Strange Rock Carving, page 3

reply to post by prof-rabbit

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A peaceful group use this rock to mark their secret meeting place? I guess I'm not understanding who or what you are referring to. Why are you being so cryptic?

On the other hand, may I suggest buying a camouflaged 'trail-camera' that can be hung on a nearby tree and that will snap pictures when it's motion sensor is triggered. So cover your tracks, and leave no trace of yourself or your discovery, and appoach the situation that way...

reply to post by sos37

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Wow, I never even considered the time capsule angle. It very well could be a marker of some sort, perhaps marking their life savings or something. If it great depression era, it may very well mark buried cans of coins or something....Yes, time to break out the metal detector (someone already said that).

reply to post by wylekat

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Yes, I was thinking an ancient Spanish map. Or more recently the KGC, who buried treasure all over the place.

reply to post by groingrinder

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Yeah, and if I'm not mistaken the KGC used symbols and markings to mark many different things. Supposedly the KGC were actively operating behind enemy lines during the Civil War. I'm not a Civil War historian and I'm not sure what side West Virginia fought on...but who knows, great idea.

reply to post by nenothtu

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Get over there soon!
The leaves are still off the trees, and get to the higghest spot...that is above or near the carving...

But 1st stand in front of the carving and take a compass reading so when you are a little higher in altitude, you can postion the markings on the outer rings...
Just a thought!

But yues like many have said by the patiena sp? its not over 100 years old...more like 75 give or take, unless it was covered and protected...then it could be very old, and be linked/related to, early christian, and foreighn ppls moving into the natives land...say ohhh..the late 1600's up to the early 1800's...although the USA was then based on freedom of religion, there was many pagans killed, and they had to keep to themselves..

I would have a good topo mape and orientation, of that piece and know for myself befor....going public..is all I'm saying.

Great find!

Might I sudgest, go down hill, "is there a spring or water source near" always wet! year round?

find the shelf, from your OP I'd say you know what a shelf is from yer huntin...I'm "Apaleachian American" too or hillbilly..

The shelf just above said water source, would have been "homebase" and a gret place to look for evidence, most likely a fertile river bottom that get plowed?.....seeing what I'm getting at here......
and it is planting season, its most likely recently had the ground busted up, or will be soon!

But hey I'm just an ole red neck with 5 gal. buckets of evidence.

again ty...great find...keep it hid!


you might find something as good as this...





ETA pic and a name....google Jim Redfern....if anyone would know..he will and he won't pressure you for a location!
and could most likely tell you the xact..meaning ..if there is one.

[edit on 30-3-2010 by Doc Holiday]

Hey, Op

This is a unique discovery. It reminds of me Track Rock in Blairsville, GA. It's not that far away from where you are in WV in terms of the world. It's only a few states away, anyway, considering petroglyphs are a rare find, so please take a look at this about Track Rock:

"Once covered by the waters of a great ocean, Track Rock Gap is now dry land. Georgia's Cherokee Indians simply called it "printed place" and it is the only remaining in situ set of petroglyphs in north Georgia. These beautiful, albeit worn, examples of the pre-historic Indian occupation were probably carved sometime during the Woodland Indian era (1,000 BC to 1,000 AD in Georgia."

roadsidegeorgia.com...

reply to post by Kandinsky

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He gave dimensions;

The circle is 22 inches wide at the inside edge of the circle, and 21 1/2 inches tall at the inside edge of the circle. The depth that the circle is cut to is between 5/8 and 3/4 of an inch. The orientation of the stem of the central "tree" is east by north-east.

OP, could your hunter friends have not noticed it before because it had been covered with dirt/debris for a long time?

You said that the stream was mostly dry, and only recently you've had some heavy rains?

I was thinking it looked awful recent myself. Reminded me of something from childhood...like I had seen it before...don't laugh, but this is all I could come up with:


the Forestry Merit Badge from Boy Scouts. One I started, but never earned.

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