1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: From UFOs two, ghosts and government cover ups. History is 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: riddled with unexplained events. You can turn back now or 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: learn the stuff they don't want you to now. Hello, 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,279 Speaker 1: welcome back to the show. My name is Matt. I 5 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: am Ben and this is the show about crazy things 6 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: happening now on your radio. That's stuff they don't want 7 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: you to know, Ladies and gentlemen. And it looks like 8 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: we've got some new intro music in the mix on that. Yeah, 9 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: I'm sure that went perfectly with the music that was 10 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: fading out just now. Uh So, that's an interesting thing 11 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 1: when we talk about the power of music and audio, 12 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 1: and oddly enough, it's going to come up today in 13 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: this episode. I'm all right, I just threw that out 14 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: there and you you got it all the way around. Yeah. Well, uh, 15 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: let me's steal a joke from my my dad. Here. 16 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: Nine out of ten women think I'm pretty good for 17 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:04,759 Speaker 1: blam is um dating number ten, Uh dad jokes man, 18 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 1: I've got no segue with dad's, so let's just get 19 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: right into it. An ancestors, there we go. Nice Save Matt, 20 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 1: Nice save uh So, Ladies and gentlemens always you know, 21 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: we're here with our super producer Noll to take a 22 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: look at yet another thing, event, secret, or phenomenon that 23 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: may not be getting the coverage it deserves. Right, Yes, 24 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 1: and in this case, it's a bunch of stones in 25 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: the middle of a field, a hinge if you will, hinge, 26 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: some sort of hinge of stone. That's right, we are 27 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: talking about Stonehenge. Now, this is something that is familiar 28 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: to I would say the vast majority of people in 29 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: the world. You've seen it, you've seen a picture of it, 30 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: you've heard all kinds of crazy things about it. But 31 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: what the heck is it? Actually, the best part is 32 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: that we don't know for sure, but there're a lot 33 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: There are a lot of facts about it that we 34 00:01:58,200 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: can point to, and there are a lot of theory. 35 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: So that's what we're doing today. The biggest question, like 36 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: you said, what the heck is it? Well, we do 37 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: know this is a prehistoric ruin in southern England near Salisbury, 38 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: that's right, But we don't know who built it. But 39 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,119 Speaker 1: it's thought to date back to about eight hundred BC, 40 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: and who have been designed for some kind of ritual 41 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: or at least a ceremonial purpose or b c e. 42 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 1: If you're if you're one of those people starting to 43 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: type the email right now, where we will get an 44 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: email either way, regardless of what initials you want to 45 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: stamp on that time period. Remains of cremated human bodies 46 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: have been found buried at Stonehenge, and this indicates that 47 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: it may have been used as a burial ground, assuming 48 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: of course that the people of Stonehenge knew there were 49 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: bodies there. Yeah, well, depending on what, like, if there 50 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: were people using it after it had been built for 51 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: different purposes than when it was originally built. Oh boy, 52 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: we're gonna get in all kinds of stuff here. One 53 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: thing that should be known is that Stonehenge is in 54 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: itself not a unique structure. It's one of some eighty 55 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:11,559 Speaker 1: British prehistoric ruins that are characterized by this large circular 56 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: embankment that encloses, or at least at one point enclosed 57 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 1: some kind of structure. Yeah. And although the original meaning 58 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: of the phrase hinge is not known, that word is 59 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: now used for any ruins of this type. And we 60 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: have learned a little bit about how these things looked 61 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: in their heyday, right, Yeah. In most of these structures 62 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: of things that we call hinge um, there were they 63 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: were primarily made out of wood. But Stonehenge, which was 64 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: built in three phases, uh, contained a wooden structure at least. Uh. 65 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: It's believed that it contained a wooden structure in its 66 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: first phase, but it was eventually made up completely of stones. 