Ruth Hamilton was awakened by the barking of a dog, an explosion, and the debris of plasterboard falling on her face. She was afraid there was an intruder in the house. During the emergency call, she noticed a dark gray stone on the pillow that corresponded to a hole in the ceiling.

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The policeman who visited the house first suspected that the stone might be from a nearby construction site. But there was no explosion on the construction site that night. The construction workers pointed out another fact to the officer. They heard a rumble and saw an explosion in the sky just before Hamilton announced the impact. So the policeman returned and said, "I think you have a meteorite in bed."

The meteorite weighs about 1,3 kg and is as big as a fist. Hamilton took the meteorite for further research and, together with scientists from the University of Western Ontario, confirmed that it was indeed a meteorite. The researchers therefore plan to collect photographs, measurements and meteorite samples. They also ask residents near the city of Golden to check videos from security cameras from October 3. Scientists can use video to reconstruct the path the meteorite took before it hit Earth.

The impact of a meteorite last year

On average, less than ten meteorites fall on Earth each year, most meteors burn in the atmosphere and others fall into the wilderness or ocean. But last year a meteorite hit a Indonesian house, Andreas Illmer told BBC News at the time. Ann Hodges survived then. Like Hamilton, Hodges was at home when the meteorite broke through the ceiling. The nine-pound meteorite bounced off the radio and hit Ann in the thigh. Ann considers it very fortunate that she escaped unharmed.

Nothing happened to Ruth, and after the meteorite landed on her bed, she took a shower and washed away the plasterboard dust. By the end of November, the meteorite will return to Ruth. Since he landed on her land, she plans to keep it. It's not just a souvenir of an unusual night, says Pipestone Flyer.

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