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Legend of the Petrified Man (Evansville, Indiana)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มี.ค. 2024
- A fascinating tale of a stone man, older than time, recovered from the Ohio River!
In 1902, people flocked to pay admission and see this oddity, Drs and geologists were baffled by the discovery, and even the Governor Of Indiana drove from Indianapolis, to confirm the rumors. Come along for an adventure, as we look for clues, behind the legend of the petrified man!
Quite a few years ago someone found a boot from the 1800's and in it was a petrified foot. The boot makers name was still legible on the boot. This is just one proof that it does not take near as long as they have told us for something to petrify. There are other examples. Info here on the tube
This is rational to me - how could organic material be around for 'thousands of years' to become a fossil? Wouldn't it decay faster than that? I read about Specimen Ridge in Yellowstone which questions previous belief of petrifaction . Over the years I have notice how if an artifact (OOPART?) does not fit into the current established paradigm it automatically becomes a 'hoax' .... who really is the trickster after all?
I've heard stories of a lady that made petrified teddy bears using a local cave. It really doesn't take long for it to happen. Hell, we have fossils of fish eating other fish.
There are mountains that are petrified trees that have fallen.
@@langleyky Yes ! Giant's and giant animals also. We have been lied to about our history, pretty much all of it.
@@greg7129 smh. Your exaggerating
There's a book by Alan W Eckert that's called "That Dark and Bloody River" which is based on actual history of the Ohio River Valley in the 1700's. Very good book. Lots of history on the banks of Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.
That is my 2nd favorite Eckert book my favorite is frontiersmen by Allan Eckert..
Lived in Indiana all my life (so far) and this is the first I've heard of this. You keep digging 'em up Roger, keep up the good work and thanks for posting.
I live right next to eville I've never heard this
Excellent report. Thanks for all your hard work and knowledge.
Absolutely a great story. So much history in this area. I know when I go out west I just love seeing all the native art.
Just the other day, was talking to a fellow TH-camr about journeys out west. I’d love to see the petroglyphs and a score of other things.
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I just love checking all the places they lived.
I live in Evansville, Indiana. Very interesting, thanks for sharing!
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Hi from across the river in Henderson 😊
@@kimberlymayes4061 I was there today..
I used to too. Now I'm watching this news story from Bloomington
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This actually happened at the Assumption Abbey in Richardton, ND. The abbey decided to build a reservoir, so they needed to move a few graves. The good brother was petrified and now weighed over 800 pounds. He was reinturred and not put on display. There is something about the groundwater in the area that causes this to happen. On display at the Heritage Center in Bismark is a hadrosaur complete with skin and muscles.
I have wandered southern Indiana most my 51 years
And now been wandering Kentucky and settled along Ky river in Lockport- any legends around here - still have quarry and I learned a
Military school used to be out here late 1700’s…burned it down due to cholera …. Happy trails Roger❤
I do a lot of random internet searches about towns where I hope to visit. If they have a museum / historical society, a chat with the people uncovers more than a day at the library!
Not if you spend the day talking to the librarians! @@AdventureswithRoger
@@larsonfamilyhouse Most of the folk stories are never written down, simply told from one generation to another: they aren’t in any library. It used to be, that I’d visit a small town library, and at least one older person would be working there, that had lived in the area, their entire life. They knew the local legends, and exactly where I could find a newspaper clipping, a book, a file in a cabinet. Those dear souls are gone. Sometimes I’ll get lucky and find someone who knows where to look, IF there is anything on the subject, and after a bit of turning pages, I have something.
A real good example is when I’d heard a folk story, about giant skeletons at Shelbyville, and drove up to get some information. The library staff was all younger than I am, had never heard of the legends. They helped me find some old historical society journals, and by luck I found an article. But the real find was going to the country and talking to people. Not only had they heard the story, but told me where a huge burial mound was located, and how the state of Indiana sent geologists to investigate a cave, that went under it!
