Posted on 02/15/2015 12:13:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Deep in the mountains of Jackson County, just outside Sylva, North Carolina, sets a large, baffling stone. It is a soapstone boulder, and it's covered with a plethora of strange drawings that some archaeologists believe may be 2,000 to 3,000 years old. Even the Cherokee Indians consider the site ancient, pre-dating their presence in the area...
According to Cherokee legend, the markings on the rock were created by Judaculla, a slant-eyed giant who dominated the mountains in years long past. He was the "Great Lord of the hunt," a powerful being who could leap from one mountain to another, and even control the weather. They believed the rock not only marked his territory, but even bore his 7-fingered handprint, since he once used the rock to steady himself from a fall...
It seems Judaculla Rock is one of at least three other such stones on the same property. However, one of them was buried in a 20th century mining operation, and the other cannot be found, perhaps covered with vegetation or severely eroded. The visible relic is probably the tip of a vast iceberg. Considering the site has never been excavated, there's no telling what other ancient markings and artifacts may lie a short distance below the surrounding earth.
Everyone who sees the stone has a different theory about what the markings may mean. Some think it could be a map, a peace treaty, a battle plan, abstract religious symbols, simple story illustrations, antiquated graffiti, or a veritable Rosetta Stone of some kind, providing the key to unlock a new language...
Judaculla Rock is now owned by Jackson County and can be visited during the day free of charge.
(Excerpt) Read more at judacullarock.com ...
Thanks! I’d never heard of it before today, and found it in a web search for something completely else. And after I saw this stone, I thought of, well, these:
Peterborough Petroglyphs
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2478381/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2862282/posts?page=24#24
#1, since it is so soft, the carving could conceivably have started out much, much deeper than it was in 1930; #2, it may have been standing upright, in fact, it would surprise me if it hadn’t been; and #3, the Cherokee purport that the inscription is PreColumbian and also pre-Cherokee.
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I run nitrous oxide in my PHOTOSHOP.
Great, so tell idiots where it is so they can come paint it up like they have Lover’s Leap on US 58 past Stuart. Narcissist nation thinks their stupid initials will be remembered, in the face of such beauty of the valley. Utter nobodies.
apparently someone has gots skillz :-)
I can also see Benny Goodman and his clarinet...
... and several octopi.
Yes, it would.
Except for all the man-caused acid rain we’ve had in recent years...
;-)
Moosechelle was wearing a dress with this design all over it, I saw her here on FR a few days ago. It wasn’t good.
Pretty obvious it’s Chthulu there on the right.
Wow, nice find, thanks deport!
Someday an anthropologist will see them and puzzle
over what John+Mary Class of 2020. means.
LOL, I didn’t see that one. Did she have one of the big old belts on?
Sheesh, I hate those, but I’m non-partisan, my mom loved those things too and I think they look dreadful on just about everybody. Certainly Michele, slightly, slightly less bad on my mom and they make me feel squashed just looking at them.
So, this could be a physical map that shows tribal territories, something like a treaty written in stone. Because involves more than one tribe there would be multiple stones, a reference for each tribe.
Amazing — not one Ancient Aliens guy post.
So far...
Could be, I thought that graphic d posted up there was pretty compelling.
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