Case file · Folklore / legend
The Heavener Runestone
First documented in 1923, a slab near Heavener, Oklahoma, bears eight runes, usually read as 'gnomedal' ('Gnome valley' or a personal name), and is promoted locally as a Norse land-claim marker.
1923 CE · 34.89, -94.66 · status: disputed
The sceptical view
Archaeologist Ken Feder notes there is no evidence of Norse presence there; runologist Henrik Williams thinks it is probably 19th-century, giving perhaps a 20% chance it is medieval.