'Meteor strike' on Dublin beach
Posted: 18th Sep 2023 at 5:52pm
I just love stories like this...
'Meteor strike' on Dublin beach is actually big hole dug with kids' spade
Announcing that a rock may have smashed into the beach in Portmarnock, Virgin Media News sent a journalist to the scene of the 'crater' to find out more. At the scene the reporter was joined by Dave Kennedy, a local space enthusiast, who had discovered the 'impact site' while out walking his dog.
After discovering the hole, Mr Kennedy said he had felt "complete shock". "I knew immediately that it was an impact site, " he said, while holding a rock that he believed could be the meteorite itself. Asked what it was about the rock that made him think it had come from space, Mr Kennedy said: "The actual weight of it and its density - you're definitely going to have to get it checked out."
Later, footage posted to social media revealed the crater was actually just a big hole that had been dug with a kids' spade.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/66841235
'Meteor strike' on Dublin beach is actually big hole dug with kids' spade
Announcing that a rock may have smashed into the beach in Portmarnock, Virgin Media News sent a journalist to the scene of the 'crater' to find out more. At the scene the reporter was joined by Dave Kennedy, a local space enthusiast, who had discovered the 'impact site' while out walking his dog.
After discovering the hole, Mr Kennedy said he had felt "complete shock". "I knew immediately that it was an impact site, " he said, while holding a rock that he believed could be the meteorite itself. Asked what it was about the rock that made him think it had come from space, Mr Kennedy said: "The actual weight of it and its density - you're definitely going to have to get it checked out."
Later, footage posted to social media revealed the crater was actually just a big hole that had been dug with a kids' spade.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/66841235