Mystery as century-old Swiss watch discovered in ancient tomb sealed for 400 years

Daily Mail UK ^ | 05/06/2010 | Daily Mail UK

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Archaeologists are stumped after finding a 100-year-old Swiss watch in an ancient tomb that was sealed more than 400 years ago. They believed they were the first to visit the Ming dynasty grave in Shangsi, southern China, since its occupant's funeral. But inside they uncovered a miniature watch in the shape of a ring marked 'Swiss' that is thought to be just a century old.

[GOPJ]

Killjoy.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

The Oregon Vortex is a hoax using illusion.

West Virgina has something similar,

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/10971

[dljordan]

That’s funny. I love the Mouse sitting in front of the bartender.

[Jonah Hex]

Probably left behind by this guy...

[Yardstick]

Probably carried into the tomb by a small animal.

Yes, like a goat. I think I read somewhere that goats can squeeze themselves through holes the size of a quarter.

[saintgermaine]

I would say this is a pretty good illusion when a leaning broom without any visible support does not fall over I wish I would be able to do that.

[Beowulf9]

0h.

Heheh. You are brilliant.

[Beowulf9]

http://abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread386186/pg1

http://forteanswest.com/wordpress-mu/arizonalowfi/tag/ron-quinn

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=2508556%2C12

It was entitled Mysteries in the Mountains A real-life Twilight Zone in Southeastern Arizona

[mware]

Dr Who was there????

[Beowulf9]

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/mysteries-in-the-mountains/Content?oid=1072291

[Eepsy]

Did they find the Bishop’s bird stump, too?

[Constitution Day]

This is straight from Michael Crichton’s “Timeline.”

That was an excellent book. Now I'll have to re-read it!

[Beowulf9]

http://209.157.64.201/focus/f-chat/2335548/posts

[Scythian]

Only the face of Boe can tell us how it happened

[null and void]

How do you know?

[TXnMA]

“...Oregon Vortex...”

Distorted and off-angle walls, floors -- and perspective effects... Purpose-built hoax site. No mystery there at all.

[UCANSEE2]

Spider Robinson was one of my favorite authors.

[longtermmemmory]

were there even such ring watches 100 years ago?

Hong Kong artisans are adept at faking ages on reproductions.

It would not be so hard to age such an item and drop it as a joke.

[I Buried My Guns]

"...There had been reports of people going through the archway and ending up in some other time and place..."

I remember that story. IIRC, there was also an outbreak of some really strong marijuana going around at the same time.

Coincidence?

[TXnMA]

"Or a person’s height can change by changing their position by a couple of feet."

Here -- I just created a simple example:

(The "person figures" are identical in size...)