PatrickD
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- Jul 23, 2012
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Hi Everyone,
Here is another find of mine. It didnt happen today but I was organizing some TH information and it seemed like it was worth sharing.
Truly, I have no idea for any value on this find.
I hope you enjoyed hearing about it.
Patrick
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The brazos river runs through Texas. It is filled with caves, cracks and crevices along it's cliff ridden shores.
One of my TH buddies and I were exploring the brazos cliffs in the general vicinity of Palo Pinto Texas. We were walking alongside the cliff base as it jutted along the woods. I turned around talking to my buddy when I saw a thin crevice barely large enough for an adult to squeeze through. It was dark inside.
I pulled out a machete and a metal detector. I sqquueeezzzzzzzed into the crevice as it curved into the cliff side. The crevice went back about twenty feet before it opened into a larger room. The room was not huge. It was maybe fifteen feet tall and somewhere around ten X ten.
The wall on the left side of this room did not quite connect with the floor. A large crevice ran the length of the room about an inch or two tall separating the floor and wall.
It was summer and I was very cognizant of the fact that I was in rattlesnake territory. I knew I wanted to look into the crevice but also knew I was risking disturbing a reptile rest.
Mustering up my courage, I got on my hands and knees and lowered my head to the floor shining my flashlight into the crevice. It went back into the wall for several feet.
I ran the flashlight beam along the crevice and the light illuminated a small alcove slightly larger than a football in size. The light beam illuminated shadows and shapes as I slowly panned the light.
My eyes grew wide and my pulse quickened as the light beam lit up a row of teeth and the outline of an overturned skull. After gathering my senses, I closely examined the time-bleached skull and saw that it was that of an animal.
I retrieved the skull and shared photos with a university who identified the animal as a type of mountain goat that had not been in the area for over a hundred years.
Here is another find of mine. It didnt happen today but I was organizing some TH information and it seemed like it was worth sharing.
Truly, I have no idea for any value on this find.
I hope you enjoyed hearing about it.
Patrick
------
The brazos river runs through Texas. It is filled with caves, cracks and crevices along it's cliff ridden shores.
One of my TH buddies and I were exploring the brazos cliffs in the general vicinity of Palo Pinto Texas. We were walking alongside the cliff base as it jutted along the woods. I turned around talking to my buddy when I saw a thin crevice barely large enough for an adult to squeeze through. It was dark inside.
I pulled out a machete and a metal detector. I sqquueeezzzzzzzed into the crevice as it curved into the cliff side. The crevice went back about twenty feet before it opened into a larger room. The room was not huge. It was maybe fifteen feet tall and somewhere around ten X ten.
The wall on the left side of this room did not quite connect with the floor. A large crevice ran the length of the room about an inch or two tall separating the floor and wall.
It was summer and I was very cognizant of the fact that I was in rattlesnake territory. I knew I wanted to look into the crevice but also knew I was risking disturbing a reptile rest.
Mustering up my courage, I got on my hands and knees and lowered my head to the floor shining my flashlight into the crevice. It went back into the wall for several feet.
I ran the flashlight beam along the crevice and the light illuminated a small alcove slightly larger than a football in size. The light beam illuminated shadows and shapes as I slowly panned the light.
My eyes grew wide and my pulse quickened as the light beam lit up a row of teeth and the outline of an overturned skull. After gathering my senses, I closely examined the time-bleached skull and saw that it was that of an animal.
I retrieved the skull and shared photos with a university who identified the animal as a type of mountain goat that had not been in the area for over a hundred years.
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