Michael Tellinger shows off what could be one of the best pieces of evidence that there were giants on Earth a long, long time ago. Geologists have marvelled at this giant foot print in rough granite, about 4 feet long. Some still say that it is a natural erosion pattern.
Personally I find that suggestion highy improbable for various reasons that I will not go into here. Prof. Pieter Wagener from UPE, suggests that "there is a higher probability of little green men arriving from space and licking it out with their tongues, than being created by natural erosion".
It is located in South Africa, near the town of Mpaluzi, close to the Swaziland border. It is estimated to be between 200 million and 3 Billion years old because of our current understanding of the formation of granites in Earth's history. This dating immediately causes great debate and argument - so I urge you to keep your mind open and focused on the evidence.
This amazing footprint in granite was discovered in 1912 by a hunter called Stoffel Coetzee, while hunting in the remote area. At the time this was a deeply remote part of South Africa known as the Eastern Transvaal, teeming with wild life, including antelope and lions. It remains in the same condition as it was when first discovered and the possibility that this was a carved hoax is extremely low because of its remote location. Even today, it is difficult to find.
The real mystery is how this amazing phenomenon occured - I have no idea - but here it is and we cannot wish it away.
YES - It is granite - it is a well recognised geological part of South Africa and recorded on all geological maps - that is why this footprint is such an incredible mystery. It can be desribed as a "phenocrystic" granite, OR coarse porphyritic granite, that underwent several different stages of cooling. The result being an interesting mixture of large and small granules. This is why granite companies are keen to mine this area for granite because it will look really "pretty" when polished. In the official Geology Of South Africa, this outcrop is called Mpuluzi Batholith (Granite) and the official dating of this rock produced dates of around 3,1 billion years.
A real mystery that needs close scientific examination.
남아공과 스와질랜드 경계에 있는 음팔루지 마을 부근에 있는 발자국의 크기는 1.2미터가 넘고 화강암에 찍혀 있다. 2억년 전에서 최고 30억년 전에 생겼을 것이라는 주장이 있고 다시 존재했을 거인 또는 신의 발자국일 것이라는 ‘루머’가 돌고 있다. 이 발자국이 처음 발견된 것은 1912년의 일이다. 한 사냥꾼이 우연히 발견했다고 하는데 개발이 진행된 현재도 발자국은 사람들 눈에 잘 띄지 않는다고 한다
남아공과 스와질랜드 경계에 있는 음팔루지 마을 부근에 있는 발자국의 크기는 1.2미터가 넘고 화강암에 찍혀 있다. 2억년 전에서 최고 30억년 전에 생겼을 것이라는 주장이 있고 다시 존재했을 거인 또는 신의 발자국일 것이라는 ‘루머’가 돌고 있다. 이 발자국이 처음 발견된 것은 1912년의 일이다. 한 사냥꾼이 우연히 발견했다고 하는데 개발이 진행된 현재도 발자국은 사람들 눈에 잘 띄지 않는다고 한다
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