From http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article763054.ece
By VIRGINIA WHEELER
Published: Today
A GOOSE crashed onto a car after being knocked from the sky by a METEORITE, it was claimed yesterday.
Postman Adrian Mannion was having a morning cuppa with his wife Fiona when they heard the 9lb space rock hit their driveway.
One second later a dazed Canada Goose smashed into their prized Mini’s roof, causing £2,500 damage.
Adrian, 46, of Elstree, Derbys, said yesterday: “We heard two almighty thuds and rushed out to see this large, odd-looking rock next to our Mini – and a very poorly-looking mangled goose on the car roof.
“A flock of Canada Geese were overhead so the falling stone must have hit the poor creature.”
Bizarrely, they said, a fox then dragged away the bird before they could rescue it.
Fiona, 46, said: “It has to be the unluckiest bird ever.
“It survived being knocked out by a meteorite – only to be savaged by a fox.”
The University of Derby is now studying the meteorite – one of only 1,000 asteroid fragments that hit earth each year.
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