Recently, many media outlets have reported that a mysterious sinkhole has appeared on Portmarnock beach in Dublin. According to the information obtained, this “crater” was found by local resident Dave Kennedy while walking his dog, and inside the pit was a rock that he said was sure to be a meteorite.
Dave Kennedy, who found the rock, said in an interview with Virgin Media News: “When I looked at it and saw how neatly shaped it was – an explosion crater – I immediately knew what I was looking at was an impact site. As you can see from here, there’s a burn mark on this side, so it must be at the angle where it comes down. “It’s heavy, I’m not sure of its composition, but we’ll definitely have to find out,” he said.
lads I’m in bits. Virgin Media news is after reporting on a hole on portmarnnock beach that ‘Could be the aftermath of a cosmic event’. Some fellas literally dug it the day before with a kid’s shovel
The way your man was talking about the rock being an asteroid had me in tears https://t.co/dNFNanF8Mn pic.twitter.com/GoTTNkcA5U
— spochadóir (@spochadoir) September 14, 2023
He planned to send the rock to the laboratory for testing. But it looks like Dave doesn’t have to wait any longer and the outcome may not be quite what he wanted. It was determined that this hole was dug by a group of young people who were having fun by digging a large hole on the beach.
Thousands of meteors hit the Earth every year. One study estimates that about 6,100 meteorites fall on Earth during a year, with about 1,800 of those falling on land. Therefore, although the probability of finding such a small meteor fragment is low, it is not impossible. But just as you don’t assume a volcanic eruption is happening when you’re at the beach and look at a sand castle, it may be safer to be skeptical when you see a hole and assume someone has dug a big hole.
59514
