Residents in a small village in complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a “strange odor,” local health department official Jorge Lopez told Peruvian radio RPP.

It is said to be a mystery illness that was exposed when a meteorite crashed to Earth in their area, regional authorities said Monday.  Midday on Saturday villagers were startled by an explosion, people thought that it was a plane crash or other type of man – made accident. However this was actually a meteorite. Rescue teams and experts were rushed to the scene, where the meteorite left a 100-foot-wide (30-meter-wide) and 20-foot-deep (six-meter-deep) crater, said local official Marco Limache.  

People since then have been getting sick very ill. No one knows exactly what the illness is or how to treat it. It was said that when the crater hit, boiling water started coming out of the crater and particles of rock and cinders were found nearby.