@@AdventureswithRoger local lore always seems to proliferate at places like senior citizens centers, nursing homes, church and community gathering. We have some amazing people that would just love to pass their knowledge and stories on to younger generations if they would just take an interest. I learned early on because my father and brother served in the military to have an appreciation for the older generations. It could be something as simple as listening to the stories from the depression era and how they survived off nearly nothing. And then stories with the likes of bigfoot, Dogmen, all sorts of the aranormal and macabre are available for the price of a glass of tea, or coffee, and your time. 👍🤝
@@AdventureswithRoger I never heard about huge skeletons in Shelbyville. Do you know the location of that burial mound and cave by any chance?
The Smithsonian is the biggest enemy when something like this has ever been found
It all goes away, never to be seen again
The Smithsonian does not want their theory of evolution and the big bang to be proven wrong. Just like the nephiliam. Abe Lincoln, which was a Republican, has written several accounts of giant human bones being found as settlers moved and settled across the United States. Facts boys and girls. E.T. Cox was a journalist for the Smithsonian late 1890s. He wrote several accounts of giant bones seen by him in his travels across the Midwest. Especially southern Indiana. By early 1900s the Smithsonian denied these facts that they previously accountable by their books. It's all about creation. They don't want the good book in our society. They want the theory that a bunch of big rocks slammed together in a huge explosion and created every living thing to be baseline. Bull-hit
Another interesting story to start my day. Thanks Roger!
I LOVE the stories you tell!! Your channel is one of my favorites! I'll be in the area tonight and it's awesome to hear the stories and see the places!
Watched this video on my lunch break today. Extremely interesting. Some incredible shots of the Ohio too. All the times I’ve fished on the river and stared across it, I often wonder how many artifacts, skeletons and who knows what is buried down there in the silt.
There could be quite a bit, as the river was much lower before the dam and locks were built. The Ohio river, at Louisville, is now 168 feet deep, and so murky you can’t see through the water. At Mauckport, a large steamboat sits on the bottom.
At one point, I was going to buy an underwater drone, looking below the Ohio River for artifacts. It’s so nasty down there, that the US Navy could only use sonar to locate the Alice Dean shipwreck, their underwater cameras were useless.
Love your narration,your voice is very easy to listen too.I also love that you go into great details about the subject you are talking about thankyou
Neat. The old history is so interesting. My buddy lives right down there, runs commercial catfish nets on the ohio. He mentioned a family story about two large cannons that were abandoned on a stretch there, from civil war maybe. Be neat if someone was able to recover them, but imagine they are way down covered in vast silt.
For a fact, there’s a huge steamboat sitting on the bottom, at Mauckport. The US Navy identified it with sonar and placed it on their list of military shipwrecks.
This is just incredible. I was born and raised in Evansville, and have visited Angel Mounds a few times, and I love your site. You have so many interesting stories about our part of the state. I've often felt our part gets lost in the shuffle since up until recently we did not have a major interstate to Indianapolis so we believed it Evansville was a forgotten often (especially in the Statehouse). Good job. There is a large high-rise dorm on the IU campus named Eigenmann. I wonder if there is a connection between John Eigenmann and the dorm's name at IU.
I always marvel that if you go about an hour north, many people don’t know about Marengo Cave Park, Spring Mill or Clifty Falls. The state won’t even publish maps at rest stops, leaving southern Indiana a mystery.
Thank you so much, Roger. You always teach me something new about Indiana.
Just when I think I’ve ran out, there’s more!
My hometown can’t wait to hear this one
Roger, you should compile all these wonderful stories, facts, legends into a book. Another great video! thank you for sharing
I’ve got a few books in my head, I need to make them happen! 🙂
The Baker headstone is my favorite. Another great adventure! ❤
Once again another great story....Thanks again for all you do! I learn so much about my home state from your videos....
Thanks for taking a moment to give me a shout! 🙂
Under "The Electric Universe and the Thunderbolts Project" They have proven in the lab that petrified wood can be reproduced almost instantly. At the end of the "Younger Dryas" The Ice Age, conditions would have been right for about 300 years to instantly turn organic matter into petrification. That would have been 11,700 years ago or so. It is estimated that thunderbolts were commonly hitting the ground. Lightning is about 6 inches in diameter on average. Thunderbolts could have been up to MILES in diameter.
