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Oozing Space Rock or Rotten Produce? Panama's Viral Venom Meteorite Mystery Captivates the Internet!

Oozing Space Rock or Rotten Produce? Panama's Viral Venom Meteorite Mystery Captivates the Internet!

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 This is your News You do not Need podcast.

Here’s something you didn’t need to know but now absolutely can’t forget: as of yesterday, the hottest trending topic on my timeline is an oozing rock in Panama that might be the world’s least coordinated attempt at first contact with aliens. Picture this: You wake up one morning and there’s a suspiciously ordinary rock in your backyard, which you naturally assume is a meteorite—because who among us hasn’t leapt straight to the most exotic explanation over, say, a wayward coconut? But wait, the story only gets weirder.

This all started when a TikTok user in Panama—@kinpanama, if you’d like to scroll through humanity’s collective confusion—posted a video of this so-called meteorite, which at first looked pretty much like any other rock you’d stub your toe on. Forty-eight hours later, it began sprouting a greenish-yellow goo that some say looked like the aftermath of a salad gone bad, others insisted resembled the beginnings of a comic book villain.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. Did this “Venom Rock,” as it was inevitably nicknamed, unlock the secrets of the cosmos or just prove that backyard mold is extremely photogenic? As fans worldwide debated whether Panama had just become the landing site of the universe’s weirdest Airbnb guest, the rock’s transformation continued: by the third day, it was covered with a black, sticky substance and reportedly smelled like burning—which, based on my understanding of both science and cheap candles, is usually bad news.

Our intrepid TikTok scientist then heroically contacted a local university for assistance. As you might expect, the university did not immediately rush to investigate what sounded vaguely like the beginning of a low-budget sci-fi movie. This did nothing to calm social media. Some folks demanded a government cover-up inquiry, while others wanted to know if the rock was about to eat downtown Panama.

For a while, the “alien meteorite” debate burned brighter than the rock itself. Some viewers theorized it was proof of panspermia—the idea that life arrives on meteorites from space. Others, perhaps with a firmer grasp on planet Earth, suggested it was just fungus, or a really determined bit of swamp gunk. You know, just what you want festering in your backyard.

Oh, and then most of the original TikTok videos vanished from the user’s account, instantly splitting the internet into two camps: “This is clearly a government cover-up!” vs. “This poor man just deleted his videos because he couldn’t handle the flood of weird comments, alien memes, and questions about what mold smells like.”

As of now, no scientists have confirmed, denied, or even acknowledged interest in Panama’s mysterious oozing space rock. It remains in a state of quantum uncertainty: both the single most important extraterrestrial discovery in history and, simultaneously, some dude’s rotten produce experiment gone viral.

So, if you’re panicking about alien invasions, maybe hold off on alerting NASA. On the bright side, next time you find something suspicious lurking in your garden, just remember: all it takes is a phone, a little imagination, and maybe some alarming goo, and you too can have the internet convinced the fate of humanity rests on your compost heap.

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