Case file · Folklore / legend
The Narragansett Runestone
A 2.5-ton slab with two rows of rune-like symbols, found on the mud flats of Pojac Point, Rhode Island, by a quahogger in December 1984.
1984 CE · 41.61, -71.42 · status: disputed
The account
It vanished in 2012 and was recovered in 2013; in 2024 the New York Times reported that a wealthy neighbour had removed it. It has been displayed in Wickford since 2015.
The sceptical view
A local man claimed he and his brother carved it in 1964, though some residents say they saw it earlier.