Modern or ancient?

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Posted by Pam Colander on July 29, 2011 at 1:29 PM

I was walking along the Rio Grande in SW Colorado last weekend and saw this. I'm wondering if these could possibly be petroglyphs of an ancient nature, or of a beer fueled modern one? I guess they could be beer fueled of an ancient nature for that matter

Any thoughts?

Posted by Todd Caudle on July 29, 2011 at 1:57 PM

If it doesn't say OZZY RULES!, I'd say they're ancient. Cool find, Pam!

Posted by Joe Rogers on July 29, 2011 at 3:30 PM

Todd, you are one humous soul

Joe Rogers

Posted by Lance Burch on July 29, 2011 at 4:19 PM

Todd, I believe that is Anasazi for "Rockin' like Dokken".

My money is on real. Very cool.

Posted by Bill Bean on July 29, 2011 at 6:14 PM

Pam, these look a lot like the glyphs at 3 Rivers Petroglyph site in New Mexico.

Posted by Stan Rose on July 29, 2011 at 8:58 PM

Cool! Looks ancient...

Posted by John Mumaw on July 29, 2011 at 10:15 PM

Another vote for ancient.

Posted by David Bartlett _CO on July 29, 2011 at 11:13 PM

Looks just like what Rod and I saw at 3 Rivers last fall.

Posted by Morris McClung on July 30, 2011 at 5:20 PM

What a cool find, Pam! I would think ancient as well, but it looks like they had a little more trouble carving on granite(?).

Posted by Kurt Bowman on July 30, 2011 at 10:09 PM

Another vote for ancient. I don't think today's vandals have the patience it would take to create this.

Posted by Jackson Frishman on July 31, 2011 at 11:22 AM

I'd say ancient with little hesitation. There are glyphs like these all throughout the Rio Grande valley. These aren't the most distinct, but you can tell they were pecked in pointillist-fashion with substantial effort. Modern vandals usually just make a few scratches and give up once they realize that chipping a solid petroglyph is actually work. Nice find!

Posted by Pam Colander on August 1, 2011 at 12:10 PM

That's awesome! Thanks All