PHOTOS: Boulder nearly wipes out Italian farmhouse
By Associated Press
Jan 31, 2014 10:50 AM CST
In this photo provided by Tareom.com Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, and taken on Jan. 23, 2014, a huge boulder is seen after it stopped next to a farm house, while a second giant boulder, which detached during the same landslide on Jan. 21, 2014, whose trail can be seen on top, missed the house by less than...   (Associated Press)

ROME (AP) — A huge boulder unleashed by a landslide in northern Italy narrowly missed a farmhouse, destroyed a barn and came to a stop in vineyards.

A second boulder stopped just feet (about a meter) behind the traditional stone farmhouse in the rocky region of Alto-Adige.

The surreal sight was captured in a series of dramatic photographs. Nobody was injured in the tumble from mountains overlooking the village of Ronchi di Termeno. Some other boulders from the Jan. 21 landslide blocked roads.

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