[sph]

Looking at the reaction of the girl in the video, I wondered... when you see something out of the ordinary like that, do you get the ape/lizard brain instinct of "oh shit the sky is on fire, better hide under a rock"?

I have seen enough meteors in video to recognise one in real life, but I wonder if for a split second the fight-flight instinct kicks in before reason prevails.

[mendigou]

Indeed there was a split second of primal flight response, and then awe. Not like you have a long time to think about it!