Stories of stones dropping from Heaven can be traced back to a Buddhist sutra that records a Himalayan legend about an evil spirit who would from time to time descend to the world of men to cause plagues and disasters.
天降石的傳說，可以追溯到佛經記載。相傳喜馬拉雅山區有位邪神叫做羅侯羅，出沒無常，每隔一段時間就會降災人間，引發大瘟疫。