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<blockquote data-quote="Davy Crockett" data-source="post: 360054" data-attributes="member: 367">All I know for sure is that Molberg's claims threw me down a 2 day rabbit hole of history.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Funny how local folklore can thrive from a theory ,&nbsp; I suppose I was around 12 or so when It became talk of the town and as far as I know locals didn't really question the discovery, Probably since it was worked on and supported by a pretty well educated group of mostly local people.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The only logical explanation for the man made holes that I have found was they were blasting holes to break the rock apart but that rock was never blasted.&nbsp; &nbsp; Seems odd in a way but I suppose drill the holes when time and weather was right and then blast them at a later date .&nbsp; &nbsp; One theory on that might be that a rock in&nbsp; -30 degree temps might split&nbsp; easier that at the same rock at 60 degrees.&nbsp; Or drill the holes and fill them with water and let it freeze from the outside towards the middle and create pressure.&nbsp;&nbsp; Something that might work on some rocks but not all of them.&nbsp; <a href="https://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/56/v56i03p120-128.pdf" target="_blank">https://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/56/v56i03p120-128.pdf</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Davy Crockett, post: 360054, member: 367"] All I know for sure is that Molberg's claims threw me down a 2 day rabbit hole of history. Funny how local folklore can thrive from a theory , I suppose I was around 12 or so when It became talk of the town and as far as I know locals didn't really question the discovery, Probably since it was worked on and supported by a pretty well educated group of mostly local people. The only logical explanation for the man made holes that I have found was they were blasting holes to break the rock apart but that rock was never blasted. Seems odd in a way but I suppose drill the holes when time and weather was right and then blast them at a later date . One theory on that might be that a rock in -30 degree temps might split easier that at the same rock at 60 degrees. Or drill the holes and fill them with water and let it freeze from the outside towards the middle and create pressure. Something that might work on some rocks but not all of them. [URL]https://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/56/v56i03p120-128.pdf[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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