Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Officials at a golf course in Victoria, Australia, said a sizable divot left in a green wasn't caused by a rude golfer, but rather a giant ball of ice that fell from the sky. Dylan Knight, superintendent at the Belvoir Park Golf Club, said he was called to the fifth hole green about 7 a.m. Tuesday on a report of large chunks of ice littering the area. Advertisement Knight said he initially suspected the course's sprinklers had gone off overnight and frozen, but he arrived to find a giant ball of ice had apparently crashed down onto the ground and exploded into smaller pieces spread out as far as 160 feet. He said the impact left a sizable dent in the ground, indicating the ice ball had fallen a considerable distance out of the sky. "Where's it come from? The conclusion we've got is that it's fallen from an airplane, we guess," Knight told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. He said the ball left a dent 8 inches deep. Ice balls that fall from airplanes are known as megacryometeors and have been known to impact the ground several times a year. Aviation expert Geoffrey Thomas said de-icing technology used on commercial planes is meant to cause the ice to melt before it hits the ground. Advertisement "It is exceedingly rare for a piece of ice to actually hit anybody. In fact I've never heard of it. But that is not to say it hasn't happened," he said. Knight said repairs to the green were being planned for Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday. Read More Suspected coatimundis on the loose in Oklahoma Zoo's escaped pelican spotted on beach, gives keepers the slip Tiny snake rescued from sink drain cover in Pennsylvania
