In rural northwest Connecticut inside the quiet village of East Canaan, is a small rock on the facet of Decrease Highway. Most individuals in all probability gained't even discover it's there but when you recognize what to search for and take a second to see, there's a small plaque on the rock which describes a really out of the world story.
Allegedly in 1739, a neighborhood man named Carl “Nice” Barrington was killed when a meteor roughly the dimensions of a Kia Sorento SUV hit him forsaking a limestone crater nonetheless seen right this moment. There's little or no data accessible to verify the authenticity of the account, nonetheless there's a really giant crater formed limestone quarry proper down the street and Connecticut does have a historical past of meteor falls most notably the Weston Meteorite which crashed in 1807 and helped pioneer meteor science in america. These elements may lend some credence to the story of Carl Barrington nonetheless it's additionally totally attainable it's a tall story or maybe a hoax.
