I have been to this park several times. Your video is the best presentation of the runestone that I have seen on TH-cam so far. Thank you for sharing. About an hour or so north of here is Spiro Mounds. But that is another story.
Those Spiro Mounds are really fascinating. There are all sorts of artifacts in them and they really haven't excavated much of them. I think they said like 10 to 15%. I do plan on doing a video on them at some point. Thank you for watching!
I remember when it wasn't covered. My grandparents house was at the base of the mountain(hill). Back in the seventies people would hang glide of the top. Brings back a lot of wonderful memories.
RhettyforFun I was really young and barely remember it. I love your videos! If you are back in southern Oklahoma you need tiki go to Lake Murray and Tucker Tower. It's another hidden gem. I love a Robber's Cave also. Happy travels!
+Ramona Shearer Thank you for watching my videos! I'm glad you like them! I will be visiting Lake Murray and Tucker Tower soon. I have family in that area. Thanks for reminding me about Robbers Cave! That's something I forgot about!
So amazing to see my Egyptian bloodline in the americas before some would say we got here by slavery , same markings in our temples in Egypt same ships as well in our hieroglyphs ❤
It is driving me to distraction that all the "educational" displays incorrectly mention Vikings. 1. "Viking" was a verb, an action you took part in, not a noun. 2. The Elder Futhark predates the "Viking Era" by a few hundred years, so whoever carved this wasn't even "Viking". Okay, now that I've finished nitpicking lol, I would love to visit this place! I've never heard of it until tonight when a random article popped up! It would have been nice to have seen it as it was found, but on the other hand, I am happy to see it protected! Thanks for the video, what a lovely place for a family outing!
Thank you so much for the comment, I myself made some old videos about this place, and I too have theories that (if the runestone is authentic) might be from the migration period instead of the viking age. Anyway, thanks for giving some people illumination on the subject.
VI - Kings means Six Kings, all the so called history we're taught is lies. If you're interested in real History look up Meltology, the study of melted brick structures.
This is very interesting I'll never get to see it in person so it's a good way to see this through you besides I wouldn't like those stairs like that I don't think I'd make it two elderly thank you for taking your time and your family to let us see these wonderful videos that you're doing it helps people that can't go to see all these interesting places stay safe
I speak Norwegian floently and do not need books to tell you this : DAL means VALLEY... NOM(E) is oldasfhion sounding but can be translated. There is places in Norway with endings of nom, or nome. It dates back to norrønna language spoken in the Viking ages often said : naum.- It means landscape or most of the time used, a river that turns and that widens. nom/naum sacks out/gets wider...So much for your experts :-) Here is links.*****ask me for it. Did not accept. But I have to say, if this is a fraud, the fraudster must have been very educated in oldfashion Norwegian not more in use,because I find this using special places on the internet and using general knowledge to western Norwegian. It is very hard for me to believe a scaninavian 150 years ago could know this and carve in this. I believe the carving is someone giving the area a explaining name. Some almost 1000 years ago.Vikings always did that, gave a name that help explaining the properties for the area. So now offcourse I really wonders if there is or have been a river in that area.
@@brentkinsworthy4999 Anything is possible, but they certainly could have come up the Arkansas. I live in the are and don't know if I really believe it or not. But, I enjoy going up there just the same.
When i seen this Beautiful rock location, Frank lloyd Wright came to mind....there is a house in PA, that he designed called: 'kentuck knob' house....the house is built with interior & exterior stone ....so i can just imagine the type of home or park facility that frank lloyd would have built here if this would have been one of the locations for one of his projects.
If you stand there at the gift shop or vista and look to the north (To your right) you will see (Beyond Cavanal Mountain) the Arkansas River Valley on the west side of Ft Smith. It is flat as a pancake from there to the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River. There are supposedly other runes in Oklahoma. One in Seminole I think or perhaps it's Shawnee. One up near Tulsa also if memory serves me correctly. Supposedly smaller runes in the San Bois Mountains (again I think 3 places) one supposedly near where I live? Who knows. he said, she said. Some of these are documented, others not. But my Father did tell me about on in the mountains near us where I live now, but....I can't find it.
