Homeownership comes with plenty of perils: Busted washing machines, flooded basements, bad wiring. Also space rocks.
What could be a meteorite struck a home in Hopewell Township, New Jersey, authorities said Monday. The metallic object crashed through the roof of a house and ricocheted around a bedroom. No one was in the bedroom at the time of the incident, and no injuries were reported.
Police are still working to determine the precise nature of the object, though officials suspect it is related to the current meteor shower, called the Eta Aquariids, according to a statement from the Hopewell Township Police Department in New Jersey.
I'm sorry: Is it just me, or is it delightful to think of a small-town police department investigating a meteor?
Well, it's definitely worth investigating. Apparently this chunk of rock blasted through the Kop family's roof, bounced off a floor joist, and ricocheted up to the ceiling again, leaving massive dents in its wake before coming to rest on the floor.
It was still warm to the touch when it was found. Blasting through the atmosphere at 160,000 miles per hour will do that.
The homeowners bagged that sucker up, because why wouldn't you want to preserve something this insane? It's practically a trophy.