67 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: So they replaced the parts that were there with these 68 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: giant stones, which are heavy. Yeah. How heavy? My ask? Oh, 69 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: we are glad you did. Let's talk about the structure 70 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: of Stonehenge in its final form, which does make me 71 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: think of various various things from our childhood. Uh. Stonehenge 72 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: had thirty upright stones. These were each about eighteen feet 73 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: or five and a half meters high, seven ft two 74 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: point one meters thick, and there were in an outer 75 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: ring that was about thirty meters across. Now only seventeen 76 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: of these megaliths called Sarson's are now standing. The the 77 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: large stones that are one piece, yeah, the the vertical ones, 78 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: and the ones that uh span the top of those Sarson's. 79 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 1: Those are called lentils uh l I n t E 80 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: L s less my accent full some of you. Uh, 81 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 1: And these are about ten and a half foot uh 82 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 1: stones that create that um almost doorway looking part of Stonehenge, 83 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 1: and then you got the blue stones, which are the 84 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 1: smaller upright stones that are on the inside to make 85 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: that inner ring. Um. If you haven't watched our video yet, 86 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: I would recommend watching it. There are a ton of 87 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: pictures of this. Again, we're fairly certain that you were 88 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: aware of what it looks like, but uh, you might 89 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: get a better picture maybe if you have our video 90 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 1: while you're listening to this, Hey why not? Uh so? 91 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 1: And that's funny because the video is probably under five 92 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: minutes in this podcast will probably be a little bit longer, 93 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: little bit, yeah, but then just keep replaying it. So 94 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 1: within Stone Hinge there was this horseshoe of five what 95 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: are called trill athons, and these are two upright Sarson's 96 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: capped by a lentil. Three of those remain standing. At 97 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 1: the center was this horseshoe of bluestones around a pillar 98 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,559 Speaker 1: known as the altar Stone. Oh yes, the good old 99 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 1: altar stone, where all kinds of fun rituals could take place. 100 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: Some of them we just have been uh, fantasizing about 101 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 1: what could have taken place. There's some of it. We 102 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: have an idea because of things that we found there. 103 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: We're going to get into this. But the best part 104 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: is there was an alter stone. Ben. If you're going 105 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: to have a great monolithic structure from ancient times, there's 106 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: got to be a place where you can have a ritual. 107 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: Do you remember that time that I became obsessed with Skyrim? 108 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:22,679 Speaker 1: That Skyrim? What is that? Ben? Al Right? So, guys, 109 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: I have nothing against video games. I don't play them 110 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 1: very often, but when I do, I have very strange 111 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: relationship with them because I have no sense of moderation. 112 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,359 Speaker 1: I was playing Star Skyrim all the time, you know, 113 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 1: in Maureens evenings. One time I left work early to 114 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: play Skyrim, and that's when I realized I had a problem. 115 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: But I always think of Skyrim when I hear about 116 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: these prehistoric alter stones. Um. And of course, you know, Skyrim, 117 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 1: being fictional, is just inspired by a lot of those structures. 118 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: But it's important for us to remember, I'll crow the world, 119 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: things like this exists, and many of them remain utterly 120 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: mysterious today. But we do know. We do know that 121 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: we've been able to perform some forensic stuff here, and 122 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: that's why we know the outside of the Sarson Circle 123 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: at Stonehenge, there's a ring of fifty six pits, and 124 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: they're called Aubrey holes, and they're named after John Aubrey 125 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: who investigated the Hinge in the seventeenth century, and he 126 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: found these four small stones and then this circular bank 127 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: of earth that's surrounded by this ditch, right, and two 128 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: stone pillars flanked an entrance through the earth bank. One 129 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: of them remains. There's an upright megalith, the heel stone, 130 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: that's outside the entrance. Um, let's talk a little bit 131 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: about the astrology. Huh, the astronomy rather, Oh yes, So 132 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: I let's imagine that you're standing in the center of 133 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: Stonehenge and it's the summer solstice. Now, let's imagine that you, 134 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: the person listening to the are standing in the center 135 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: of Stonehenge on summer solstice. Now that's around June one. 136 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: It shifts around a little bit, but if you're standing there, 137 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: the sun is going to rise from behind this stone, 138 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: the heelstone that you just mentioned, and it's gonna come 139 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: up over across this thing, and essentially he's just going 140 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: to create this amazing almost spiritual feeling just from the 141 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: way the sun is going to come through these sarson's 142 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: and come across that Heelstone, and we can tell that 143 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: