Hurricane, West Virginia: Water Monster's Daughter
A rock with an indecipherable carving: some say it's of a deformed girl carved by Indians, some say it's a hoax, some say it's just a rock.
- Address:
- 2716 Main St., Hurricane, WV
- Directions:
- I-64 (in between Huntington and Charleston) take the Hurricane exit. Head south to Hwy 34. Turn right and go two lights and make a right onto Main St. Drive about quarter-mile and the rock is on northwest corner of Fire Department property, beside a shed.
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Water Monster's Daughter: An article in the Charleston Daily Mail hints at current dissatisfaction with one of West Virginia's more enigmatic attractions, "Water Monster's Daughter" -- a big rock covered with a mysterious carving, sometimes described as a deformed girl. [05/02/2008] Complete Story...
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Located next to the rail car. It was a bit hard to find behind the cars. But once I found the carving, it was kind of neat. It's an old concrete slab, not a boulder, but still has a neat story.
[Nicki, 02/09/2016]
Not much to see.
[Russ, 07/23/2011]The boulder beside the fire department is exactly that -- a boulder. My fiance and I spent over twenty minutes one day trying very hard to figure out exactly what was supposed to resemble a deformed girl (even a deformed frog!) and just didn't get it. It's a rock, folks.
The mural on the side of the building is much, much more interesting. Maybe you should update the interesting sites for Hurricane to be the murals on the fire department and the building across the street on the A-Z grocery lot. It's certainly not the rock or the former Paul Bunyan truck stop.
[Tonya, 02/25/2009]On Main Street in Hurricane, West Virginia there is a large boulder with a carving of a young, slightly deformed, girl. Locals call it "Water Monster's Daughter." I was told that it was found nearby when some property was being cleared for a car dealership. Some people say it was carved by local Indians but others say it was a hoax that started in the 1940's.
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Just as Water Monster's Daughter would like it.