Circles in Stone

At six thousand years old, Stonehenge is one of the oldest buildings in the world. It is also well known that key elements of this structure are aligned to seasonal variations of the sun and the moon.

The stones were moved from the coast of Wales, and are made from rock that is so hard that nothing, short of diamond, could be used to cut it. The only way that they were able to shape these huge blocks of stone was to rub similar rocks together for very long periods of time.

When I carried Bob Bear in for a photograph I stopped to listen to a rather eccentric guide. She explained that Stonehenge is a center of earth forces. She pulled a photograph of a crop circle from her purse that she said was one of many that were found nearby. She also produced two bent pieces of metal coat hangar, shaped like the letter "L", and explained that if you held them loosely in your hands and walked forwards, they would swing forward from these earth forces.

I stepped in and explained that I was an engineer (Never mind the large teddy bear under my arm!), and that when you walk you are leaning forward, which results in gravity pulling the metal arms forward.