteorite is huge as it hit a home. She needs to guard it well and get good advice.
That rock is worth about $15K.
I think it's just a rock 🤔
@@trentdabs5245 not an ordinary rock
Send it down here to TX then
@@N.A525 Just any random spot in Texas? Maybe Starship can launch the meteorite back into space.
Hope she's properly informed it's legally hers and that she should be able to fetch a nice price for it.
She needs to buy a lottery tichet
Wow! The Mighty Hand of GOD! Thank you LORD!
That belongs to the homeowner. If she a guest. Then % belongs to her. Not authorities
I hope she keeps it!!!!
She got lucky. That's a sizeable meteorite and should cover the roof repair costs and some.
The dog saved her!
sounds like it barked after it landed
God saved here agree animals are very intelligent 👌
How hot are these things usually? If it came down in one piece then it should be scorching hot. Does that imply that it broke up in the last minutes of aerobreaking?
They have been cold soaked in the absolute zero of space for millions of years. Atmospheric entry produces surface heat only, and they are usually actually cold to the touch upon impact. They don’t burn or start fires, etc.
Anyone else wondering what brand her matress is? That would be an epic promo opportunity. "Our mattresses will stop meteorites" lol