it was a majestic experience. It was created while inside 144 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: this which you're yeah, yeah, we know. It is inarguable 145 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: that Stonehenge was built by someone who had knowledge of 146 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: the heavens right and the solstices, and that they built 147 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: Stonehenge to reflect these great moments throughout the year. In 148 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: the nineteen sixties, met some astronomers theorize that these Aubrey 149 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: holes and some of those stones could be used to 150 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: keep track of solar and lunar years to predict eclipses, 151 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: which is just so amazing. I mean, ask ask yourselves, 152 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: if we were transported back in time and we were 153 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: tasked with predicting an eclipse, how on earth will we 154 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: do it? I think that's something that escapes pupil's minds 155 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: often about time travel, and always think, oh, if I 156 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: if I went back and you know, into the uh, 157 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: the twelve hundreds or even the eighteen hundreds, I'd be 158 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,319 Speaker 1: amazing because I know so much stuff. But do we 159 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 1: do we? Because I can't build a smartphone. Yeah, something 160 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: as simple as keeping track of the time and seasons 161 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: and where the sun is, and wow, that's that's a 162 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 1: really interesting way to look at it in. So yeah, 163 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: we know that. Um, this has led a lot of 164 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: people to believe that Stonehenge was a primitive astronomical observatory, 165 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: but not everyone agrees. Now that hypothesis is disputed by 166 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: a lot of archaeologists who contend that there's really no 167 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: evidence to suggest the builders of Stonehenge had a lot 168 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: of knowledge of or interest in astronomy. But yeah, I 169 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: still think it's inarguable, though. I think it cannot be 170 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 1: a coincidence that they just lined it up. But maybe 171 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: I'm just seeing what I want to see. Either way, 172 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: somebody is seeing something that they want to see, all right, Yeah, 173 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:23,319 Speaker 1: Uh that's a fair point. Uh, you're not wrong. Stonehenge 174 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: didn't just start out in its current form, as we said, 175 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: in its first phase, like you have mentioned earlier, Matt, 176 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: it had a lot of wood components, wouldn't components. Stonehenge 177 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,200 Speaker 1: was just a few stones wouldn't post and closed by 178 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 1: this circular embankment. Uh. The current theory nowadays is that 179 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: this was used for religious gatherings and then around two 180 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:47,559 Speaker 1: thousand BC, people with slightly more advanced technology figured out 181 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: how to get these blue stones there. They heat weighed 182 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 1: four tons or thirty six krams for everybody outside of 183 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:01,199 Speaker 1: let's see Namibia, Burma and the US. And the crazy 184 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: thing is that they were, at least in the current theory, 185 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: they were floated by raft from southwestern Wales. Yeah, they 186 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,559 Speaker 1: were set up to form that inner circle within the embankment, 187 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 1: and several centuries later uh Stonehenges builders up the ante 188 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: and transported the Sarson's, each of which weighs about twenty 189 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: five tons. They were brought from as far as twenty 190 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: miles away and set up outside the Blue Stones. That 191 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: that is insane to me, and that is one of 192 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: the reasons people have issues with the idea of humans 193 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 1: building these things, these giant stones, right, because if you 194 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: go to ancient alien theory, some people believe that there 195 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: must have been some kind of advanced technology to get 196 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: these stones set up the way they are and for 197 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: what purpose been for what purpose meant right? But we 198 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: know that. Of course, in the absence of concrete proof, 199 00:11:54,880 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: speculation runs rampant. You will often hear that Stonehinges acted 200 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: with the druids somehow, Oh, druids totally, the classic Druid 201 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: move people are saying. But there's really not any hard 202 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: evidence that they that the druids played a part in 203 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: the construction of Stonehenge. However, we do know that a 204 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 1: couple of ingenious modern day humans have demonstrated methods that 205 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 1: could be used in theory to build Stonehenge, and they 206 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: make a pretty convincing case. Yeah, physics is pretty awesome, 207 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 1: and if you can figure out how to use simple 208 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: tools like pulleys levers, you can you can make some 209 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 1: really heavy things do some pretty incredible stuff. Right. There's 210 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 1: some great YouTube videos where you can see demonstrations of 211 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: this by a couple of different sources who reach the 212 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:55,439 