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[WATCH] Meteorite strikes near Ottosdal in the North West
A farmer posted the CCTV footage on Facebook and it has since gone viral.
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POLOKWANE – According to the farmer, Barend Swanepoel, the meteor struck at around 18:40 on Saturday evening, 2 June.
TRANSFORMERS HAVE ARRIVED : ALLEGED METEORITE STRIKE IN SA NEAR BOTWANA BORDER CAPTURED ON CCTV… pic.twitter.com/hVHb1eqkQV
— REZA (@crimeairnetwork) June 2, 2018
*Footage belongs to Barend Swanepoel and Vikus van Zyl
People as far as Mahikeng and Lichtenburg saw the meteorite with the video sending social media abuzz.
Kemo lichtenburg saw was thinking that am high
— ChaseTheCook🇿🇦 (@ChaseTheCook1) June 2, 2018
Review spoke to Barend who says his father saw the meteorite on his way back from a friend’s farm and it happened to be captured on CCTV.
“It struck about 100-200km away from our farm,” he said.
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