..6:15 p.m.Sound detectors and seismographs registered explosion due east.At 6:18, magnetometer revealed deviation 12 degrees, 20 minutes east...Such deviation possible only if a disturbing force equivalent o 20,000 tons of steel or iron ore...had become part of the Earth at about a 50-mile radius."Hendry hypothesized that it was a large meteorite, but Carrington's aide Dr.Will Redding (George Fenneman) explained how a special telescopic camera had picked up evidence of radioactivity, suggesting it wasn't a meteor:"On the appearance of radioactivity, a Geiger counter trips the release and the cameras function.Hurry up, boy.You don't wanna miss the bus."As he turned facing a dream road, he was struck by a "SPECIAL" nightmare bus driven by Freddy Krueger and was plastered to its front grill.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)This fourth film of theDeadseries, a comeback film for Romero, posited the apocalyptic collapse of human society.(He casts his speech away behind him.)But I am gonna tell you a story.It's a funny story so get ready to laugh....Get ready to bust your sides laughin', 'cause it's sure a funny story.It's about a hick.A hick like you, if you please.Yeah, like you.He grew up on the dirt roads and the gully washes of a farm.He knew what it was to get up before dawn and get feed and slop and milk before breakfast, and then set out before sunup and walk six miles to a one-room, slab-sided schoolhouse.He became master sleuth Sherlock Jr.and solved the crime of thievery by proving that his rival stole the watch.However, in the real-world version of the story, the Girl was the one who had unearthed the truth and had returned to him at the end of the film to apologize for her false accusation.