Josh Chapple found the egg-sized meteorite the morning after Britain was blitzed by the Perseid meteor shower.

The rock measures 6cm by 4cm and is black with a shiny crystal-like gleam.

Josh first thought it was a lump of coal but when he showed it to his parents they realised what he had found.

The youngster said: “I saw it on the ground near our back door – there were burn marks all over it. I’ve never seen anything like it before. It was dark and shiny.”

Josh found the rock on Friday as he went to collect eggs from the family’s brood of hens wearing just his pyjamas and wellington boots.

It was morning after the annual Perseid space display had streaked over their house in Bratton Flemming near Barnstaple, Devon.

Astronomers say up to 100 meteors per hour – looking like shooting stars – appeared across the sky during the shower’s peak.

Josh’s mother, Sarah, 36, said she knew at first glance that the rock wasn’t coal so went on the internet to investigate.

She said: “We found pictures of meteorites that had been found elsewhere in the world – they looked just like the rock that we had found.”

Mrs Chapple had planned to stay up to watch the meteor show but couldn’t see anything because it was overcast. Next >>

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