Tunguska Basin, Siberia-Around 7 am on June 3D, 1908, something fell out of the sky and exploded, flattening at least BO million trees. By some estimates, the blast was a thousand times more powerful than the Hiroshima A-bomb. Leading scientific hypotheses attribute the damage to a relatively small asteroid or comet. Boooooring. Luckily, writers, comic book artists, and gamemakers have come up with more satisfying explanations. Over the past century, dozens of apocalyptic plotlines have risen from the enigmatic ashes of the charred Tunguska pines. These four win for creativity.
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