Canada: Melon-sized meteorite crashes into bed while sleeping

Ruth Hamilton still can’t believe it! “I’ve never been scared in my life,” she says when she skips a play. On October 11, this resident Golden, Arose in British Columbia, in western Canada, with a start At midnight. The sound of a rock falling near her wakes her up as she sleeps peacefully.

“I asked A huge explosion I felt the rubbish on my face, ”she says CBC. In a hurry, she does not really understand what is going on, she first thinks about the explosion or sudden intrusion into the house. “I jumped out of bed and threw lights. I didn’t know what else to do, so I called 911”, the emergency number for help and the police she explained.

A meteorite

But during a phone conversation with the operator, Ruth begins to understand that it really is … Meteor ! “While talking to the operator who was asking me all sorts of questions, I stepped back and at that moment, between the two pillows I was sleeping on, a meteorite was discovered.”

Then she found a large piece of black rock the size of a small melon. The meteorite sprayed the Canadian roof a few centimeters before its head. This is an agent, sent to the spot, he will immediately identify the celestial body. Ruth Holmilton plans to keep this gift from heaven, which is a kind of good luck, which is more likely to happen to her weak.