'Meteor strike' on Dublin beach

[thecaretaker]

I just love stories like this...

'Meteor strike' on Dublin beach is actually big hole dug with kids' spade

Announcing that a rock may have smashed into the beach in Portmarnock, Virgin Media News sent a journalist to the scene of the 'crater' to find out more. At the scene the reporter was joined by Dave Kennedy, a local space enthusiast, who had discovered the 'impact site' while out walking his dog.

After discovering the hole, Mr Kennedy said he had felt "complete shock". "I knew immediately that it was an impact site, " he said, while holding a rock that he believed could be the meteorite itself. Asked what it was about the rock that made him think it had come from space, Mr Kennedy said: "The actual weight of it and its density - you're definitely going to have to get it checked out."

Later, footage posted to social media revealed the crater was actually just a big hole that had been dug with a kids' spade.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/66841235

[Drone]

Welcome to Ireland

[Vera]

You can say something about the Irish, they don't half make you laugh..

[Sparky]

I watched this whole post on Instagram over the weekend. They way the rock was planted in the centre was brilliant…
The guy was convicted he could see scorched marks where the rock entered earth’s atmosphere