* Astronomy

Fluvanna resident Brenda Barden doesn’t know for sure if whatever left a smouldering hole in her backyard was a meteorite from outer space.
It seems to be a pretty good guess, though.

"We think that’s what it was, or what was left of a falling star" - Ms. Barden, a resident of Old Fluvanna Road.

Whatever it was left a hole roughly three feet deep and the size of a manhole in her backyard a couple weeks ago and set fire to a tree trunk that was buried underground. She said she smelled it during the night and thought a neighbour was having a bonfire nearby — but sure enough, there was a hole there the next day that wasn’t there before.

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