Speaker 1: same conclusions. But that's not the million dollar question. We've 213 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: We've at this point explained u some of the dimensions 214 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: of Stonehenge and and some of the best guesses at 215 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: its evolution. But what the heck was it for? You know, 216 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: why did people use it? Well, there are a lot 217 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: of theories been and let's get into them. Right after 218 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 1: a quick word from our sponsors and we're back. So 219 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: let's get into what are the possible things Stonehnded was 220 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: meant for. So one of them is some people think 221 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: it was a sacred hunting ground prior to those big rocks, 222 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: the Sarson's being up there. They it's believed that this 223 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 1: was an ancient or migration route. Rocks are these fun 224 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: looking creatures that you can hunt for meat, which is 225 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: nice when you could have Yeah, you're not anymore. They 226 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: are no longer existing in our world. To think of 227 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,439 Speaker 1: them oxen like you know, Okay, yeah, that's a really 228 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: good way to put it. So this was migration route, 229 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 1: like you were saying that thousands of years before for 230 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: Stones came around. There's another site about a mile away 231 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: from the Wiltshire, England Megaliths, and it contains evidence of 232 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: human occupation spanning three thousand years, including thousands of those 233 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: orc bones, flint tools, and evidence that they made and 234 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: used fire. One of the coolest things that you can 235 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 1: see evidence of construction at the site of Stonehenge as 236 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: far back is eight thousand, five hundred years or almost 237 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: to ten thousand years ago. Uh. Where are these these 238 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: pine posts that were sticking out of the ground that 239 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: were at one time raised to create some kind of 240 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: ancient structure, right, Yeah, And the archaeological evidence hence that 241 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: this site was originally this ancient hunting feasting kind of 242 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: a kind kind of a hall, party hall, a party hall, 243 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: a community center. And uh maybe the megaliths they say, 244 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 1: were raised to memorialize this. Um. But of course that 245 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: is not the final word. There's another idea. It's similar 246 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: but a little bit different. It's thought that maybe Stonehenge, 247 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: this huge, seemingly important monument, was more than just some 248 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: kind of barbecue cookout area. Um. Some people believe that 249 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: these were erected to celebrate peace or some type of unity, 250 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 1: gathering together in harmony, with different groups coming together there. 251 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: You know, I love it, but I don't really see 252 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: the causation here because there is a correlation. The argument 253 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 1: here is that, uh, during that intense building period which 254 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 1: you know, as as we've shown, Stonehenge took a long 255 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: time to build between three thousand and the culture of 256 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: the British Isles was increasingly unifying. Um. And they say 257 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: that you can see this because there are more similarities 258 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: in regional pottery. But here's the here's the problem to me, 259 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: and this is just my personal beef with it. I 260 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:03,479 Speaker 1: just don't think that a unification of a culture necessarily 261 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: means that Stonehenge was built to celebrate that. Maybe it 262 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: means that people were more likely to get together. But 263 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: I don't think they were likely to get together to say, hey, 264 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: let's let's make a monument about what good friends we are. 265 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: You guys, why don't we ever make monuments about our friendships? See? 266 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: I don't know enough about it. But what if all 267 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: of the different sarcens are representing different tribes? Would that 268 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: be cool? It's kind of like the American flag, all 269 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: the different you know, all the different states of provinces 270 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 1: in the thirteen Colonies and so on. They just did 271 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: it with these giant stones, which is cooler. In my book, 272 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: that might be. Yeah, it's just I guess you can't 273 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: build too many because you certainly couldn't carry those rounds. 274 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: Or maybe you could get a smaller version, like a 275 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: mini hinge. That's how you do it. We should be 276 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,479 Speaker 1: we should be the marketing. You think they had a mockhee, 277 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: like a early set up Kings where a bunch of 278 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: guys got together they were like, um, I think we 279 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: need to put it here and here and there little marbles. 280 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 1: I wonder, you know, because it took so long to build. 