The Hodges Meteorite, the only meteor to ever hit a person, landed in Sylacauga in 1954. The story is intricate and debated at points, but what’s clear is Ann Hodges was simply sitting on the sofa, minding her own business, when a meteor blasted through the roof and into her hip. While the actual meteorite is now in the Alabama Museum of Natural History in Tuscaloosa, much of its story is still here in Sylacauga. There’s a historical marker near the impact site, various newspaper clippings and a recreated meteor at the museum, and this sculpture: Don Lawler’s beautiful “Falling Star” sculpture.