5: Sylacauga/Hodges Meteorite Sometime in the fall of 1954, while a 31-year-old Alabama housewife named Ann Hodges napped on her sofa, an eight-and-a-half pound meteorite was roaring through the sky. Moments later, it smashed through her roof and smacked her on the hip. That'll teach you to sleep on the job (kidding). Luckily, Hodges was left bruised but otherwise unharmed by the grapefruit-sized rock, which her neighbors described as a fireball shooting through the sky. Hodges became a minor celebrity and later donated the meteorite to the Alabama Natural History Museum. More recently, a German boy claimed he too was hit by a meteorite while walking to school in June of this year. The 14-year-old German student said he saw a flash of light just before he was hit by the pea-sized meteor. Who knew a pebble could be so dangerous? More Top 10s
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