281 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: The previous iterations, like the wooden parts probably existed as 282 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,439 Speaker 1: a model of sorts. Um and uh boy, can you 283 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 1: imagine they had to have some kind of planning. Can 284 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 1: you imagine? We always hear about ancient monuments being made 285 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: with such precision and perfection and skill, but we never 286 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: hear about, you know, the ones that got messed up 287 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,360 Speaker 1: because they're in Easter Island head somewhere where they got 288 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: the nose wrong and they said, ah, barry this one. Monuments. Yeah, 289 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 1: there where the botched monuments where the ancient Machu Picchu 290 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 1: walls that just aren't really well put together. I guess 291 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: they crumbled the ancient subpar artists. Yeah, what happened to 292 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: those guys? There's a comedy sketch in there somewhere. But um, 293 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 1: it is true, as we said before that one of 294 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: the big one of the big theories force Stonehenge is 295 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 1: the astronomical calendar idea that this was where ancients would 296 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: celebrate winter Solstice. In particular. They say this because the 297 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 1: avenue near Stonehenge alliance with the winter solstice sunset, and 298 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 1: nearby archaeological evidence suggests that pigs were slaughtered during December 299 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: and January, maybe a midwinter feast of sorts, And it's 300 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: also known that the site faces the sunrise during the 301 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 1: summer solstice, and that thousands of visitors go to this 302 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: site every year even now to celebrate that time. And 303 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,959 Speaker 1: here's something really cool, something a little different. So there 304 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: were these two pipers playing in a field around Stonehenge 305 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 1: and they would have heard the uh sound canceled out 306 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,919 Speaker 1: at certain spots. There's a sound allusion that might have 307 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:48,159 Speaker 1: inspired the Stonehenge builders. This comes from a presentation at 308 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, So hardly 309 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: uh fringe research here. Yeah, So it's thought that perhaps 310 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 1: these mega lifts were cred to augment the sound that 311 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,959 Speaker 1: was already naturally occurring in the site. And it's actually 312 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 1: really interesting. The monument is often nicknamed the Piper Stones 313 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: in England, and the legend holds that these magic pipers 314 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 1: would lead maidens out into the field and then turn 315 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: them into stones as they are today. Bizarre. Yeah, And 316 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: even those who don't buy this whole sound illusion theory 317 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: agree that Stonehenge has astonishing acoustic qualities with the cavernous 318 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:32,440 Speaker 1: echo echo echo. Oh, it's really cool because it's all 319 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: of those different flat surfaces that it's reflecting from depending 320 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: on where you stand. You can have crazy auditory things 321 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 1: like where uh, sounds from the right will be coming 322 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 1: in from the left side. Uh. It's really cool. There's 323 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: a presentation online that you can find if you search 324 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: for Stonehenge acoustics, I think and model. Search for that 325 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 1: and you can find just really cool stuff and even 326 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 1: models online that you can look at many hinges, well sorry, 327 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: not many hinges. It's it's models of what the acoustics 328 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,919 Speaker 1: would be like if Stonehenge was the way it was 329 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:11,439 Speaker 1: I guess originally meant to look. Okay, yeah, so we 330 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: can we can picture it already. You can start to 331 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: see the sights and hear the sounds that ancient people 332 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: would encounter when they saw the sun go down on 333 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: winter solstice during the chanting resonating from the stones, you know, 334 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: the sound of uh, pigs being slaughtered or yeah, cremation, 335 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: which brings us to the next one. The Elite Cemetery. 336 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 1: We talked about this earlier before the break, the mysterious 337 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: monument that may have once been a burial ground for 338 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 1: the Creme de la Creme of the ancient societies. Thousands 339 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: of skeletal fragments of at least sixty three individuals have 340 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:51,400 Speaker 1: been exhumed from around the area with an equal proportion 341 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:56,120 Speaker 1: of men and women and children. So this is interesting 342 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: because I've heard I've heard that there was a debate 343 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: about the proportion there. You'll hear some people say, well, 344 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: it's primarily men and very few women. Uh. So this 345 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,120 Speaker 1: would leave people to say, well, maybe it's the burial 346 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:15,120 Speaker 1: ground of warriors or something. But the thing is, these 347 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:19,439 Speaker 1: burials date to three thousand BC, and as construction of 348 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:22,959 Speaker 1: the monument was getting started, archaeologists have also found some 349 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: things that are usually associated with the swells of ancient society, 350 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 1: things like instance, bowls on mace head, et cetera. But 351 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:36,239 Speaker 1: that is not the crazy idea yet, No, sir, I'm 352 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 1: gonna mention a name here that you know. Eric Fontanakan 353 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,919 Speaker 1: i s author of Chariots of the Gods, among other things, 354 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: the primary advocate of ancient alien theory, even more so 355 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: than that guy who shows up on History Channel. He's 356 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: a gloriously exciting person to see on television. I always 357 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: love it when his name pops up. I'm like, oh, yes, Fontanenan. 