guywithgas wrote:
Dan, the Universe is so big to believe that we are alone
Thanks Sreedhar! There is a mountain 1 lane dirt road in my neighborhood and 1 remote neighbor has set up "alien rocks" along the 5 mile dirt road.
This was one of them...there are about 5-8 more "rock markers".
I was going to wait until this "bombocyclone" deposited its "load" on us tonight thru tomorrow but I had 2nd thoughts about driving up the mountain in ANY level /amount of snow! I sold my 4x4 years ago.
Dan
PS and I caught a "bug" that has your "handle/call sign" verbatum.
CDalessandro wrote:
I am curious Dan, Are these rocks glued on to that location? Interesting formation and wonderful title. They are amongst us
Carol
Well let's say they are "stationary"..
When I went out to take this and 2 of the "markers" had blown over.
Today would have been a fantastic day to go out! Beautiful 8" wet snow like "powder puffs" on everything.
But this is in the mountains on an unpaved dirt road....and I sold my 4x4 years ago!
Thanks!
Dan
Oh this is from an the Maryland Historical Society about similiar rock formations in the mountains near Camp David.
The rock sculptures the 2 men refer to building are NOT any of these or this..
Yes, I've always called them
Cairns
A cairn is a human-made pile of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word cairn comes from the Irish: carn [ˈkʰaːrˠn̪ˠ]. Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehistory, they were raised as markers, as memorials and as burial monuments, some of which contained chambers. In the modern era, cairns are often raised as landmarks, especially to mark the summits of mountains, and as trail markers. They vary in size from small piles of stones to entire artificial hills, and in complexity from loose conical rock piles to elaborate megalithic structures. Cairns may be painted or otherwise decorated, whether for increased visibility or for religious reasons.
CDalessandro wrote:
Yes, I've always called them
Cairns
A cairn is a human-made pile of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word cairn comes from the Irish: carn [ˈkʰaːrˠn̪ˠ]. Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehistory, they were raised as markers, as memorials and as burial monuments, some of which contained chambers. In the modern era, cairns are often raised as landmarks, especially to mark the summits of mountains, and as trail markers. They vary in size from small piles of stones to entire artificial hills, and in complexity from loose conical rock piles to elaborate megalithic structures. Cairns may be painted or otherwise decorated, whether for increased visibility or for religious reasons....Show more →
Great thanks for the history lesson Carol! Something I did not know! In Boy Scouts we just called them "trail markers" in Vietnam we called them "blaze marks". They were used by enemy forces to direct troops, supplies and vehicles. That is unless "we"(combat teams) discovered them 1st and re-directed that traffic elsewhere.
