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Every time this happens, people start telling these stories. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-15-me-51273-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-15-me-51273... Out of approximately 10k tumblweeds tested per year, approximately 20 per year are found to be radioactive, for values of radioactive approximating one CT scan. So even if you drag a geiger counter out there to find a hot one, then cuddle it for a while, it isn't as interesting as the campfire stories make it out to be.