A California couple has been left distraught after a sheet of ice fell from the sky and into their attic, leaving a huge hole in their roof.
Jon and Renae LeClair said the “sonic boom” of ice that crashed into their Big Bear home just after 10:30 p.m. Aug. 8 was so startling they thought they were being broken into by intruders.
“My wife went out and she thought someone had broken into the house. I said I didn’t think so; it was like cannon fire,” Jon told ABC 7.
The pair investigate the house to find broken glass strewn about, but no sign of strangers or burglars.
There is also no evidence that a bear broke into the house, as Renae also theorized as a possibility, given that their property is surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest.
Instead, they found a 24-by-24-inch hole in their roof and a block of ice the size of a bowling ball in the attic.
It landed just inches from the wall on top of the couple’s son – but fortunately, he had just left home for university, they said.
Jon and Renae LeClair said the “sonic boom” of ice that crashed into their Big Bear home just after 10:30 p.m. Aug. 8 was so startling they thought they were being broken into by intruders.ABC7/YouTube
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Almost a month later, the source of the ice remains a mystery.
At first, Jon theorized it came from a meteorite, but thought summer temperatures hovering around 80 degrees were too hot to sustain falling ice.
He and his wife now believe the chunk came down from a passing plane after frozen moisture escaped from the jet.
Flight Aware data shows that planes routinely fly over LeClair’s home en route to LAX.
At first, Jon theorized it came from a meteorite, but thought summer temperatures hovering around 80 degrees were too hot to sustain the falling ice.ABC7/YouTube
He and his wife now believe the chunk came off a passing plane after frozen moisture escaped from the jet.ABC7/YouTube
This theory is not unfounded – just a week later, a chunk of ice estimated to weigh 20 pounds crashed into a Massachusetts home.
In 2015, a basketball-sized chunk of ice crashed through the Modesto, California home, more than 350 miles north of the LeClair home.
Savath’s family at the time compared the sound to a bomb exploding.
Ice left a 24-by-24-inch hole in the roof of a California home last month.ABC7/YouTube
It landed just inches from the wall on top of the couple’s son — but luckily, he had just left home for college, they said.ABC7/YouTube
The couple has covered the hole with a tarp, as the source of the ice remains a mystery.ABC7/YouTube
“This is going to kill someone eventually,” Jon said, adding that he wasn’t sure what could be done to address the issue
“I do not know anything. I can’t hold the FAA. [The National Transportation Safety Board] saying it’s not their territory. I filed a report with the sheriff’s department and they just scratched their heads.”
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