A mysterious rock at a quarry in central Bosnia has seen a spike in visitors in the wake of the meteor explosion over Russia last week.


A few years back, workers in a stone quarry in Kostajnica dug out a massive, rusty, egg-shaped rock that locals believe is a meteorite.

Quarry owner Dimitrije Tatic said the tale of the falling rock had been passed down from generation to generation in this small Bosnian town.

"They believed that it fell off the moon," he said.

"It was so hot that it was impossible to approach and when it fell all the houses in the vicinity collapsed too," he added.

The rock is estimated to weigh some seven tonnes.

"People come every second, every third day, mostly scientists and school children. They are curious about it," Tatic said.

An estimated 1,500 people were injured last Friday after a meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb.

The meteor - estimated to weigh about 10 tonnes - entered the Earth's atmosphere at a hypersonic speed of at least 33,000 mph and shattered into pieces about 18 to 32 miles above the ground, the Russian Academy of Sciences said in a statement.

The astonishing event blew out windows in more than four thousand buildings in the region, mostly in the regional capital Chelyabinsk.

Scientists have yet to dismiss nor verify the nature of the Bosnian rock.

Source: APTN