Belemnite -

: Their elongated, tapering shape earned them folklore nicknames like "Devil's Fingers" or "St. Peter’s Fingers" .

Long before scientists identified them as fossils, people across Europe and Asia found these pointy stones and created elaborate legends to explain them: belemnite

Belemnites were squid-like marine mollusks belonging to the class, making them cousins to modern squids, octopuses, and the extinct ammonites . : Their elongated, tapering shape earned them folklore