Life imitating art scaring the pants off of life

I watch and read science fiction. Have done as long as I can remember.

Last night, I watched Episode 2 of Torchwood, about the havoc wrecked after a meteorite hits.

War of the Worlds movie adaptation. People thought the Martian spaceships were meteors.

It Came From Outer Space. In a meteorite.

And there was the "Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" segment of Creepshow.

This scares me.