Tests on mysterious stone could rewrite history(LaSalle and Marquette)

Belleville News Democrat ^ | 14 Aug 2006 | AP

[GoLightly]

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[Hong Kong Expat]

That's Right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BIG FIVE RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GoLightly]

What a/the big five & why does it rule?

[ASA Vet]

it will change our perception of Illinois history dramatically

Let's keep Clam. If one Frog beat another there by two whole years makes no difference and certainly isn't dramatic news.

[spinestein]

[What's certain is that something's written in the stone. What's less certain is whether the markings have any historical significance.]




"Whosoever pulleth the sword from this stone...."

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks GoLightly. Obviously a fake by some local farmer of French ancestry. ;')

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[concentric circles]

The two-inch-thick slab of limestone — a foot high and eight inches across — captured Cook's attention because of the markings carved onto its surface, including:

* The letters "IHS" (a Greek abbreviation for Jesus) with a small cross extending up from the "H."

* A larger cross below the letters in a unique "reclining" position.

* The numerals "1671."

[Hell to pay]

From what I understand, it has to be the real deal. The markings translate to "On this day in 1671, we surrender."

[JohnnyZ]

So after escaping to France, Jesus lived 1600 years, came to the New World and discovered Illinois, and then died so he could begin voting. This is obviously his gravestone. /Dan Brown

[kitchen]

Big 5 - as in Philadelphia college basketball: La Salle, St. Joseph's, Penn, Temple and Villanova.

[GoLightly]

French, farmer, Illinois... Nuttin like a target rich opportunity.

[NewRomeTacitus]

There are numerous markings all across the country illustrating explorers of the Greco-European types have made their way through while not securing lasting establishments - the Norsemen currently enjoying the latest discoveries.

Exploration and establishment of settlements are distinctly different, but it looks more and more that Caucasians were in North America from the Atlantic side prior to Leif Ericson's expedition and temporary village in what is now Newfoundland.

[GoLightly]

This girl ain't into no round ball, cept for dribs & drabs that I hear about local stuff, UWM, Marquette, UW-Madison.

[gleeaikin]

Why keep clams, I thought the Frogs liked snails. ;) Sorry, I couldn't resist, get goofy this late at night.

[piasa]

Should've put some "Old Mill" polish or nosegrease into those bright white peckmarks. They look kind of new.

[Kiss Me Hardy]

If this was carved by a genuine Frenchman, wouldn'the the "7" have a crossbar on it, as has long been the custom of Frogs, Europeans in general, and your more pretentious New York waiters when totting up your check?

[carumba]

... that Caucasians were in North America from the Atlantic side prior to Leif Ericson's expedition and temporary village in what is now Newfoundland.

Clive Cussler got me started on the Chachapoya (cloud people.) Tall blonds who lived in the Andes before the Incas. I know that FR won't let me get away with any wild eyed speculation so I'll just keep it to myself.

[ASA Vet]

Yep, them Frogs are real conasewers of all things slimy.

(I hope nopardons can keep clam when she reads this thread.)

[Paisan]

Yes, and further, the font appears to be Arial, a design unknown in the 1600's.
Also, elements of Word Art, a Windows based text manipulator, are evident in the stylized 'arch curve' at the top of the stone.
Clearly, something is amiss, despite the 'fake but correct' assertions of the proponents of this hoax...