What might the latest be on the Niagara Meteor? There are no stories of finding fragments. But there still could be.
This isn't the first time a meteor has crash-landed in Grimsby. In Oct 2009, one came down smashing through a car windshield in Grimsby. The meteor parts were recovered, so it was an exciting event. It was covered again in 2013 as scientists were still recovering fragments. As of mid-2010 there were 13 fragments recovered.
What about the one that crashed through a house roof and landed on the bed? That was in October 2021 in B.C. and the rock was 2.8 pounds. Moreover, the occupant was sleeping in bed at the time. One headline read: "Woman rocked awake..."
The one with lots of news coverage happened In 1954 in Alabama. Ann Hodges, 34 was hit by a meteorite - she was napping when it broke through the ceiling, bounced off a radio and hit her in the thigh, leaving a pineapple-shaped bruise (or maybe a "grapefruit"-sized bruise). It was captured in pictures at the time. The meteor was 8.5 pounds.
Hodges became an overnight celebrity, but hated the attention. She and her husband disagreed over selling the meteorite, and they divorced. She died at only 52 of kidney failure. The meteorite is now appraised at over a million dollars - she's the known as the only person who was ever hit by a meteorite and lived to tell about it. When that meteor entered the Earth's atmosphere, it broke apart. One fragment hit Hodges while another was located a few miles away by a farmer. Julius Kempis McKinney discovered the fragment while driving a mule-drawn wagon and later sold it for enough money to buy both a house and car, according to the Decatur Daily. Too bad about Ann's experience.
Our Niagara meteor in November was a "fireball" - A fireball is a meteor generally brighter than the planet Venus in the morning or evening sky, according to the American Meteor Society. We await some stories of fragment discoveries - they are expected to be located between Grimsby and Vineland, and possibly St. Catharines. | 