There’s several counterpoints to the often confusing fossil record. For most of my life, a worldwide flood was discounted, and now the Younger Dryas has gained acceptance. There’s ample evidence of rapid sedimentation, that has also been dismissed in favor of huge stretches of time. As you mention, there are also plausible theories about rapid mineralization of biological material. I keep reading! 🙂
Excellent presentation.
thanks for another fine tale Roger the Ohio River area of Indiana has got to go on to my list of places for me to visit
It is so peaceful along the Ohio River. I’ve filmed the towns from Lawrenceburg to Mount Vernon, and many places are surreal quiet and calming. Having lived in some busy places, it’s something I don’t take for granted.
Another excellent and fascinating video! Thanks!
Thank you for another interesting video, Roger.
I remember a few years back the Ohio River was so low near Evansville shipping was halted for a while.
Someone was telling me that the river was so low at one point, that people waded out near Mauckport, and were chipping off souvenir pieces of the sunken Alice Dean! The nearby tavern has some of it on their wall.
@@AdventureswithRoger Crossing over to Louisville fro our side of the river it's just hard to imagine it ever being shallow.
Anyway, thanks for video and keep up the good work. You make better videos about southern Indiana than anyone!
There are pictures of the Ohio being frozen enough back in the 1880's or something like that where they were driving wagons and teams of horses across to Kentucky. I remember in 1977 it froze so much , they were dropping dynamite out of helicopters to break the ice for barge traffic .
Reminds me of a conversation in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The lady was telling how people come there because there is so much more history there. More than most places in the US. I told her I was from the original Northwest Territory. She told me I was completely wrong. I said Ok but you might want to get a history book out. Don't know if the young lady ever did but I left with a chuckle.
Some peoples dedication to bad information is impressive! 🙂
Thank you for this.
You have an amazing voice!
Thank you, Joyce!
Very interesting story. I don't know where you even begin to find all of these interesting stories. Thank you!
Talking to people in small towns, has sent me on many great adventures. And rabbit holes! This story was found by a fellow historian, and after we talked for a bit, I thought the available picture and documentation would make a great segment.
@@AdventureswithRoger You were definitely right! And you must find the most interesting people to talk to.
Awesome video as usual!
Hoosier here, I don't think experts from IU wouldn't know the difference between petrified man and a statue however since it disappears hard not to think it was a hoax. The best thing is being a Hoosier it could be in anybody's barn waiting to be rediscovered!!!
I wondered if it was dumped back into the Ohio, or a pond near Rockport. After the famous stone head statue was stolen at Brown County, there were rumors it was thrown in a pond, to avoid arrest. We may never know!
The archeologists from Indiana University raped and pillaged everything else from Angel Mounds ! might as well steal the petrified man too .
Loved that story! Thank you Roger
Another interesting and curious video!!! Thanks Roger!
Thank-you, Mike!
Another great video....thank you!!
Another great video, thank you.
I always learn simething when watching your channel. This is the first time i heard about the petrified man.
A fellow historian shared this one with me. We both agreed it would make an interesting segment, if only I could get enough documentation. 🙂
Just learned of your channel while on a service call, spraying down a street. The Deputy helping with traffic got telling us about your channel. This is my first video and learned so much already. Lifelong Hoosier from Monroe County. Had never heard of the petrified man or even of a Pukwudgie (saw this in comments). Do you believe they exist? Anyhow, I’m down a rabbit hole now and I look forward to many more of your videos!
Welcome to the adventure! I love a good story, that’s for sure. Lots of legends, all across Indiana, some might even be true!
Sometimes cryptids are just a case of misidentification, but sometimes there’s enough evidence to make you wonder. Employees at Mounds State Park, claim they’ve seen pukwudgies in the woods. I’ve hiked those woods and have never seen one, but there’s a lot of things I haven’t. 🙂
Fascinating!
Reminds me of the Terra Cotta Warriors , the face as well. But natives in Alaska have these features. Interesting.
Great video Roger!
Thank-you!
I can’t believe I Never heard of this before.
Thks Sir..The first Dire Wolf Skeleton was found same spot Mouth of Pigeon Creek and Ohio
Nice one Rog!
Thank-you!
