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| via: sumut.inews.id |
Josua Hutagalung from Central Tapanuli, Indonesia became famous after he found a 2.2 kg meteorite worth roughly $2 million, crashing his roof. The 33-year-old coffin makers said he was working on coffins at his house when he suddenly got startled by a loud noise from the sky.
It was very loud that part of my house was trembling and
left a big hole on the roof and there was a big rock fell, said Josua.
He explained further that the rock created around a 15 cm hole
in the ground. He went to dig it out and lifted it while the rock still felt warm.
I strongly believed it was a rock from the sky called meteorite
because it would be impossible if there was somebody who threw it from the top,
added Josua, according to kompas.com.
He decided to take footage and shared on his Facebook page
and it went viral as it has gathered almost 150k views and a hundred of netizens
have given responses on the video.
In the 30-second video, it showed his roof had a hole and a black
rock in his yard that he was about to hoe.
After the news spread, someone was reportedly interested in
buying it and offered him some huge amount of money of Rp.1 billion (US$70,890,40).
Josua eventually sold part of the rock 1.8kg to Jared Collins,
an American meteor specialist who lives in Bali, for Rp200.000.000 (US$14,718,08).
Collins was reportedly sent the meteor to the US and it
became a collection to a meteorite collector from Indianapolis, Jay Piatek.
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The space rock was reportedly sold again to another collector on an online-based platform for $10,004 (Rp.14,1 million) per gram, which means it’s worth approximately US$1,843150 (Rp.26 billion).
The news has taken people’s attention that they flocked to
Josua’s house just to see the meteor in the flesh, which turned him into quite
a celebrity. He also planned on building a church for people near his region.
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