Paul Markos could see the shooting star from his bedroom window as he
was up one night, working late. The star seemed awfully bright, and
moving more quickly than he expected. Curious, he leaned closer to
the window.
He had only a second to be surprised to see it landing in the woods
outside his house before the sound of its landing hit, rattling all
the windows and knocking his mug onto the floor.
Dazed and temporarily deaf, he sat for a moment, stunned, before
picking up the mug fragments and