8. Waffle Rock is NOT a piece of alien artwork left behind by extraterrestrial visitors to West Virginia
Located in Mineral County, West Virginia, Waffle Rock is a boulder so named for the regular geometric pattern composed of a darker colored rock found on one of its sides. Becoming an object of local curiosity at an unspecified time, by 1930 it was sufficiently important to the residents of Shaw, West Virginia, that when the American Army Corps of Engineers evacuated the town to construct a dam they were forced to also relocate the rock to Jennings Randolph Lake; a piece also resides at the Smithsonian Institute of Natural History in Washington D.C.
Due to the bizarre appearance of Waffle Rock, numerous theories have abounded regarding its origins and potential hidden purpose. Some contend it is a product of Native Americans, either as a form of cultural art or early writing, whilst a small society is committed to the idea it is in fact the skin of a giant prehistoric lizard that once inhabited West Virginia. Most prominent among these conspiracy theories is the assertion Waffle Rock is a relic from alien visitors to our planet, a “fact” supposedly reinforced by the concern shown by the U.S. Government in moving the rock to a new location in the 1930s.