Posted on 10/25/2026 7:34:35 AM PDT by Beowulf9
After thousands of years in one seemingly precarious position, the hanging boulder at the Polar Caves in Rumney finally gave in to gravity, falling to the ground on the last day of the park’s season earlier this month. The boulder has been an attraction in the park since it opened more than 100 years ago.
The park said no one was injured by the Oct. 18 crash.
(Excerpt) Read more at nhpr.org ...
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It’s a sign!.........
The prof said A) these stones were last moved 14000 years ago, by glaciers and yet also said B) that we live on a dynamic planet. 😀
The Law of Gravity cannot be defied.
First, the Old Man of the Mountain, and now this ...
Don’t take New Hampshire for granite!
Regardless of what the park says, years Saturday morning observation teaches me that an underfed coyote will be found underneath the boulder.
I've got the shirt...
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