1916 Press Photo Meteor piece on display - kfx48955 For Sale

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Note: Please study the images carefully to determine the condition of this vintage photograph, as it may not be in perfect condition. It may contain wrinkles, cracks, and possibly even tears due to its age and how it was handled before it got to us. A scanner may interpret colors and contrast differently than human eyes will, so it is possible that the actual photograph may be slightly darker or lighter in person.This vintage photograph is offered for sale as a collectible item and conveys no transfer of copyright.1916 Press Photo Meteor piece on display - kfx48955 This is an original press photo. The \"flaming hand\" an unaccountable bit of meteor which today is baffling scientists. This remarkable and gruesome object fell on the farm of Henry Prantl of Bakersville, exactly one month after the death of his son, Rudolph. It was construed by the superstitious ones as an omen and created no little sensation. It resembles a human hand burnt off at the wrist. The \"hand\" shot from the sky with a great white light. It fell by strange coincidence, within the very radius in which the youth worked causing weird conjectures of a most absurd character. The object was sizzling hot and did not cool for hours. Hundreds of visitors including scientists have looked the \"mystery\" over the Prantl home. Several of the scientists ventured that it was a bit of a shooting star. The material of which it is composed is unlike other meteoric composition seen in this part of the world. It is light in weight and has no smell and resembles the hand of a human being grasping something in anguish. The thumb and little fingers are exceptionally long and there are nails on some of the fingers. The first, middle and ring fingers are drawn closely together as though in pain. They curve slightly inward and the wrist is abnormally small. It is burnt off and shows black charred edges, which might be called charred bones with an exaggerated imagination.Photo measures 10.25 x 8 inches. Photo is dated 05-29-1916. PHOTO FRONT


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