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WATCH: Possible B.C. Meteorite Captured On Surveillance Videos, Police Flooded With Calls

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 05 Sep, 2017 08:39 AM

VANCOUVER — Mounties answered dozens of calls Monday night due to a possible meteorite strike in south-central British Columbia.

Numerous people took to social media to say they heard a sonic boom and a fireball hit the ground at about 10 p.m.

Police received calls from Nelson, the Okanagan, the Comox Valley and as far as Calgary to the east.

RCMP Staff Sergeant Troy Gross said it's a little out of the ordinary for so many people across such a large area to call about a single thing.

Holy crap... meteorite??
Posted by Jacquie McKay on Monday, 4 September 2017

"Of course we have no idea what it is, but I'm assuming it's probably a meteor shower. It's obviously bright enough for people all over to see it."

One Twitter use said the event "definitely" shook their house in Nelson while another reported a "very bright flash" followed by a "large bang" about four minutes later.

A resident in Creston reported seeing a "huge green flash in the sky" followed by an orange fireball then a sonic boom that shook the house.

Gross said he hopes the experts can determine just what happened in order to satisfy everyone's curiosity. (CKNW, News1130)

Some advantages to being a baker.... seeing cool meteors ( which btw scare the crap out of you in the height of major 🔥 season). #meteor #kimberleybc #wtfwasthat #notalone #couldyoudothatagain #cameranotready @globalbc @eknow.ca @summit107fm @globalcalgary @iamjodihughes

A post shared by Kimberley City Bakery👨🏻‍🍳 (@kimberley_city_bakery) on Sep 4, 2017 at 10:40pm PDT

Here's the meteor. Apparently it landed near Nelson, BC. 200km west of Calgary pic.twitter.com/DprrY42FsI
— RP (@RafaelPern) September 5, 2017

Meteor in Fernie, BC, caught on our security cameras! So bright some cams switched to day mode! #meteor #everythingIT pic.twitter.com/AJQQULY4y7
— ISOSCELES (@isoscelesIT) September 5, 2017

2310 hrs in #YYC. Flash lit up the sky as reports of a meteor entered the atmosphere. But don't worry #YEG and #YEGTraffic is still safe! pic.twitter.com/fFbUPaQFUO
— Tuber Towing (@TuberTowing) September 5, 2017

PHOTO: Jacquie McKay / Facebook

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