After paying $44,100 USD for a doghouse, you’d expect it to be encrusted with precious gems, but this one has something even more rare, a roof that was punctured by a meteorite. This event occurred on April 23, 2019 at 9:07pm local time when a German shepherd named Rocky was in a deep slumber, when all of a sudden, a 69-pound space rock barreled through the roof of its kennel, leaving a gaping hole.
Meteorite enthusiasts who were tracking it immediately fled to the scene where they were met by Rocky’s owners, Luis Gamboa and Esmeralda Alvarado. They eventually made a deal to purchase both the doghouse and meteorite. Unfortunately, we don’t know how much the married couple sold these one-of-a-kind items for, but combined, the two items sold for $65,520 USD at a recent Christie’s auction.
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Everyone has an image in mind of how a meteorite ‘should look’ – an extraterrestrial body frictionally heated while punching through Earth’s atmosphere. Rarely do the objects survive this fiery descent look like that shared ideal seen in this meteorite. It is a wonder to behold and an honor to have been entrusted with its sale,” said James Hyslop, Head of Science and Natural History.