I want to believe it’s authentic, and if it is it absolutely turns history on its head and the Vikings were the true first Europeans on the North American continent
Hard to say if it's real or not for centuries people have liked to play games could have just been somebody that was educated a little bit and that form of writing that thought it would be funny to put it on some rocks in a remote location I lean towards being real, but I also know the Smithsonian like to ride their own history.
The "X" does not stand for X, and if this is in elder futhark, it represents "gebo". I would recommend Dr Jackson Crawford and others for runic translations.
I have been to this park several times. Your video is the best presentation of the runestone that I have seen on TH-cam so far. Thank you for sharing. About an hour or so north of here is Spiro Mounds. But that is another story.
Those Spiro Mounds are really fascinating. There are all sorts of artifacts in them and they really haven't excavated much of them. I think they said like 10 to 15%. I do plan on doing a video on them at some point. Thank you for watching!
@@RhettyforHistory I'll be looking forward to seeing it.
They have a Solstice walk summer and winter I think.
Check Robert Sepher's channel. He talks about pre-Columbian settlement in the "New World".
I remember when it wasn't covered. My grandparents house was at the base of the mountain(hill). Back in the seventies people would hang glide of the top. Brings back a lot of wonderful memories.
+Ramona Shearer I've never seen it when it wasn't covered so that would be a great experience.
RhettyforFun I was really young and barely remember it. I love your videos! If you are back in southern Oklahoma you need tiki go to Lake Murray and Tucker Tower. It's another hidden gem. I love a Robber's Cave also. Happy travels!
+Ramona Shearer Thank you for watching my videos! I'm glad you like them! I will be visiting Lake Murray and Tucker Tower soon. I have family in that area. Thanks for reminding me about Robbers Cave! That's something I forgot about!
@@ramonashearer7241 that might be the first time i ever heard of hang gliding in Oklahoma
@@VolkXue they made them stop after someone was killed.
So amazing to see my Egyptian bloodline in the americas before some would say we got here by slavery , same markings in our temples in Egypt same ships as well in our hieroglyphs ❤
Oklahoma is an incredibly interesting place. Where the South meets the West.
Water was flowing into the pool, under the bridge last year 2018
It is driving me to distraction that all the "educational" displays incorrectly mention Vikings.
1. "Viking" was a verb, an action you took part in, not a noun.
2. The Elder Futhark predates the "Viking Era" by a few hundred years, so whoever carved this wasn't even "Viking".
Okay, now that I've finished nitpicking lol, I would love to visit this place! I've never heard of it until tonight when a random article popped up!
It would have been nice to have seen it as it was found, but on the other hand, I am happy to see it protected!
Thanks for the video, what a lovely place for a family outing!
Thank you so much for the comment, I myself made some old videos about this place, and I too have theories that (if the runestone is authentic) might be from the migration period instead of the viking age. Anyway, thanks for giving some people illumination on the subject.
VI - Kings means Six Kings, all the so called history we're taught is lies. If you're interested in real History look up Meltology, the study of melted brick structures.
I was here last week cuz of my 13th birthday it was so fun
It is a fun place to go! Would have been pretty last week because of the leaves changing. Thank you for watching!
Nice.... Paul here, writing from Accra, Ghana, West Africa. Thanks !
Thanks for watching from West Africa Paul!
Heavener is my last name this is crazy makes you wonder
I'm not sure how the town got it's name but maybe there is a distant relation there.
@@Tarsan97 absolutely fascinating. I’d one day like to visit my relatives in froya
This entire place is way bigger in person, like it makes you feel so small!
Yes it does. It's a great little hike in though. Thank you for watching!
Cheers from Arkansas. Been to the runes! Christopher who???
It's certainly interesting. Thanks for watching!
I knew a guy from Johnson County, Arkansas name Heavener. I think his first name is Danny.
