Teenager 'hit by a possible meteorite'

A British teenager today told how she was struck by a possible meteorite as she was waiting outside her family home.

Siobhan Cowton from Northallerton, North Yorkshire, was about to get into her family car at 10.30am on Thursday last week when something fell out of the sky and hit her on her foot.

At first the 14-year-old thought the odd looking stone had been thrown at her by a child, but then she looked closer and realised it was not your average garden gravel.

“I looked at it again and it had a black and grey colour with a shiny bubble surface,” she said.

The stone also felt hot as the teenager picked it up.

After closer inspection by her father Niel, and comparison with pictures on the Internet, Siobhan has decided to get the stone checked by scientists and plans to take it to Durham University.

If it is a piece of rock from outer space, Siobhan says she will consider putting it up for auction. On the other hand, she might keep it.

“If it isn’t worth anything then I suppose I will keep it myself for sentimental value. It is not every day that you are hit by a meteorite,” she said.