Report from Vanguard News states
that a mysterious stone fell from the sky in Taraba State of Nigeria.
About 10:45 am on March 12, farmers
and hunters in Tse-Agena area of Mbatyula in Takum local government area of
Taraba State heard a loud sound from the sky and then an object, suspected to
be meteorite stone, landed. The landing of the white object created panic.
meteoriteWomen and children were asked to vacate the farms immediately while
men went to pick the object. Mr. Shausu Agena, a farmer and an eye witness,
said the object landed on a big tree in an empty farm land. Agena, while
speaking to Sunday Vanguard inside his hut in the village, said heavy sound
accompanied the falling of the object from the sky. The clan head of Mbatyula,
Zaki Bem Tom, also disclosed that the object landed with a sound that was heard
in several communities. “It was in the morning. People were in their various
farms when the object landed within our community. It was very shocking because
some of us that witnessed it descending from the sky thought it was the end of
the world,” Ben Tom said.
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“It took our brave men to go closer to the object so
that we will know what it was. Initially when the object landed, it was pure
white in color. Human faces were reflecting on the object like mirror. Then it
turned pure black. “We have been living in fear because we don’t know what will
follow”. The village head said the community reported the incident to the state
government immediately and the Director of Minerals Resources was sent to
Mbatyla. “Before the official came, we had already removed the stone for
safe-keeping and the person who kept the stone was not around when the Director
visited. Therefore, the Director could not see the stone. “We are calling on
government to commission a study of our area following the incident because we
may be affected one day by nature”. When contacted, Taraba State Commissioner
for the Environment, Mrs. Rebecca Manasseh, pleaded with the community to
release the stone to the state government so that it could study it. Rebecca,
who spoke to Sunday Vanguard on phone, confirmed that the state sent its Director
of Mineral Resources to the area after the incident was report to ascertain the
nature of the ‘mystery stone’. She promised that her ministry was ready to
investigate the issue as soon as the stone was released to the state
government.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/suspected-meteor-unease-mystery-stonefalls-sky-taraba/
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