In early February 2026, five people renting rooms in a nine-room house in Masvingo, in southern Zimbabwe, were woken one Monday night by the sound of rocks hitting the roof. According to the local outlet Pindula News, it didn’t stop. For about a week, stones kept falling at all hours, afternoon and evening included, and none of the tenants could see anyone throwing them.

They turned to a local mystic, who blamed dark spiritual forces but offered no fix. After a week, all five packed up and left. They told reporters the stones kept coming even as they were carrying their belongings out.

Cases like this are a recurring genre in Zimbabwean news. Showers of stones with no visible source have been reported for years, and families affected often suspect witchcraft or goblins. Coast to Coast AM, which picked up the story, pointed to a strikingly similar case from 2021 in which a family was pelted for days and came to believe something supernatural was responsible.

What’s missing is any sign that police were called, or that anyone tried to watch the roof and find where the stones came from. The tenants, the witness quoted and the mystic weren’t named.