Josh receives a heavenly gift from meteorite collector
Robert Elliott got in contact with the Journal to let us know that the item Josh had found was certainly not a meteorite. But, inspired by six-year-old Josh's enthusiasm for astronomy, Robert has given Josh a genuine meteorite Read more
A boy of six got an inter-galactic surprise when he went collecting hens' eggs in his garden - and found a newly landed meteorite just inches from his house. Josh Chapple discovered the egg-sized lump of space rock hours after Britain was blitzed by a meteor shower
A six-year-old boy from Bratton Fleming has found what is thought to be a meteorite in his back garden. Josh Chapple, of Wall Over Barton Farm, woke up on the morning of Thursday, August 13, and went out to his garden, wearing pyjamas and Wellington boots, to let out his chickens and collect eggs like he does every day. He returned to his mother, Sarah, clutching a handful of eggs and what he thought was a "strange looking lump of coal."