I almost invariably lay the blame on the Smithstolian when archaeological finds end up missing, but this limey little fella wasn't even six foot tall,and the institute was pretty busy at that time,he probably just didn't stack up. He's probably ended up in Rockefeller s private collection
Good job. Have you thought about the Tulip Train Viaduct in Eastern Greene County?
Have thought about doing a big segment about trains, model trains, Monon, depots, unique train tunnels and bridges (including the tulip trestle), train tours and museums in Indiana.
I was researching at the library in Evansville and read this story funny thing is there were quite a few people with degrees that thought it was real then it all went away like it never happened. Wonder what happened to it.
Lots of fringe theories on its disappearance. One says the owner ditched it in a lake, or even back in the Ohio River, as he was afraid the court would sue him again. He’d owe money to the claimant, who helped him pull it out of the river. No petrified man, no problem.
Another theory is that the owner of the petrified man got a good offer, from either a rich collector of antiquities, or a museum like the Smithsonian. If a person weighed making a few thousand dollars here and there, but having to constantly move the heavy thing all the time, selling it outright would be a welcomed thing!
to be fair - rich private collectors and the Smithsonian have absolutely stolen countless treasures from history. The Smithsonian has announcements all the time about finding something in their archives that was never catalogued and they never knew existed, really important stuff too.
Thanks for this something i didn't know
My pleasure! Lots of odd finds down here
Used to live at Eastbrook , interesting.
Evansville native here.
@@Lou13Cyf3r Hey!
You should look into tunnel mill in north Vernon
It’s on my list, have been all around it
Interesting…..never heard that one
One of my friends, a great researcher, found an old article about this legend.
@@AdventureswithRoger I seem to recall the story once or twice over my 64 years. Maybe I heard it at Angel Mounds. Or when I was a Boy Scout, and it was told as a "scary" fireside ghost story. :)
There’s a side story of a second stone man in Southern Indiana, I think it appeared briefly after 1902. We have lots of odd stuff in these parts! 🙂
Another wonderful video. I may have missed it but, what year range did this petrified person live. You mentioned the mounds around Evansville. Was he of that era or later?
The age of the petrified man was never verified. From the 1902 newspapers, it appeared to have been discovered and then gone, in only a matter of months, not long enough for in-depth analysis. Just a really odd piece of history! 🙂
I really wish that we could work together on something considering we are neighbors. Or at least have the chance to pick your brain. I love the Indiana story!
I grew up across the river in Ky and this is the first time I've heard of this.
Was just talking to a historian yesterday, about how these great local stories are not being retold. They’re in books, in archives, and in memories only.
@@AdventureswithRoger oh how I miss my Grandma and my husband's Grandma, I loved hearing their stories. Hubby's Gma used to weld on the ships in Evansville during war time and she drove an Indian Harley!! I told her she was a bada$$ lol, she passed at 102 years old and she was a peach. I'm 54 and I miss those good ole days ❤️ You have a new subscriber, glad I came across your channel.
So many great ones, and great stories: gone. It’s very likely that your husbands grandma worked on the huge LST’s, like the one at Evansville. That’s a great museum.
@@AdventureswithRoger yes that's where she worked. I found a picture of hers and I believe it's of where she worked.
I grew up in Evansville ,.. 70 years old and first time for me too .
never heard of this but i live in rockport, nice story my guy
I had the honor of covering the Rockport Pioneer Village a few years ago. Really enjoyed learning the history.
Rockport, Indiana
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Petrification can happen in a short time under the right condition.
Oh those pacwudgies are always up to trouble.
Long time employees at Mounds State Park, swear they’ve seen them. Others say that while they haven’t, they often feel watched while hiking along the river.
@@AdventureswithRoger 🙂 love your channel always enjoy watching thank you.
@@AdventureswithRoger I swear on my children that I have seen one close to Palestine, in the woods outside of Bedford.. Close to where I have found hundreds of Indian artifacts
@@jadong8989 Strong correlation between burial mounds and paranormal sightings. Many employees at Mounds State Park, claim they’ve seen Puckwudgies.
River have attracted humans and humanoids for as long as human like creatures could walk upright. River have a powerful force coming from them.