358 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: So he thinks that the creation of Stonehenge and the 359 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 1: Neolithic period was a model of our solar system. Yes, 360 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: a celestial map that was created with stones. I it 361 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: seems like it's a lot of trouble to make a map. Yeah, 362 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 1: so here's the idea. But it is kind of permanent. Yeah, 363 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,679 Speaker 1: there's that too. But here's the idea. He's saying that 364 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: observing the circularly positioned uh trench surrounding Stonehenge, connecting a 365 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:29,920 Speaker 1: point that extends hundreds of meters away from the site 366 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 1: with an extending pathway pointing directly upon the position the 367 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,439 Speaker 1: sun would lie in during the summer solstice, uh he 368 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: says this represents a model of the Neolithic star system 369 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: that they believe consisted of nine planets, and from this 370 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 1: early representation of our solar system, or in von Dannikin's opinion, 371 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: uh he proposed that the stone circle served as a 372 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 1: landing pad for spaceships or an observatory for extraterrestrial activity 373 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: amid the skies. Yeah. I love it, I know it, 374 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 1: I know, but where where is the other proof? You 375 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 1: know what, what would we have found if that was 376 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:17,159 Speaker 1: really happening. It's a really fun idea. I appreciate it 377 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:21,120 Speaker 1: on so many levels, but unfortunately I can't put any 378 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:25,399 Speaker 1: weight behind that. Yeah, well, I wonder if you know. 379 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 1: Von Dnikin gets a heck of a hard time because 380 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: he is often accused of just ignoring what doesn't fit 381 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,160 Speaker 1: his ancient alien theory, you know, and he's also been 382 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:41,879 Speaker 1: called racist because the implied the implied thing about ancient 383 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 1: aliens is that ancient people were not capable of the 384 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: same ingenuity as modern people. Still fascinating though, it's so 385 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:53,160 Speaker 1: much fun to think about. Oh and here's a deep 386 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: cut to one of our earliest earliest videos. Uh, the 387 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,479 Speaker 1: idea of lay lines that Stonehenge is sort of a 388 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: node for these electro magnetic or geomantic lines of energy 389 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 1: that criss cross the globe sort of like uh, sort 390 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: of like veins and flesh. It's like the Earth's spiritual energy. Um. Again, man, 391 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,239 Speaker 1: I hate to I don't want to influence anybody either way. 392 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: If you want to believe in ley lines, that's fine. Uh, 393 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 1: there's not a lot of evidence, and it seems to 394 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:30,680 Speaker 1: be a whole lot of coincidence, but you know, maybe, well, 395 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: we do know that, we do know that there have 396 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 1: been various sites around the world that have been built 397 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 1: to line up with a solstice in that part of 398 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 1: the world. And we do know that Earth has a 399 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: magnetic field, and certain areas of that magnetic field functioned 400 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: differently than other right, Um, but I don't know if 401 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,199 Speaker 1: that necessarily proves the idea of ley line. It just 402 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 1: seems that when I go online I look at maps 403 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: of ley lines, at every single one is different, and 404 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 1: every single one kind of just decides where they want 405 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: them to be. Uh, I don't know just what I've seen. Well, 406 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 1: I'd like to hear from some listeners to just what 407 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: I want to. I'd like to hear from an expert 408 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: that could sit sit me down and explain to me 409 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 1: exactly what it is, because from what I found online, right, 410 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,880 Speaker 1: maybe I just don't get it. I'm now I'm picturing 411 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,919 Speaker 1: this conversation you'll be having with an expert, sort of 412 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 1: like a Law and Order episode Law and Order coolon 413 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,879 Speaker 1: lay lines, dom domm don't tell me, give it to me. 414 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: I don't give it to me straight. I don't know. 415 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: Oh wait, yes, but before we go on, it's time 416 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: for word from our sponsor. Alright, So here's one of 417 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: my favorite theories about Stonehenge, Matt. The idea that Stonehenge 418 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: is a hoax. It was built in nine four. Uh, 419 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: and there's a there's a great website where you can 420 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 1: see these purported pictures of people building Stonehenge. All right, well, 421 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 1: I guess we're done here. Yep. Uh. You guys have 422 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: a great rest of your day. Uh you find us 423 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 1: on Twitter. Oh no, all right, well okay, so how 424 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 1: does somebody get to Stone Nge. That's one of the 425 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 1: most exciting things to me is you can actually go there. 