Washington Man Discovers a Mysterious Extraterrestrial Bottomless Pit Right in His Backyard

Red Elk Intervention

To counter the absurdity of his claims, Mel brought on a trusted community confidant named Red Elk. Red Elk is a Native American man whose family had been living on that plot of land since America got colonized. Red Elk had known about Mel's hole, in fact, he likely discovered it back in 1961...

The More You Know

Both volleyball and basketball were invented in Massachusetts.
Virginia is the only state that has the same state flower and state tree, the Dogwood.
All the Professors in Pokemon have been named after trees.
Pizza only became popular in the United States after American troops occupying Italy during World War 2 became hooked on it and then popularized it back home.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.