A homeowner in Canada captured sound and video of a meteorite striking the Earth, and scientists believe it’s a first. He didn’t have to go far to get the video either as the meteorite smashed right into a walkway right outside his house.
The homeowner, Joe Velaidum of Prince Edward Island, Marshfield, told CBC News, “The shocking thing for me is that I was standing right there a couple of minutes right before this impact. If I’d have seen it, I probably would’ve been standing right there, so it probably would’ve ripped me in half.”
Making this event even more intriguing is the fact that Velaidum’s home security camera caught both audio and video of the space rock slamming into his front walkway.
“It’s not anything we’ve ever heard before. From a science perspective, it’s new,” Chris Herd, the University of Alberta’s meteorite collection curator, told CBC News. “The meteorite itself we’ve been …