This is very interesting I'll never get to see it in person so it's a good way to see this through you besides I wouldn't like those stairs like that I don't think I'd make it two elderly thank you for taking your time and your family to let us see these wonderful videos that you're doing it helps people that can't go to see all these interesting places stay safe
It's really a beautiful and fascinating place to see. It is quite a bit of hiking though. Thanks for coming along with us!
I speak Norwegian floently and do not need books to tell you this :
DAL means VALLEY... NOM(E) is oldasfhion sounding but can be translated. There is places in Norway with endings of nom, or nome. It dates back to norrønna language spoken in the Viking ages often said : naum.-
It means landscape or most of the time used, a river that turns and that widens. nom/naum sacks out/gets wider...So much for your experts :-) Here is links.*****ask me for it. Did not accept.
But I have to say, if this is a fraud, the fraudster must have been very educated in oldfashion Norwegian not more in use,because I find this using special places on the internet and using general knowledge to western Norwegian. It is very hard for me to believe a scaninavian 150 years ago could know this and carve in this. I believe the carving is someone giving the area a explaining name. Some almost 1000 years ago.Vikings always did that, gave a name that help explaining the properties for the area.
So now offcourse I really wonders if there is or have been a river in that area.
The Poteau River is what forms the valley. It is known for flowing north. It drains into the Arkansas river which,in turn, dumps into the Mississippi.
@@brentkinsworthy4999 They could not have brought a longship up the Poteau River. But they're only 50-60 miles from the Arkansas River.
@@Observer82AB That's the theory....that they stored the long boats on the Arkansas and made canoes to continue.
@@brentkinsworthy4999 Anything is possible, but they certainly could have come up the Arkansas. I live in the are and don't know if I really believe it or not. But, I enjoy going up there just the same.
I dont get why its so hard to grasp that people from a culture steeped in adventure just so happens to be found in places far from home.
When i seen this Beautiful rock location, Frank lloyd Wright came to mind....there is a house in PA, that he designed called: 'kentuck knob' house....the house is built with interior & exterior stone ....so i can just imagine the type of home or park facility that frank lloyd would have built here if this would have been one of the locations for one of his projects.
That is interesting. Sounds like he may have been some inspiration for this one. Thank you for watching!
If you stand there at the gift shop or vista and look to the north (To your right) you will see (Beyond Cavanal Mountain) the Arkansas River Valley on the west side of Ft Smith. It is flat as a pancake from there to the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River. There are supposedly other runes in Oklahoma. One in Seminole I think or perhaps it's Shawnee. One up near Tulsa also if memory serves me correctly. Supposedly smaller runes in the San Bois Mountains (again I think 3 places) one supposedly near where I live? Who knows. he said, she said. Some of these are documented, others not. But my Father did tell me about on in the mountains near us where I live now, but....I can't find it.
Theirs also ancient stone buildings that aren't marked
I’ve been there. It’s pretty cool. I’m taking my wife there this weekend. It seems legit to me.
It's a beautiful place to visit! Should be really nice if the leaves are changing. Thank you for watching!
First visited this site in 1964. Before the steps and enclosure. Just a foot path and the rock was exposed.
I want to believe it’s authentic, and if it is it absolutely turns history on its head and the Vikings were the true first Europeans on the North American continent
You came in the wrong time of the year, you missed out in the waterfall. Yes, I live in Heavener.
Strange, its written in Eldre futhark
Come to Scandinavia and see hundreds and hundreds of genuine runestones They look nothing like this.
What does it say ?
What does it say?
Hard to say if it's real or not for centuries people have liked to play games could have just been somebody that was educated a little bit and that form of writing that thought it would be funny to put it on some rocks in a remote location I lean towards being real, but I also know the Smithsonian like to ride their own history.
Who cut the steps that are there
Looks like the X with the v hook in it, more template history.
The "X" does not stand for X, and if this is in elder futhark, it represents "gebo". I would recommend Dr Jackson Crawford and others for runic translations.
heavener
Leif landed first.