As a native Alabamian, I’ve had my share of experience with our state’s unique nature. Only in Alabama, for example, would you have a monument dedicated to an agricultural pest (Enterprise’s Boll Weevil Monument) and cemeteries devoted to honoring hunting dogs (including the Coon Dog Cemetery in Tuscumbia). However, in all my years, I’ve never heard of the Hodges Meteorite.

That is, until last week.