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  • Expert says turtle boulder is just a rock[Ohio]

    06/01/2009 3:11:56 PM PDT · by BGHater · 14 replies · 1,487+ views
    Middletown Journal ^ | 22 April 2009 | Marie Rossiter
    A local archeology curator said a turtle-head shaped boulder found near Oregonia is not a sculpture, as claimed by its finder. Dirk Morgan, owner of Morgan’s Canoe and Outdoor Center, said he believes his find is an effigy of a turtle that could date back to the Hopewell Indians who lived in the area more than 1,000 years ago. Bob Genheimer of the Cincinnati Museum Center viewed the 200-pound boulder at Morgan’s home on April 21 and said he found no evidence of shaping or manufacturing. “My strong opinion is that it is an artifact of nature, or an ‘ecofact,’”...