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Images From BEYOND!!! Real? Or not??

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Posted by Phillip Noll on December 27, 2012 at 8:40 PM
Images From BEYOND!!!  Real?  Or not??
Found a petroglyph panel recently and it is quite spectacular. I've seen hundreds if not thousands of instances of ancestral pueblo rock art but nothing quite like this. So these have me wondering if they are prehistoric, or the artwork of teenagers with lots of time on their hands. :biggrin: I will show them to the archaeologists at work shortly to get their opinion but in the meantime, let me know what you think.

P.S. I will not reveal the location of these online just in case they turn out to be real and need to be protected.
Posted by Phillip Noll on December 27, 2012 at 8:40 PM
These guys are about 10 feet tall!
Posted by Phillip Noll on December 27, 2012 at 8:41 PM
This one is near the ground and maybe 14" tall.
Posted by Phillip Noll on December 27, 2012 at 8:41 PM
I am most suspicious about this one. Looks too fresh and almost looks kinda "African". But what do I know?? :rolleyes:
Posted by Jackson Frishman on December 27, 2012 at 8:51 PM
Phil, I'd say they're legit. They're stylistically in line with other carvings I've seen in our neighborhood, and the amount of effort and good taste necessary would pretty well rule out vandals to me. Plus, I feel like I may have seen a couple of the more striking ones reproduced in Polly Schaafsma's work. They're amazing, in any case, and well photographed!
Posted by Phillip Noll on December 27, 2012 at 10:06 PM
Dead Alien??? :eek:
Posted by Phillip Noll on December 27, 2012 at 10:07 PM
Horned Serpent. :cool:
Posted by Phillip Noll on December 27, 2012 at 10:08 PM
Strange "Kokopelli" below the serpent. Has 2 antenna on his head and what looks like a tin-foil hat and he appears to be blowing glass or drinking a yard of ale.
Posted by Phillip Noll on December 27, 2012 at 10:47 PM
A nearly life-sized mountain lion.
Posted by Phillip Noll on December 27, 2012 at 10:49 PM
A feathered Serpent known locally as "Awanyu". My red backpack is about 2 ft tall.
Posted by Joe Rogers on December 27, 2012 at 11:11 PM
Think I saw the guy with antenna, tin foil hat and yard of ale at our Christmas party.
Joe Rogers
Posted by Howard Cihak on December 28, 2012 at 3:31 AM
If these are the work of "kids," then those are some very remarkable kids. This was definitely not an afternoon's work product. In fact, and I'm no expert by any means, but it doesn't appear to me that any of the glyphs are the work of more than one person. Please keep us updated on this as you learn more, Phillip.
Posted by David Kingham on December 28, 2012 at 11:00 AM
You may want to contact Randy Langstraat http://blog.rockart.me/ he has quite the collection and may be able to help identify these.
Posted by Stan Rose on December 28, 2012 at 12:40 PM
Awesome stuff, Phil--tyhanks for sharing! They look legit to me...but i know nuttn. Im sure given the size and number, that these have already been well studied, so if you find out more info, please let us know!
Posted by Jack Brauer on December 28, 2012 at 1:20 PM
Very cool. I'll be interested to hear what you find out about these. If I had to guess, I'd say they're real. Just a hunch. :wink:
Posted by John Mumaw on December 28, 2012 at 4:56 PM
Your 'arky' friends will know, but they definitely don't look like Anasazi rock art. Perhaps a later time frame from another tribe?
And hey...it's OK to use Anasazi again. The PC 'ancestral puebloan' title just got to be too large a mouthfull for everyone. :wink:
Posted by Phillip Noll on January 2, 2013 at 6:36 PM
Here’s an update on these petroglyphs:

One of the archaeologists I know thinks these were created by people from Tsirege (also Tshirege) Pueblo. Wikipedia says: Tsirege Pueblo is a classic Anasazi Pueblo archaeological site located on property owned by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Tsirege consists of approximately 800 rooms, was occupied from c. 1325 to c. 1600, and is regarded by the people of San Ildefonso Pueblo as ancestral. The name means "bird place" in the Tewa language. The site includes a long defensive wall, 10 kivas, a reservoir, and many significant petroglyph panels.