The woman who was hit by a meteorite

According to the British newspaper, The Daily Mirror, there will be 1 person every 7,000 years injured or killed by a sky stone or a rock entity from outer space falling to Earth. And on November 30, 1954, Ann Hodges lived in Talladega County (Alabama), filling her name on the list of victims.

The story is that a 32-year-old woman while taking a nap was caught by a wake-up call from a 4kg heavy rock falling from the sky to the Oak Grove township near Sylacauga (Alabama);The stone pierced the ceiling, slipped through Ann Hodges's radio station and broke his left hip.

At the end of the day, local officials transferred the meteorite department to the United States Air Force for further analysis. The strange incident happened unexpectedly, causing victim Ann Hodges to become a celebrity. Reporters from TV stations, radio stations, media reports all fought over the survivors when struck by meteors.

Ann Elizabeth Hodges (1923 - 1972), the only person in the world who was hit by a meteorite in a rented house in Sylacauga, Alabama (USA) at the end of 1954.

Glad to be welcomed, Ann Hodges victims at the beginning were happy to talk about the incident. But also after that day, the victim became too tired by interviews, lost privacy, noisy and hustle. Phone at Ann's house rang the bell regardless of the night.

About the meteorite, Ann believed that the stone belonged to her. However, the stone does not belong to Ann and the couple's house is not hers. Ann and his wife were the tenants of Birdie Guy, a widow, who claimed that she was the landlord so she was also the owner of the meteorite department. But meteorite is not in the world, but in the universe.

After all, both Ann and Birdie were not the owners of the sky rock. US Air Force intelligence sent the meteorite to the Smithsonian Institution for analysis and testing, and it was left indefinitely at the Smithsonian Institution until Alabama's Kenneth Robert acted and ordered it to be Return the stone to victim Ann Hodges.

Ann appears dense on the media. Ann Hodges's family spent $ 500 to buy rights for themselves with the belief that they could collect money.

Two years passed, the story of meteorites began to fade, the public seemed less interested, and the media turned to more hot topics. Nor did anyone see a proposal to buy the sky stone. Exhausted and disappointed, Ann gave back the meteorite department to AMNH and believed that the stone was inauspicious, not bringing any luck but suffering and misfortune for her life.

The romance was not harmonious since the day Ann was hit by a rock, she and her husband divorced in 1964. When health weakened and the mental state was fragile, Ann found herself lying In the hospital, where she died alone from kidney failure in 1972. To this day, Ann Hodges is the only victim in the world hit by meteors and survived to tell the story. of my life.