£1,400,000 meteorite crashes through man's roof

[Squire Haggard]

Why cant I have a meteorite through my roof. On second thoughts, in the garden would be better. 


''An Indonesian coffin maker became an instant millionaire when a meteorite worth £1.4 million crashed through the roof of his house.

Josua Hutagalung, 33, was working on a coffin next to his house when the space rock smashed through the veranda at the edge of his living room in Kolang, North Sumatra.

The single stone, weighing 2.1kg, left a large hole in the tin roof and ended up buried 15cm deep in the soil beside the house.

Metoerites are priced by gram with the cheapest pure-rock varieties fetching  $0.50 to $5.00 per gram., and those with rare extra-terrestrial metals selling for up to $1,000 per gram.

Josua, who managed to dig the rock out, said the meteorite was still warm and partially broken when he touched it.

It is estimated to be 4.5 billion years old and is classified as CM1/2 carbonaceous Chondrite, an extremely rare variety - worth around $1.85million, or $857 per gram.''


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[standardpostage]

Lucky man.

[mh]

Lucky man.

Yep, lucky he was working and not sitting with his feet up in the veranda at the time...

[Bonker]

Now if it only happened to me... when my wife and mother in law were in its path.

Would have killed 2 birds with one stone.

[Gordon Bennett]

What about strange spores, extra terrestrial matter, unknown radioactive gunk and alien diseases though? What if it's an egg, not a rock, and The Predator bursts out of it? Not sure I'd want to touch the thing to be honest.