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thecultistguy OP t1_iual9xd wrote
True. It’s been there for as long as I can remember, but my family doesn’t possess any guns. I think it might’ve been a meteorite!
KingRobertBeratheon t1_iuals2g wrote
That would be cool, so that's the story I'd go with! LOL
It could be as simple as an air bubble in the concrete that eventually spalled (fancy concrete term) the top off of it
thecultistguy OP t1_iuam7ah wrote
Oh, that’s probably a more plausible explanation. Although, if you look closely, the edges of the crater (lol) are charred, like how a firecracker would make marks
pappy t1_iuat431 wrote
Your family's lack of gun ownership isn't an issue. People fire guns off at New Year's and the bullets have to land somewhere. Every once in a while someone unrelated gets injured or killed.
simulacra_eidolon t1_iuah9hd wrote
Maybe it was a meteorite?
thecultistguy OP t1_iuahie8 wrote
That would be way cooler, but I really doubt it lol
Aunax t1_iuaifcw wrote
That was my first thought too, think it’s safe to just tell people that it was a meteorite. I mean are they going to prove it wasn’t??
thecultistguy OP t1_iuaksdv wrote
Good point. Meteorite it is!
Lumastin t1_iuamayw wrote
My guess their was a rock that got knocked onto the wet pavement before it could dry and got stepped on or driven over and pulled out
thecultistguy OP t1_iuamfis wrote
But would that explain the charred bits on the edge??
Lumastin t1_iuamy6l wrote
Dirt/mould due to water collecting into it and seeping into the concrete, any soot from a built or meteorite would have washed away long ago
passinghere t1_iuan8d0 wrote
In that case that hollow would be dirtier due to water and dirt collecting in it, not cleaner which is what it looks
Lumastin t1_iuanx3g wrote
its hard to think of anything else because their is no impact trail, no meteor is gonna hit at a near perfect 90 degree angle, someone might have shot it but id supprised if they didn't get a bit of shrapnel in their legs for their effort, like I said it was my best guess
Edit....also it could just be darker because of said rock preventing the pavement from getting sun bleached as much
IamREBELoe t1_iuancw5 wrote
If it was a bullet shot straight up into the air, maybe..... but my money is on a tiny meteorite. 17000 hit every year. If it's fresh, see if any bits are magnetic.
plaintruth1 t1_iualviv wrote
Someone hit it with an assault hammer
thecultistguy OP t1_iuamchc wrote
I thought this was a real thing for a second lmao
kittenticklerrr t1_iubvzho wrote
Meteorite it hit and bounced far away or vaporized,gotta be I don't see any other explanation it's concrete it doesn't do that evan when a hammer hits it but something from space ya and it's burnt around it.
Free_Stick_ t1_iuckxes wrote
Meteorite.
Harmless to humans.
Devastating to ants.
Leguanix t1_iuaui3k wrote
how can any ody live in a place where there is such a thing as stray bullets and be cool with it?
thecultistguy OP t1_iuaw8wo wrote
I’m actually convinced it’s not a bullet hole, unless the bullet somehow came straight down on the concrete. People have suggested that it’s a very small meteorite crater!
I should also say that where I live, there aren’t a lot of shootings, but stray bullets could possibly be a thing… I live outside a small city in Southern California where there are a lot of farms
Leguanix t1_iuck6rb wrote
maybe a hit from a stromg slingshot although that would not be any better from a getting-killed-by-accident point of view.
i cannot avoind to mention how very very very strange the phenomenon of stray bullets is to a non-american.
KingRobertBeratheon t1_iuakfov wrote
I can't say with any certainty what it WAS, but my opinion is it's pretty unlikely that it was a bullet, particularly on a horizontal surface. Unless it hit perfectly head-on, a bullet would have very likely ricocheted and left an oblong mark or divot