Out of this world? Carter Co. rancher makes strange discovery A Carter County rancher discovered a strange object in her pasture, a bulky 'object' that she thought may have fallen out of the clear blue sky. Not knowing exactly what it was, she called First News. Daniel Armbruster has the story. The object that Carter County resident Taryn Walker found on her ranch may surprise you. On a small ranch in rural Carter County, it's not something you see every day. "It's got just really tiny, fine striations on it and then big deep craters, which are just different to me. I just don't know, I just don't think it's like a normal rock anything that’s out here.” Taryn Walker was walking through her pasture when she stumbled upon this. "I thought that maybe it had something to do with a fallen star.” So what is it? We took it to a local geologist and had him crack it open. It’s called chert, an unusual looking rock that formed thousands of years ago. Chert is a very hard sedimentary rock that can contain small fossils....