426 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, and I think you have to make special 427 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: arrangements if you want to go up and walk around Stonehenge, 428 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 1: go and just drive by. Yeah, but you can. You 429 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 1: can go and visit. There's this really great new uh 430 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,440 Speaker 1: I don't know exactly. It looks like a big tent structure, 431 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,679 Speaker 1: but it's the main visitor center for the Stonehenge. There 432 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 1: are all kinds of things that you can go look 433 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: at their objects from the past from Stonehenge Um. Sometimes 434 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: they give to have speakers there lecture series on the 435 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 1: history of the area. You can if you'd like to 436 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 1: go to Stone Innge, you can visit ww dot English, 437 00:26:55,760 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: dash Heritage dot org dot UK and you'll see where 438 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,880 Speaker 1: or you can book the tickets. I think for adults. 439 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 1: It's somewhere, it's a little less than fourteen pounds, uh 440 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 1: to visit. Of course kids get a different rate, and 441 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: certain groups are allowed to practice spiritual rights there. Um. 442 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: But yeah, you're the stone, just walk up anymore. Somebody 443 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,160 Speaker 1: ruined it. Somebody probably went and you know what happened, 444 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: knowing human beings, Matt, here's what happened. Someone committed a 445 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 1: crime there. Possibly someone urinated on a stone, definitely, because 446 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: that's how people are. Um. And maybe maybe somebody said, oh, 447 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: how romantic, let's uh, let's go have an intimate. Yeah, 448 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: let's go have an intimate encounter in Stonehenge. And so 449 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: now because of people doing those things, they ruin the 450 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 1: fund for everybody. But we should point out, Matt, you 451 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: and I have never been to Stonehenge. Right, it is 452 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: a goal in my life. Now. No, you have not 453 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 1: been to Stonehenge either, right, Nope. So even our superproducer 454 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: Ol has not been there yet. But no has been 455 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 1: somewhere else. Ah, yes, And so have we met? Well? 456 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,199 Speaker 1: I have not, you have, Oh I thought you would went? 457 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:15,120 Speaker 1: Who was that guy? Then, ladies and gentlemen, we are 458 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: talking about the United States own Stonehenge. The Stonehenge of 459 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 1: the Southeast, sometimes Georgia's own Stonehenge, the Georgia Guidestones, erected 460 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 1: in Elberton County, Georgia, which touts itself as the Granite 461 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:33,880 Speaker 1: capital of the World. Under very mysterious circumstances. Oh yes, 462 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 1: it was commissioned by a fellow named R. C. Christian, 463 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 1: which is we're assuming a pseudonym. Definitely. The monument is 464 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: built to convey astrological information and it contains multi lingual 465 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 1: directives for a new world paradigm. Seriously, that's what that's 466 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 1: what it is, instructions for the new world. Like if 467 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: we if you look at these commandments, which are in Russian, English, Spanish, 468 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: I think, Mandarin's, Swahili, couple other things. Um, then you'll 469 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: you'll read the same few directives over and over and Matt, 470 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 1: you and I quickly read these off. Now one maintain 471 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 1: humanity under five hundred million in perpetual balance with nature, 472 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 1: guide reproduction wisely, improving fitness and diversity. Unites humanity with 473 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 1: a new living language. I wonder which language they're talking 474 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 1: about there, hopefull you're doing rule, passion, faith, tradition, and 475 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 1: all things with tempered reason. Protect people and nations with 476 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 1: fair laws and just courts. Let all nations rule internally, 477 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 1: resolving external disputes in a world court, avoid petty laws 478 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:54,160 Speaker 1: and useless officials. Balance personal rights with social duties. Prize truth, beauty, 479 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:59,080 Speaker 1: love seeking, harmony, with the infinite. Be not a cancer 480 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: on the earth. Leave room for nature, Leave room for nature. 