Posted on 11/27/2013 7:41:44 AM PST by BenLurkin
Not too far from the Colorado River, on the low desert just west of Highway 95, lies one of the most spectacular ancient creations in California––a group of immense drawings that, like Peru’s famous Nazca lines, can only be seen properly from the air. They are called the Blythe Intaglios.
Unseen by whites until the 20th century, these huge figures hidden on the desert floor were rediscovered from the air. In 1930, aviator George Palmer was flying over the area when he spotted enormous outlines of a man, a woman, a horse, a coiled snake,
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“Ancient artists created the figures using the intaglio process.”
How “ancient” could they have been if they depicted horses and horseshoes? Those things didn’t exist in North America until a few centuries ago.
What is a white besides a color?
A person can be a "white person" or "black person" but not a "black" or a "white".
Unseen by whites until the 20th century
No doubt indians, hispanics, asians and blacks could see it then..........
Really? Show me a white person or a black person. Did you mean Caucasian or Negro?
Cool site. They’ve got oddities and weird stuff listed for all 50 states.
Google earth shows it pretty clearly.
What is a white besides a color?
A pejorative.
Not far rorm the river. Interesting!
Bookmrk
At the creation museum there is a triceratops with “horse” shoes on all four hooves. Supposedly Moses himself shod these beasts to help bring Egyptian loot across the Red Sea.
Under Weird California they describe the Forestiere Underground Gardens of Fresno. http://www.weirdus.com/states/california/personalized_properties/forestiere_underground_gardens/index.php
I can’t believe that these are now an official tourist attraction! During the years between Mr. Forestiere’s death and their opening to the public, we used to sneak out there and explore when we were in high school. These man-made caves were just in an old field. We’d take flashlights out there and explore all the passage ways and rooms. It was a good chance for the boys to scare the girls and to make up strange stories about this odd place. It was all in good fun, and we never told our parents. I can’t believe that the plants survived, because I don’t think it ever was watered, except for natural rain (which is less than 10 inches per year normally.)
By the way, they were way out in the country when I was in high school. Now they are in the center of the populated town.
Sure, but the only problem is that they went extinct before any human teeth showed up.
I’d take the local Indians at their word that the figures represent mountain lions. It just looks like a four-legged animal.
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