In his latest article, Chris Craggs goes to the Devil's Tower in Wyoming and has a few close encounters. He doesn't meet any actual aliens but does have tales to tell about cowboys and ladders, parachutists getting stuck for a week, 50m pitches with only 1 foothold and frightening electrical storms.
Read all about it here -
http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=93 
