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Louis Serna first saw this stone pillar in December 2013, sitting in the lobby of the St. James Hotel in Cimarron, New Mexico. The hotel’s former owner claims the pillar was left in the hotel in 1987, by a rancher who found it on nearby forest land. Over the last three years, Serna has been researching the symbols carved into the stone and coming up with his best theories on its meaning. Serna is still seeking any professional help in interpreting the pillar’s symbols.

The pillar is three and a half feet tall with four sides. Each side prominently features a Templar cross.

Most notably on the third side of the pillar, Serna notes smaller lettering or symbols toward the bottom.

Today, the stone remains in the lobby of the St. James Hotel. Without an official name, Serna calls the pillar the “St. James Monument.”

In early 2016, a ranger with the Carson National Forest found a similar pillar still standing in forest. The pillar is said to be near several grave markers, however, Serna doesn’t believe the pillar is a grave stone.

Today, the stone remains in the lobby of the St. James Hotel. Without an official name, Serna calls the pillar the “St. James Monument.”

2 posted on 05/31/2017 10:27:44 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)

3 posted on 05/31/2017 10:28:48 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)

Ouch, last caption on pillar should read “While similar in shape, color and size, the pillar found standing in the Carson National Forest clearly has different symbols, including a backwards letter ‘D,’ and an eight-point star.”

4 posted on 05/31/2017 10:30:56 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)

11 posted on 05/31/2017 10:53:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)

I can offer a simple explanation based on my family's cemetery plot. My great grandfather homesteaded a farm in Minnesota a century and a half ago. He donated a plot on that farm to his local church for a cemetery, and erected a "stone pillar" on it in the middle of an area reserved for family members (including my parents). There are no large markers for individuals , who have small engraved markers around the centerpiece.

The "stone pillar" of the article could be a similar marker. It is likely illegal to remove such items, even from abandoned cemeteries, so the family invented the story that the marker was removed from their own property in order to protect the thief.

41 posted on 06/01/2017 4:07:58 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones.)

Something is not right with those shadows.

47 posted on 06/01/2017 5:15:13 AM PDT by Thidwick (If a moose can figure it out, why can't a liberal?)

Send in Special Agent Dale Cooper.

48 posted on 06/01/2017 5:17:30 AM PDT by Rum Tum Tugger

Looks awfully clean to be extremely old.

52 posted on 06/01/2017 5:39:59 AM PDT by PLMerite ("Government should be done to cattle and not human beings." - John Milius)

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