--- title: "Meteor Smashes Through Doghouse, Almost Kills German Shephard" description: "A doghouse with a seven inch hole in its roof created by a meteorite is being auctioned on world renowned auction house Christie's." date: "2022-02-16" modified: "2022-02-16" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/meteor-smashes-doghouse" categories: - "Off-World" - "Space" tags: - "dogs" - "meteorites" - "the digest" --- # Meteor Smashes Through Doghouse, Almost Kills German Shephard ![A doghouse with a seven inch hole in its roof created by a meteorite is being auctioned on world renowned auction house Christie's.]() *\Image: Christie's\* ## Poor Doggo A doghouse with a seven inch hole in its roof is being auctioned at world renowned auction house Christie's. That's because the hole was created by a meteorite, which barely missed Roky, an unsuspecting German shepherd living in a small Costa Rican town. "Part of a shower of exotic stone meteorites loaded with organic compounds, crashed through his doghouse, barely missing him," reads [Christie's description]() of the doghouse. "The formal coordinates of Roky’s home... are now forever part of the scientific literature." According to the auction house, the debris that almost hit Roky are "among the most researched meteorites of all time" They also happen to be of great scientific interest, as they "not only contain tens of thousands of prebiotics, including amino acids, but also pre-solar grains ranging up to twice the age of the solar system." ## Thor's Hammer For your money, you also get a doghouse made of "pressed wood with an oxidized tin roof." Of course, it also has the words "House" and "Roky" sketched in pencil on the front. A wooden floor, however, didn't survive the meteorite impact. The current bid, at the time of writing, is a measly $1,600 with seven days left of bidding, but Christie's is expecting for it to go anywhere between $200,000 and $300,000. It wouldn't be the first random object hit by a meteorite. According to Christie's, a battered mailbox went for $83,000 in 2007. While Roky was very lucky to survive, a Venezuelan cow was far less fortunate, becoming the "only documented animal death" by meteorite strike in 1972. Weirdly enough, Christie's [sold the rock]() that killed the cow for the equivalent of $7,100 back in 2016. **READ MORE:** [Christie's auctioning Costa Rican doghouse struck by meteorite]() \[*ABC*\] **More on meteorites:** *[Woman Almost Smashed by Meteorite That Crashed Through Ceiling and Landed on Her Bed]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()