Micrometeorites are constantly falling on our heads! What about bigger meteorites? According to studies, two thirds of meteorites fall into water. The others finish their race on land, often in uninhabited areas. So the risk of being hit by a meteorite is very low. There are many stories about people being hit by meteorites, but few have been verified. In the United States in 1954, the Sylacauga meteorite hit a woman who was sleeping. Luckily, the stone ricocheted off several objects before striking her. In August 1992, a small fragment was slowed by the foliage of a banana tree before falling on a boy's head in Mbale, Uganda.

Meteorites have supposedly hit animals, too. A fragment of the New Concord meteorite is said to have killed a colt, the Nakhla meteorite, a dog, and the Valera meteorite, a cow. However, none of these events has ever been verified. They are probably legends.

More often, meteorites hit human constructions such as homes, cars, or other objects. In many countries, meteorites have crashed through roofs. One interesting discovery was a fragment of the Park Forest meteorite that had some yellow on it—it had fallen on the yellow line in the middle of the road!