According to an interesting publication made by www.independent.co.uk, an Indonesian man with a modest profession has kissed poverty goodbye after he became £1.4m richer, all because a meteorite crashed through the roof of his home.
Here’s the rest of the story as published by the reputable UK website;
Josua Hutagalung was working on a coffin outside his house in the town of Kolang when the 2.1kg rock came hurtling through the tin veranda outside his living room.
After recovering from the noise, the 33-year-old found the piece of space debris by digging into the soil in his garden. “The sound was so loud that parts of the house were shaking too. And after I searched, I saw that the tin roof of the house had broken,” he told Indonesia’s Kompas newspaper. “When I lifted it, the stone was still warm.”
The meteorite is carbonaceous chondrite, an extremely rare variety estimated to be 4.5 billion years old – and reportedly worth around £645 per gram. Mr. Hutagalung told The Sun
Although the coffin maker did not give the precise purchase sum, it is understood to be over £1m. Mr Hutagalung said he now had enough to retire and plans to build a church in his community. “I have also always wanted a daughter, and I hope this is a sign that I will be lucky enough now to have one,” he said.
SOURCE: www.Ghgossip.com
