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  1. 03-31-2011, 18:54 #1
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    Default Strange Monolith south of Salisbury CT

    A few miles south of Salisbury CT on the AT is a strange monolith standing in the woods. The ground around it is worn bare, as if by people walking around it.

    http://postholer.com/journal/viewJou...photo_id=21205

    Does anyone know what this is? Do people visit it & perform human sacrifices or something? I can't seem to find anything on the web about it apart from a few photos.
    "Katahdin barada nikto."
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    My guess: a glacial erratic.
    "It goes to show you never can tell." - Charles Edward Anderson Berry
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    It's known as Giant's Thumb.
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    All I know is it's called "The Thumb." Kinda weird the first time you come upon it. Easy to imagine a wide variety of bizarre explainations.
    I personally like to think it was placed by space aliens to confuse bigfoot.
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    Rand's View just before that is really cool too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DrRichardCranium View Post
    Does anyone know what this is? Do people visit it & perform human sacrifices or something? I can't seem to find anything on the web about it apart from a few photos.
    I'm not supposed to tell, but yes, Druids put it there and yes, much blood, mostly rebel blood has been spilt there by the light of the moon. ...
    The more miles, the merrier!

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    As I remember I scraped my thumb when a druid mooned me there. Bled a little...
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    Get on up!

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    That's Giant's Thumb. It's not man made... just a rock that's been pushed into place by glacial activity.
    Don't take anything I say seriously... I certainly don't.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ender View Post
    That's Giant's Thumb. It's not man made... just a rock that's been pushed into place by glacial activity.
    ... Or so the Germans would have us believe. ...
    The more miles, the merrier!

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    RITBlake is just sitting there with a thumb up his ....
    "Katahdin barada nikto."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Driver8 View Post
    ... Or so the Germans would have us believe. ...
    Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

    Germans?

    Forget it - he's rolling.
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