481 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: The last guy kind of stuck out here was the 482 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:10,080 Speaker 1: John Hancock of that crew. But yes, this is a 483 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 1: real place built by a group of people who refer 484 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 1: to remain anonymous in um Alberton, Georgia, which is not 485 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 1: not exactly a hub of New Age thinking. It is 486 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: a hub though for granite, which is why they built this, 487 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,040 Speaker 1: this huge thing out of grantite. And they've got a 488 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,400 Speaker 1: time capsule under there with no date on when it 489 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 1: should be opened. Overall, this thing, uh is is huge. 490 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:42,360 Speaker 1: The four major stones are sixteen ft four inches high. 491 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: They each way about a little bit less than forty 492 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:50,800 Speaker 1: two thousand, five hundred pounds, And we have spent a 493 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: lot of time talking about this. The reason we mentioned 494 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 1: Noel going there is because Noel actually did a documentary 495 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:01,239 Speaker 1: on the Georgia Guide Stones, which is fantastic. Is there 496 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 1: any way for us to find that. Will you give 497 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 1: us before you go? Will you go on here and 498 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:15,200 Speaker 1: say how you can find it? I don't even have it, 499 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: um it, so I think it out perfect. Well, you 500 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 1: gotta let our people know me too, please, Yes, and listeners. 501 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: We get quite a bit of email about the Georgia 502 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 1: guide Stones. You know, every every few maybe every two weeks, 503 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,040 Speaker 1: somebody sends us something about the Georgia guid Stones and 504 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 1: we're planning to do something special there. But we want 505 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 1: to go on site and we would like to, uh, 506 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 1: we would like to really make a good show or 507 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 1: series with this one. So let us know if you 508 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 1: think it's worth it for us to go up there 509 00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: and do a on the spot show about the Georgia Guidestones. Yeah. 510 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,680 Speaker 1: I want to analyze it, just I want to talk 511 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 1: to as many people as possible. And now, I mean 512 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 1: Nole's already got this thing. We can use that as 513 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 1: historical context. I'm excited. Yes, so check this out because 514 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 1: there's so much more about this, about this monument that 515 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: we we haven't got to. Maybe we could do a 516 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:26,240 Speaker 1: podcast just on the Georgia Guidestones too. Um, there's one 517 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 1: last thing we should do before we get out of here, Matt, 518 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 1: We're going to do a ritual. Oh man, okay, so yeah, 519 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,200 Speaker 1: you're probably wondering where I'm wearing this robe. I mean 520 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,479 Speaker 1: I was gonna ask. I didn't want to offend you 521 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:42,840 Speaker 1: or anything. I am just I am covered in pig 522 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: blood under this robe. Man. It's uh yeah, I could smell. Yeah. Well, 523 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,479 Speaker 1: things have got kind of crazy, but we are doing 524 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,800 Speaker 1: something that may becoming ritual met today we are announcing 525 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: the winner of our Facebook caption contest. Oh you have 526 00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 1: a winner already. That's right, everybody. If you hang out 527 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:04,239 Speaker 1: with Matt and Nolan I on Facebook or Twitter at 528 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 1: Conspiracy Stuff, then you will have already heard about our 529 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,719 Speaker 1: caption contest that we just sort of decided to do 530 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,960 Speaker 1: for yeah, fun time. See if it's see if it 531 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 1: was worthwhile. And we got so many responses, we uh 532 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,520 Speaker 1: we went through them all knowing a lot of close calls. 533 00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:24,200 Speaker 1: There are some great ones. There are some moments of 534 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:30,120 Speaker 1: bit creepiness, maybe a little awkward or unnecessary. I said, 535 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: I I really enjoyed some of these. One of my 536 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 1: favorites was one that in all the caps just said soon, Yeah, 537 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,880 Speaker 1: that's pretty great. But we did find a winner. We do. 538 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:42,600 Speaker 1: We have a winner, and I think it's just I mean, 539 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,920 Speaker 1: he wins for me because I like the reference and 540 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:48,880 Speaker 1: I didn't realize when we were shooting that picture how 541 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: similar it was to this. So I'm just gonna say it, 542 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 1: Ben Adam Reid, you win, buddy. And what did Adams say? 543 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 1: Adam said, you can turn back now or watch us 544 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:05,480 Speaker 1: recreate that car park scene from Highlander. So congratulations to you, 545 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:09,560 Speaker 1: Mr Adam Read, and thank you for playing the game. 546 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,880 Speaker 1: We thoroughly enjoyed your caption. You have the winning caption, 547 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:17,280 Speaker 1: and uh, based on how many people liked your comment, 548 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 1: it seems that Matt and I are not the only 549 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,560 Speaker 1: ones who agree. In fact, super producer Noel and I 550 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,520 Speaker 1: were talking off air about this too, and uh, I 551 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,719 Speaker 1: was asking him, you know, which one do you think 552 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:33,320 Speaker 1: is a favorite. 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