Mystery Rocks Cypress hills Saskatchewan
Posted By: NotRob
Date: Tuesday, 19-Mar-2013 18:47:55
Date: Tuesday, 19-Mar-2013 18:47:55
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I had the opertunity this last September to go
for a hike in the Cypress hills of Saskachewan. It is a beautiful and remote
place. The rocks have many legends connected to them and a lot of controversy
whether they are man made or not. When you first see them they do look man made but on close inspection unfortunately they are not made by the hand of man but are a natural formation but still beautiful and mysterious. Please take a break from all the crap in the world and enjoy the pictures. http://s1048.photobucket.com/user/Chagahunter/library/Mystery%20Rocks%20Cypress%20hills%20Saskatchewan Sacred Places THE MYSTERY ROCKS Desolate and mystifying, enigmatic and old, the Mystery Rocks are one of the hardest places to approach using language but I’ll give it my best shot. Situated in the rolling foothills of the Cypress Hills in southwestern Saskatchewan, there is nothing in my experience quite like them. They are a true prairie anomaly, definitely a place not to visit “in neutral” but with all your protection fully engaged. Am I suggesting this is a dangerous place? Using the precautionary principle due to the place’s unwillingness to reveal very much about itself, I am suggesting just that. Feel ready. Photographer Courtney Milne’s marvelous book Spirit of the Land featured a picture of the Mystery Rocks, which was how I heard of the place. My first visit was on a hot and windy August day in 1997 with second-generation landowner Brett Gaff welcoming me and taking me out to the site. It’s drivable from his farmyard, over the hills, across pastures and finally arriving above the place. Bret said two archeologists have visited the place, one from Mexico who camped here for a few days and left suddenly, and another person about whom Brett was vague. Both researchers agreed the place merits more in-depth study. On both my visits, Brett left me alone at the site. http://readreidread.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/sacred-places/ Anomalous Rock Formations Mystery Rocks Near Fort Walsh in the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Canada. Location: A 45 minute hike from Fort Walsh in the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park. This is private land and permission is required from the owner (ask at Fort Walsh). This is a strange place. The view from above shows unusual rock formations. The obvious question is "how did they get there"? Undoubtably, people have been attracted to, and inspired by, this unusual geological formation for hundreds or thousands of years. A few petroglyphs can be found if you look carefully. Academics and visitors have debated the origin of these rocks without resolution. Take a look for yourself and maybe you can solve the mystery. You will need to travel to Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park to see these yourself...then hike from Fort Walsh. And, you will be on privately-owned land. http://www.s8int.com/page24.html
Reminds me of Ringing Rocks County Park in Bucks
County, PA
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