Massachusetts - Mysteries

The Dighton Rock: The Stone Nobody Can Read

November 9, 2026November 9, 2026 by Tommy Hayes

A historic photograph of Dighton Rock in the Taunton River bed, its carved face chalked to make the petroglyphs visible

About 4 min readA 40-ton boulder in the Taunton River bears carvings that have been “translated” as Phoenician, Norse, Portuguese and Chinese — each reading later demolished. The rock is real, the carving is real, and after nearly 350 years of argument, almost nothing else about it is certain. Who carved Dighton Rock, and what were they trying to say?

The Dover Demon: Three Sightings, Twenty-Five Hours, and No Answers

November 8, 2026November 6, 2026 by Tommy Hayes

Bare trees beside a road on a foggy night, like the roads around Dover, Massachusetts, where the Dover Demon was reported in 1977

About 4 min readIn April 1977, three teenagers in Dover, Massachusetts, reported the same impossible creature — a small, hairless being with a huge head and glowing eyes. Then it vanished, and was never seen again.