Man attracts $6,000 bid for boulder
A man is auctioning off a giant boulder which crashed through his house in New Zealand.
Phil Johnson's hillside home was destroyed when the 30-tonne rock went through it during the earthquake in Christchurch.
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Phil Johnson's hillside home was destroyed when the 30-tonne rock went through it during the earthquake in Christchurch.
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