I live near the Columbia River where they found Kennewick man. Still a mystery if it’s European or Native American.
Think they figured out it was Polynesian
@@user-tc7ym5fj1v wasn’t it given to the local tribe? Big court case.
Petrification/fossilisation is not along process, it requires the right conditions, fish fossils are proof of this, fish decay very rapidly, but under the right conditions such as rapid deep burial in wet anaerobic environment results in rapid permineralization.
When people start talking thousands and millions of years, I point out the many examples of accelerated natural processes.
There have been remains of german tanks which were in a bog or a river - some of the iron plates had begun to become fossilized, literally minerals were replacing the layers of metal, the grains were being replaced, it was amazing- obviously less than 80 years ago.
IF a finger were broken off, it would have shown the bones the vessles etc, was this known 100 years ago/?
They didn’t have a lot of things that we take for granted today. In 1902, we didn’t have the FBI, we had the Pinkerton Detective Agency. The methods used were mostly surveillance and infiltration, not high-end forensics. Drs in 1902 made remarks about the detail in anatomy, down to wrinkle marks and fingernails, that would take a true master to duplicate.
@@AdventureswithRoger THEN I would say it was the fossilized remains of an actual human.
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Hi Roger, have you ever heard of Recreation Unlimited? A campsite on blue river. It's on Pay Rd. In-between Depauw and Fredericksburg. It would make a great video.
Haven’t heard of that one
@AdventureswithRoger I apologize, the road is called. West Pay Dr. It's a long dead end road that comes out to blue river and a large campground. It's been there for many years
@rickyhill101 Familiar with the area, but not the campground.
I didn't think a wet environment was the place for petrification though?
It is when waters recede. I remember walking my little girl through our neighborhood, high above the Ohio River, actually many miles away from it, and finding fossilized sea shells in the dirt. I thought that was really something!
Interesting
So, if not the cardiff giant's little brother, then was fozzilized before his stonified remains somehow fell in the river, (is why he dident decay under all that water) say on the way to the mancave of some prehistoric collector
Lots of questions, zero concrete answers. Will likely always be a mystery.
Paused at 2 minutes and 19 seconds where is that location? Thank you
That’s at the back of Hanover College, near Madison. There’s visitor parking and a park bench, to take in this great view.
I recognized that spot the minute I saw it, been there dozens of times!! ❤
@@deannamarshall4287 It is a true beauty! I found it by accident, trying to capture all sections of the Ohio River, from Lawrenceburg to Mount Vernon. Looked at the map and realized Hanover College took up the high bluff above the river!
We've got identical legends in Wisconsin about water monsters, petrified bodies, giant skeleton, lost mines, etc. Probably they were nationwide. Mostly they were 19th century newspaper hoaxes and practical jokes. But still fun if you don't take them too seriously. 😅
I did a segment about all the monster stories we’ve had in Indiana. For a fact, there was a push to sell newspapers, back in the day, and sometimes misidentification was a factor. Others, you just don’t know, particularly stories by experienced hunters that should know what animals in the woods look like.
Another roadside attraction
I saw Bigfoot in a block of ice in a mall when I was a kid seems like it was a buck. That’s a pretty good legend as it disappeared out of the blue.
I might’ve seen the same Bigfoot. I was in Greenwood Indiana with my Mom, and there was a large trailer in the Woolsworth parking lot, along with a smaller stand alone tent. The Bigfoot in the tent was inside a glass top refrigerated casket. Very creepy looking and realistic. Mom thought it was a fake, and mentioned what looked like stuffing around an ankle.
The refrigerated semi had a huge whale inside! Seems like it was a blue whale, but all I remember was blood on the floor, a loud refrigerator sound, and a fishy smell. Mom paid for us to take a look, and I thought both were awesome. I had a cool Mom!
If you question narratives and time lines you question authority, science and religion
But not necessarily all three. It’s a matter of bias.
Very interesting. I love history and I always find it interesting about how scientists age and carbon date items and how many things are twisted or hidden.. But the Holy Bible tells us the truth .
A long while back, great minds sought to prove Biblical archaeology and its claims about the natural world. That was replaced with trying to completely disprove it, and any proper scientist must be an atheist.
