Ellis Hughes

Ellis Hughes

In 1903, a man named Ellis Hughes stole a 32,000 lb meteorite by secretly moving it from a neighbor's property onto his own. It took Hughes, his son and their horse 90 days to move it 3/4 of a mile. Once it arrived, he claimed he found it there and charged 25 cents admission to see it.

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