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The Book of the Damned
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Charles Fort
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As
to
lettered
stones
that
may
once
upon
a
time
have
been
showered
upon
Europe,
if
we
cannot
accept
that
the
stones
were
inscribed
by
indigenous
inhabitants
of
Europe,
many
have
been
found
in
caves--whence
they
were
carried
as
curiosities
by
prehistoric
men,
or
as
ornaments,
I
suppose.
About
the
size
and
shape
of
the
Grave
Creek
stone,
or
disk:
"flat
and
oval
and
about
two
inches
wide."
(Sollas.)
Characters
painted
upon
them:
found
first
by
M.
Piette,
in
the
cave
of
Mas
d'Azil,
Ariege.
According
to
Sollas,
they
are
marked
in
various
directions
with
red
and
black
lines.
"But
on
not
a
few
of
them,
more
complex
characters
occur,
which
in
a
few
instances
simulate
some
of
the
capital
letters
of
the
Roman
alphabet."
In
one
instance
the
letters
"F
E
I"
accompanied
by
no
other
markings
to
modify
them,
are
as
plain
as
they
could
be.
According
to
Sollas
(Ancient
Hunters,
p.
95)
M.
Cartailhac
has
confirmed
the
observations
of
Piette,
and
M.
Boule
has
found
additional
examples.
"They
offer
one
of
the
darkest
problems
of
prehistoric
times."
(Sollas.)
As
to
caches
in
general,
I
should
say
that
they
are
made
with
two
purposes:
to
proclaim
and
to
conceal;
or
that
caches
documents
are
hidden,
or
covered
over,
in
conspicuous
structures;
at
least,
so
are
designed
the
cairns
in
the
Arctic.
Trans.
N.Y.
Acad.
of
Sciences,
11-27:
That
Mr.
J.H.
Hooper,
Bradley
Co.,
Tenn.,
having
come
upon
a
curious
stone,
in
some
woods
upon
his
farm,
investigated.
He
dug.
He
unearthed
a
long
wall.
Upon
this
wall
were
inscribed
many
alphabetic
characters.
"872
characters
have
been
examined,
many
of
them
duplicates,
and
a
few
imitations
of
animal
forms,
the
moon,
and
other
objects.
Accidental
imitations
of
oriental
alphabets
are
numerous."
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