[Theoria]

Archaeologists at the School of Oceanography have examined the Narragansett Rune Stone, which some believe was engraved by Vikings. The massive stone disappeared from the shoreline last August but was recovered by the Attorney General's office.

A "hooked X" appears on the Narragansett Rune Stone. Some say the character links the Rhode Island rock with the Kensington Runestone in Minnesota, and by extension the Knights Templar, a secretive European sect.

Brothers and amateur archaeologists Stephen and Peter DiMarzo, at the stone tower in Touro Park, in Newport, think the stone should reside at Scalabrini Villa Health Care Center in North Kingstown.

[Theoria]

Templar/Rune/vikings/Mellon/Ruin stone ping.

[Oratam]

I was concerned this was about Dighton Rock. That’s one freaky rock.

[Pontiac]

Roberti, the public utilities commissioner, worked for 17 years in the attorney general’s office and has considerable expertise on federal and state jurisdiction over submerged lands.

He says it’s easy to see why Mellon, who owns properties in other states, might have thought the rock belonged to him since in some states the property owner’s rights extend out into the water.

In Rhode Island, however, the state owns the land below the median high tide, putting the rock under state jurisdiction.

Well if RI is like Ohio in this respect I would side with Mellon

Here in Ohio many times you will be taxed on submerged lands that at one time were part of the dry land that you currently own.

Here in Ohio people who own water front property aflected with erosion gradually loose their property to the lake/river through erosion. However their deed will still reflect the original dimensions of their property and their tax assessment will reflect the value of that missing property.

However state and/or Federal law will state that land below the water’s edge or mean lake level is state property. The land owner can not build on it or install erosion control with out permits from the Army Corps of Engineers.

So the land owner ends up paying taxes for land that he; doesn’t own, doesn’t control and can’t use.

To avoid paying excess taxes is of course a long and expensive process and you fight the city, county and state all the way because they want your money.

[BwanaNdege]

Nevil Shute's Old Captivity

[VeniVidiVici]

Also some controversy over the origin of this Stone Tower too.

[Elsiejay]

Do not fail to read “1492; The Year China Discovered America.”

[ZULU]

That Vikings were here is irrefutable. But Minnesota???

[Stingray]

“I’m not trying to offend anybody. I’m just trying to get to the truth of real life. I believe Jesus is a real historical person, a power person, who was teaching the ancient mysteries, and as such he was a threat to the Romans,” Wolter said in a recent interview.

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Mr. Wolter needs to read his New Testament a little more closely. On the surface, Jesus was killed because He represented a threat to the religious authorities of His day; not the Romans. Rome could’ve cared less about Him. It was the Sanhedrin that had Him crucified.

[Cold Heart]

I saw that episode on the History Channel. Interesting series.

[faucetman]

I watched this Wolter guys series and he's a joke. He makes GIANT leaps and states things as FACTS that are just his speculations. He can't prove anything he says. In my opinion he is a fraud.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

“One ring to rule them all ...”

[colorado tanker]

Mather said it’s more likely the stones were made in the late 19{+t}{+h} century by immigrant settlers from Scandinavia who felt moved to create runestones — with hooked X and all — to celebrate their Scandinavian heritage. “In my professional opinion that’s what happened,” he said.

Wow. This guy doesn't need stuff like evidence to form a "professional opinion" does he?

Rhode Island is 46th among the States in Scandinavian population. The vast majority of Scandinavian immigrants were poor farmers who sought land and a better life in the Midwest, not Rhode Island. But we're supposed to believe one of them wandered into Rhode Island and carved something in a lost language they likely did not know in 1890 to "celebrate their Scandinavian heritage"??? Which they had just crossed an ocean to escape.