OMG! GIDEONL-IM

Respect: Give credit where credit is due. U are way out of line. I am along with others are very interested in what the op had to say. Anyone else that can stick to the subject at hand also has interesting input and by the way who in the h3ll is GIA? or omg I should not ask of course this is an whole other subject.

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I just want to thank you...

NEONTHTU and MSAMEN so much for all your research and most of all for the post. It has been very interesting and great reading. I do get the feeling though that there may be something under this carving. Can you dig under it for I have not read this whole entire thread. Because this may be a clue?

What if a small branch fell from a tree onto the rock and being in a stream mineral deposits formed covering the small branch forming what looks to be this Strange Rock Carving. Then the question is how was the circle formed around the branch? Lets assume at a later date after this branch was discovered inlaid in the rock someone came along and poured mortar in the shape of a circle highlighting the branch in the rock. ^Y^

Im still on the job. Ive dug up quite a bit of interesting material in regards to the Adena but Id like to wait for the response of this gentleman before I go Springer and post my final thouht.

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Hi ....its ...., daughter. My mother is consistantly accusing me of of being a conspiracy nut. Im not. Im simply a scientist at heart. I always question everything.

Im a member of the topics forum Abovetopsecret.com.( I stick to the science, philosophy, and ancient civilization threads) Recently, I came across a pic posted by a gentlemen depicting a carving of sorts (a circled tree) there in WV.

Ive ben racking my brain researching, first to indentify the rock, ( I think its Phyllite) then igneous tribes( Adena, Conoy, Shawnee, and finally Welsh heritage) in an attempt to identify the carver and the carvers intentions.

Another poster had suggested this was a shield form for cold forging copper. Mom added that water erosion would've caused a fossilized imprint of the object had it sat there long enough.Others have suggested perhaps it was a map. I had thought maybe a stamp of territory due to the gentlmens revelation that the branches resemble the topography of surrounding hollows.

After further scrutinizing the photos and turning up no cooberating tribal artwork ( though tribes do record thier maps in the surrounding enviroment ) I tend to agree with mom and think the copper forging may be a good hypothosis.

I ve studied the erosion pattern and patina, it appears to be at least 100 yrs of age. Mom said your brother .... was an archeologist and may be able to shed some light. Similar figures have ben found throughout the lower part of the state. Here is the link I hope you can help.


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I will send the link to my brother to see what he thinks.

Just want to thank the poster for sharing this with us.

I like the shield idea...that would be interesting.

But I also like the idea that this seems to be pointing towards the sun at certain times of a year. A place of reverence, with mother Earth, the cycles of life, the orders of the sun.

I agree with the other posters about not stepping on it. Just a vibe...

I also agree OP...about not giving away where the stone is and again, just appreciate you sharing what you have. The pics are great! Its just peaceful to look at it.

Originally posted by 1191julie
I just want to thank you...

NEONTHTU and MSAMEN so much for all your research and most of all for the post. It has been very interesting and great reading. I do get the feeling though that there may be something under this carving. Can you dig under it for I have not read this whole entire thread. Because this may be a clue?

It's pretty well embedded in a stream, in a place that I have a hard time even standing up in to take the pictures, so digging underneath it on my own is pretty much out of the question. I think examining the surrounding area may be more productive, but si far I've not fould anything beyone what you would expect to see if mankind had never existed, other than the rock itself.

Originally posted by amari
What if a small branch fell from a tree onto the rock and being in a stream mineral deposits formed covering the small branch forming what looks to be this Strange Rock Carving. Then the question is how was the circle formed around the branch? Lets assume at a later date after this branch was discovered inlaid in the rock someone came along and poured mortar in the shape of a circle highlighting the branch in the rock. ^Y^

The carvings are inletted into the rock, not standing in relief out of it. In that case, the tree branch would have had to indent the rock, and everything BUT the circle would have had to have been poured from mortar.

The carving of the 'tree' is fairly crude and angular in places, and doesn't really conform to any real branch. I've thought a couple of times in the past couple of days that it looks sort of like veins and stem in a round leaf, rather than a tree, but it could really go either way, I suppose.

Does the rock have some blue in it, or am I seeing things? Are those splotches of blue or something else? Thanks....