Ha! Indeed it did.
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/statuses/315257301630074880
That New Jersey community was, of course, the site of the “Martian landings” that panicked people listening to Orson Welles’ 1938 radio adaptation of “War of the Worlds.” Good thing Star-Ledger reporter Tomás Dinges was around to fact-check the “supposed event”:
@NathanWurtzel where are you hearing this? Cops say they have received no phone calls about this supposed event.
— Tomás Dinges (@tomasdinges) March 23, 2013
He contacted the police. Hilarious! Google is hard. So very hard.
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/315263876168040449
After a little digging, Dinges seemed to understand the joke.
@NathanWurtzel I love it.
— Tomás Dinges (@tomasdinges) March 23, 2013
But never let some completely unnecessary investigative reporting go to waste!
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/315438663423115265
From Dinges’ write-up:
A tweet declaring a meteor may have landed in the Grovers Mill section of West Windsor Township was unfounded, according to local police, who said they have not received any phone calls tonight regarding the event.
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/315440892062343169
Update:
After his amusing encounter with Dinges, Twitter user Nathan Wurtzel has adopted a new avatar.
Nicely done!
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