Posted on 05/31/2017 10:27:24 PM PDT by Theoria
Could it be a message left by some of New Mexico’s first explorers?
A set of mysterious stone pillars found in the state’s remote northern forest has sparked that question. They’re carved stone pillars covered with symbols that clearly have a history — but a history, so far, no one seems to know anything about.
One man has now made it his quest to find the answer. He’s hoping someone will step forward to help solve the mystery that spans across decades near Cimarron.
“Who made it? How did it wind up in northern New Mexico? What does it mean?” asked Louis Serna.
A northern New Mexico native who was born and raised in Springer and Cimarron, Louis Serna has spent his retirement writing about the people and places that make-up northern New Mexico’s history.
“This has been my life you know, so to speak, history and exploration,” said Serna.
As he looks at images of the first stone pillar he found at a Cimarron business, Serna’s excitement is easy to notice. He calls the mystery behind the stone pillars one of New Mexico’s most intriguing, comparable to “Mystery Rock,” or what some know as the “Los Lunas Decalogue Stone” on Hidden Mountain in Valencia County.
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The "stone pillar" of the article could be a similar marker. It is likely illegal to remove such items, even from abandoned cemeteries, so the family invented the story that the marker was removed from their own property in order to protect the thief.
I agree, looks rather modern to me.
An offering to the great Mayan God, Covfefe.
It contains directions on how to start a weed whacker.
They look 20th century to me.
There’s a church in Santa Fe that was built in 1607.
Something is not right with those shadows.
Send in Special Agent Dale Cooper.
Yea but I didn’t see a hooked X. That said very interesting OP.
Facebook of the time.
If I squint, I can see a reference to Kek, Peace be upon him.
Looks awfully clean to be extremely old.
Ouch...lot of guys like that out there...almost like a industry.
This guy is a QUACK!
This guy is a QUACK!
Sorry, but it actually was worth repeating.
I’m an untrained amateur genealogist, but I can assure people that “marble” gravestones are not real common because they literally MELT. They seem to dissolve from the elements. The ones pictured in the cemetery don’t appear to be marble. Hard to say as lighting, camera settings, etc. affect how a photo “appears”.
They appear to be in too good condition to be that old.
LOL....Mystery solved!
It says....
Shave and a haircut....two bits!
Nah, there's no cuss words.
Did your company come up with anything better than a skull and crossbones? Or the circle with the diagonal slash through it?
I recall the issue arising years ago when the anti-nuclear crowd was trying to argue that waste depositories needed to be designed to failproof/foolproof standards guaranteed for hundreds of thousands of years. Twelve thousand years ago our ancestors were in caves, trying to stay alive in the shadow of continental ice sheets. I always figured people 500,000 years from now would probably be able to take care of themselves.
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