So far, Biblical archaeology has yet to be wrong, and supposed inaccuracies of the natural world, were bad interpretations of the past. Noah’s worldwide flood was long rejected, now it’s been renamed “The Younger Dryas” and accepted. More truths continue to come to light, as they can no longer be dismissed.
@@AdventureswithRoger amen 👍✝️🙏
There are variations to this story. Praise Yahweh for Yahshua HalleluYah
My grandmother told me that she lost 7 brothers in that river,it makes me sad,she said she almost drowned in that water,so what you heard,is the truth....my grandma's born in 1907,in Evansville Indiana...he brothers were older than her,this story is too familiar,too close for home......
Did all of them die at once, or what was the story? That’s an incredible, horrible tragedy.
The same with the Snake River. Very dangerous. Don’t even put your toe in it.
Vanishville
You take an offer and it better be real or you’ll be looking over your shoulder for the rest of your life.
Why are they denying the evidence
Did Abraham Lincoln ever make it to Evansville, other than floating by on his river vessels? 😊
He did! He came back to Indiana, to campaign for Henry Clay, one of his stops was Evansville. You can eat where he ate, at a little place at Haubstadt.
The Log Inn: The Oldest Restaurant in Indiana, and Abraham Lincoln Approved! (Haubstadt, Indiana)
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@@AdventureswithRoger Yes the Log Inn has our family events five times each year. It seems odd to me that he would spend so much time in Boonville and time on the Little Pigeon Creek but not much time in Evansville. He would have floated down the Ohio River bend many times heading south for trade. Also Roger did you know Abe designed his own ship and received a patient for his design, the only president to do so.
I can send you a picture of his ship design that's currently on display.
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What's a puckwudgee?
It’s a troll-like creature, mentioned by native Americans to settlers on the frontier. They are allegedly short, have exaggerated facial features and magic powers. Can disappear at will and are known to shoot arrows. Long term employees at Mounds State Park, swear they’ve seen them in the woods.
@AdventureswithRoger amazing! Thank you for your wonderful channel. I'm from Ferdinand, IN originally.
Met a nice little nun at Ferdinand, originally from Huntingburg. She saw me filming the monastery, and asked if I’d like a tour. She took me to an evening service, then gave me an exceptional tour of the entire place. Such a wonderful memory of Ferdinand!
@AdventureswithRoger it's dear to my heart. You need to check out the old history of it written by Albert Kleber (a monk from St. Meinrad). It's very readable, many interesting anecdotes.
Was he a mummy?
It’s hard to say what he was, other than 300 pounds of stone. If we get passed it being a very clever hoax, a statue made by a master stonecutter, there’s a variety of theories. There have been evidences of fossilization, taking place in under 100 years. It could be a man that died in antiquity, and the right conditions made him into stone. I sure would’ve loved to have seen the petrified man!
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I do not believe this story.🤷♀️
I just present the history, and let people make up their mind
Petrified man with a clan ring on his finger. Clan of barry from Ireland. The ring matched with grandpa's clan ring.
One thing i will disagree with you on is the time it takes to petrify something. For further information, please read
Rapid wood silicification in hot spring water: An explanation of silicification of wood during the Earth's history”, published in Sedimentary Geology 169(3), pp. 219-229.
I question anything that’s said to be “thousands or millions of years old”. While it’s an educated, scientific guess, it’s based on the premises of steady carbon decay, slow sedimentation or the rate of current natural processes.
I always grin a little when I visit a showcave, and the guide tells how it takes 100’s of years to make a centimeter of stalagmite, stalagmite or column. I have a picture of a column, that grew beneath the George Rogers Clark memorial, in just 3 decades: it was around 20 feet tall!
@@AdventureswithRoger the Washington monument is said to have large formations beneath, inside of it.
@J-GameHouse The Lincoln Memorial definitely does. I saw a segment on PBS showing how extensive it is.
My ex wifes grandmother told me about the petrified man of the ohio river here in indiana. She said it had an irish clan ring on one finger. The same as her husbands clan ring of barry from Ireland.
Whole world all mountains geranite limeston ALL are from petrified living things that some of them were 1500 miles long.