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Mystery surrounds huge face etched into cliff on remote B.C. island
CTV News ^ | 22 June 2015 | CTVNews.ca Staff

Posted on 06/24/2015 10:27:50 AM PDT by Theoria

Was it created by man, or by Mother Nature? That's what many are wondering about a giant face that appears to be carved into a cliff on a remote island near Vancouver Island.

Hank Gus of the Tseshaht First Nation had heard about the "face in the rocks" years ago. A Washington State kayaker stumbled upon the face back in 2008 while paddling past Reeks Island in the Broken Group Islands.

Gus had been searching for the carving for two years. Then, just a few weeks ago, he finally found the hidden treasure and took a cellphone video of the seven-foot-tall face carved into a cliff.

"It's quite noticeable from the water; It's pretty large," he says.

"It's about 40 feet up and from the top of the cliff, and it's about another 20 or 25 feet down, at least. It's high up and there's bunch of rock cliffs on the side and it's so hard to access."

When the kayaker stumbled upon the carving, she took pictures and sent them to Parks Canada but wasn't able to pinpoint the precise location. Parks Canada knew the island was in traditional First Nation territory, so contacted the Tseshaht administration office.

Gus finally found the carving a few weeks ago. He says, to him, the face appears to be blowing, and is perhaps a symbol of wind. The face reminds him of a wood carving on the door of the Tseshaht administration offices.

"It's something really similar to this face in the rock. Its name is Ugi and it describes when it's blowing the wind, it's sharing the history of our ancestors and keeping it alive," he explained.

(Excerpt) Read more at ctvnews.ca ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: canada; carving; face; godsgravesglyphs; vancouverisland
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To: Theoria

Dragon priest mask from Skyrim.

41 posted on 06/24/2015 11:33:18 AM PDT by sparklite2
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To: equaviator

Tansface?


42 posted on 06/24/2015 11:34:49 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: Twinkie

That would be like a Democrat.First they foul their nest,then they sneak in and foul yours.


43 posted on 06/24/2015 11:41:37 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Theoria

Watch the puffy clouds sometime - the imagination runs wild.


44 posted on 06/24/2015 1:23:48 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: Theoria

Well, IMO, it’s a leadpipe cinch that wind and water erosion didn’t do it. Whoever sculpted that image had some talent and skills.


45 posted on 06/24/2015 1:32:29 PM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: Theoria; 2ndDivisionVet; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; ...
Thanks Theoria and 2ndDivisionVet.
Hank Gus of the Tseshaht First Nation had heard about the "face in the rocks" years ago.
Glad to hear that millennia-old oral tradition is so complete and reliable. Sidebar:

46 posted on 06/24/2015 3:23:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: Salamander
You *know* I had to do this.....


47 posted on 06/24/2015 3:29:07 PM PDT by shibumi ("Walk Through the Fire, Fly Through the Smoke")
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To: Charles Henrickson
Tom Hanks Reunites With Wilson The Volleyball, And It’s Absolutely ...

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48 posted on 06/24/2015 3:51:43 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: lwd
 photo Face In The Rocks 03 Money_zpsozx4e54d.jpg
49 posted on 06/24/2015 3:59:33 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Theoria

Looks to me like it was created by the Pareidolia people.


50 posted on 06/24/2015 4:32:39 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Well, going by the background and such, it’s obviously a trick of light and shadow.... on Mars.


51 posted on 06/24/2015 6:40:03 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Theoria
Beverly Doolittle - The Forest Has Eyes...


52 posted on 06/24/2015 6:44:50 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: M Kehoe
Lol! I saw the big one above the smaller one first.
53 posted on 06/24/2015 6:45:32 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Give me a beer, would ya Sam.


54 posted on 06/24/2015 7:58:54 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Grimmy

Nope, obviously the *Martians have landed!!!* Yaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Run for it!!!


55 posted on 06/24/2015 8:25:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Hi, my name is Cliff.

Drop over some time.


56 posted on 06/24/2015 8:30:35 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Tucker39; Theoria; SunkenCiv; All

I’d like a better view of the second eye, and whether it has an eyebrow similar to the left one. An as someone already said, an expert needs to climb up there and see if there are marks of carving, chiseling, etc.


57 posted on 06/24/2015 9:53:23 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

Definitely. It’s difficult to believe someone would have gone to the trouble of carving a face in that spot and not made it level.


58 posted on 06/25/2015 4:54:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: Theoria

I see three faces!


59 posted on 06/25/2015 9:55:44 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: CivilWarBrewing
"Sharon Stone?"

...plus Rock Hudson and Montgomery Cliff....(I know, I know....)

Leni

60 posted on 06/25/2015 10:01:11 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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