Mysterious stone balls

Stone rains, ie stone balls falling from the sky, have not been new around the world for a long time, but the frequency of this phenomenon in the Priboj villages of Mažići, Kalafati, Čelice, Kratovo, Sastavci and Pribojska Banja has contributed to the locals of Polimlje seeing it as an extremely mystical phenomenon.

In the past few years alone, at least 13 stone balls have fallen here, some of which weighed more than 17 tons.

Kamene kiše, odnosno kamene kugle koje padaju s neba, odavno ne predstavljaju novost širom sveta, ali učestalost ovog fenomena u pribojskim selima Mažići, Kalafati, Čelice, Kratovo, Sastavci i Pribojska Banja doprinela je da meštani Polimlja u tome vide i krajnje mističnu pojavu.

Samo tokom proteklih nekoliko godina ovde je palo najmanje 13 kamenih kugli, od kojih su pojedine težile i više od 17 tona.

Most meteorites are round or elliptical in shape, with extremely smooth surfaces, and people believe that they even have healing powers. It is interesting that stone balls are always buried in the same side of the hill and that everything looks like a ball and a disc.

Većina meteorita je okruglog ili elipsastog oblika, izrazito glatke površine, a narod veruje da imaju čak i isceliteljske moći.Zanimljivo je da se kamene kugle zarivaju uvek u istu stranu brda i da sve po izgledu nalikuju lopti i disku.

One stone ball weighing ten tons, which emerged from the shore along the road between Priboj and Bistrica, of incredible beauty and regular shape, was taken to Sharganska osmica as an exceptional natural attraction in order to make this tourist site more attractive. However, the largest meteorite in the Priboj area fell near the Orahovica monastery in Mažići. It is more than two and a half meters high, and weighs over 17 tons, which makes it the largest and most mysterious in Serbia.

Jednu kamenu kuglu tešku desetak tona, koja je izronila iz obale uz put između Priboja i Bistrice, neverovatne lepote i pravilnog oblika, kao izuzetnu prirodnu atrakciju odneli su na Šargansku osmicu kako bi ovaj turistički lokalitet dobio na svojoj atraktivnosti. Ipak, najveći meteorit u pribojskom kraju pao je kod manastira Orahovica u Mažićima. Visok je više od dva i po metra, a težak preko 17 tona, što ga čini najvećim i ujedno najmisterioznijim na prostoru Srbije.