[crystalk]

That's what has been said for 104 years now... The stone is a fraud because the people who found it were low class.

Not likely that a lot of high class people would be grubbing around out in mud, digging rocks out of soil so it could be farmed...not a lot of buttons and bows. A stone isn't responsible for who finds it, I am sure the Hope Diamond was not found by a prince of the realm either.

There is a difference between honest criticism, and accusing the innocent just because they claim something unusual. Where is the EVIDENCE of fraud?

100 Years Ago, even those who rejected the stone the most, also felt that Ohman could not have been the one to do the carving, on the contrary it might have been palmed off on him (ie planted where he would find it, they felt) because he and his family were scorned...

But I had no idea this class thing was still going ON out there...

[crystalk]

And SUICIDES! Small towns can be so cruel.

No, thank you for sharing this, Danette, you are just reporting the state of mind, not causing it, I know. But sheesh!

[Danette]

The Ohman's were not "scorned" until AFTER their tall tale. I don't understand why anyone would place a stone anywhere around that area. It's flat......in the middle of nowhere. No huge lakes, rivers or streams. The biggest town close by is Alexandria. There are huge lakes....chains of them, and rolling hills there. Big Olie is the town's mascot. He's a huge Viking standing in the downtown area. The Runestone Museum is a block away.