Reader Jonathan Brown writes:
... I was out
on another bike ride yesterday, pedaling along with thoughts of turtles
and crows running around in my head.
Deep in the
woods I saw a glint of sunlight reflecting off what seemed to be a pond
to my left and down a slope through some trees. It's not too surprising
I didn't notice it before - I had only visited this particular area a
few times in winter, when everything would have blended into the white
carpet of snow.
I decided to make the short walk
down to the shore and satisfy my curiosity. Halfway to the water I
could see I was approaching a larger rock with another placed on top.
When I got up closer I almost staggered backwards realizing
this was a perfect crow effigy as you had described to me only two days
before! It was almost too perfect - as if someone was playing an April
Fools joke. There was the tan head and sharp beak balanced on the
brow of the base pointing to the water, and on the right side a
beautiful 16" flat, dark "wing" cantilevered out in space with the help
of a smaller stone beneath. The left wing was missing, but could easily
have fallen off and be in amongst the leaf litter.
Several
feet in front of the "crow" was a smaller rock (2 x 3 feet) with a small
goose egg sized rock placed on center atop the bigger base.
I
then realized these were pointing at a large dark mass of stone right
near the water. On approach a thought of another "chamber" formed, and
the base of this pile does show some characteristics of the B.B. Hill
site - flat sides near the ground, and some defined
corners. It doesn't look like a totally random field clearing pile.
The whole structure might be ten feet square or rectangular in general
shape, 5 feet high, and has hundreds of smaller uniform 4-6" rocks on
top or filling the center. I did not detect an opening, but like the
hillside chamber there is a wall running past, so that has to be
factored into the equation. I guess it could be random field outcasts
thrown atop a more defined base?
...I hiked all the way back to my bike to retrieve my phone so I
could get a couple rough images.
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