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• Forget a "rude" awakening -- this one verges closer to "terrifying."
Ruth Hamilton of Golden, British Columbia, told CBC News that she woke up on Oct. 4 to her dog barking.
"The next thing was just a huge explosion and debris all over my face," she said.
After realizing something had punched a hole in her ceiling, she called 911. While answering the operator's questions, she moved a bed pillow and discovered a "melon-sized space rock" that must have landed inches from her head while she slept.
Peter Brown, a physics and astronomy professor at Western University in London, Ontario, confirmed the rock was "certainly a meteorite," but will require further study to determine its exact origins. [CBC News, 10/12/2021]