A lokacin rani na shekara ta 1908, wani abin mamaki ya faru a kusa da kwarin Cowichan a tsibirin Vancouver, a British Columbia, Kanada. A lokacin da Willie McKinnon, dan shekara 14 ga Mista Angus McKinnon ke aiki a gonar mahaifinsa da misalin karfe 11:30 na rana, wani meteor mai fadin inci 10 ya jefa ta sararin samaniya ya binne kansa a kasa kimanin taku takwas. daga inda yake tsaye.
Abin farin ciki, Willie bai ji rauni ba saboda tasirin meteorite. Nan da nan ya kira mahaifinsa ya ga abin da ya faru kuma lokacin da Mista McKinnon ya zo wurin, ya yi mamakin ganin cewa meteor ya kusan zagaye kamar marmara; kuma saman zafi ya yi nisa sosai tare da abin da ya yi kama da wasu nau'ikan haruffa masu ban mamaki.
An buga wannan labari mai ban mamaki a matsayin labarin jarida na farko na Satumba 5, 1908, mai suna, "Saƙo Daga Mars".
Tun lokacin da wannan al'amari mai ban mamaki ya faru, Mista McKinnon ya yi amfani da mafi yawan rayuwarsa yana ƙoƙarin gano abubuwan ban mamaki a kan dutse mai ban mamaki. Duk da haka, bakon dutsen sararin samaniya da alama ba a taɓa yin nazarinsa ta hanyar da ta dace ba, saboda har yanzu ba a sami wani takaddun bincikensa ba.
A halin yanzu, ba a san ainihin wurin da yake ba, kuma 'dutsen mu'ujiza na Cowichan' ya kasance wani sirri da ba a bayyana shi ba har yau.
An buga wannan labari mai ban sha'awa kwanan nan a cikin Jama'ar Kwarin Cowichan a cikin Janairu 2015, by Farashin TW Patterson wanda ya rubuta game da Birtaniya Tarihin Columbia fiye da shekaru 50.
To, menene zai iya zama? Shin da gaske ne an rubuta meteorite da haruffan rubutu, ko kuma ba komai bane illa ƙagaggen labarin Mista MacKinnon? Me kuke tunani?
