No injuries have been reported in connection with the suspected space debris.
A man in North Carolina was amazed after he found a huge, mysterious object on a remote hiking trail. According to the New York Post, Justin Clontz, a gardener at a luxury campsite, said he was “shocked” when he discovered the enormous object, covered in dense metal plates held together by unearthly-looking bolts.
The debris, which appeared to be covered in burned carbon fiber, is at least three feet wide, about an inch thick and nearly four feet high, the outlet said. Although the object was burned, the surrounding area showed no signs of damage.
“It's a once in a lifetime thing, you know, it doesn't happen every day. We don't know what it is. We just know it doesn't come from here,” Mr Clontz told a local TV station.
He explained, “I just tied a rope to it and drugged it with a lawnmower. There's a one in a million chance it will land, especially if it lands somewhere off the trail in the woods, you would never have found it, but it just happened to land on the trail.”
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Man amazed by finding mysterious object along NC mountain trail
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Experts speculate that the object could have fallen to Earth from SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft Space.com. Astronomer Jonathon McDowell added on
Notably, the Dragon spacecraft consists of two main parts: the capsule and the trunk. The trunk supports the spacecraft during ascent and carries unpressurized cargo. Normally the trunk burns up during reentry into the atmosphere, but occasionally parts can survive and fall back to Earth.
Campsite owner Glamping Collective said they plan to contact space experts to find out exactly what it is and where it came from.
“Space debris was not on our list of things we expected to have discussions about. The only thing we could figure out is that it was some kind of space debris that fell. It doesn't look like an airplane at all,” said Matt Bare, owner of The Glamping Collective.
No injuries have been reported in connection with the suspected space debris.