Meteors fell on the head of a 7-year-old boy

The rare accident happened when a boy playing outside was caught by a meteorite.

Steven Lippard and his father

Last weekend, little boy Steven Lippard (7 years old, living in Loxahatchee, Florida, USA) was playing in the garden suddenly got something flying in the head. Steven's father saw the boy's scalp bleeding so he took him to the hospital. Here, the doctors sewed Steven Lippard 3 shots.

Wayne Lippard, his father, said: 'At first, I thought a golf ball or a bird of prey collided. However, after a while of searching, I discovered many strange pieces of rock falling in the garden '.

The meteorite pieces in Mr. Wayne's garden

Immediately, Mr. Wayne packed the stones and brought them to Florida Atlantic University to check. Here, the researchers suspect that the stones are the fragments of a meteorite because of their small size but extremely high magnetism. There are some other chemical tests that need to be demonstrated to see if these stones are from the incoming space. Astronomer Phil Plait said that the rate of meteors falling on humans is very rare, almost impossible to calculate.

Steven is also being watched to find out if he can get any 'supernatural ability' from this incident.

In 1954 a meteorite weighing about 3.6kg fell to Alabama and in 1992, a meteorite weighing more than 12kg fell to New York to crush a car.