Odd shapes I found on Google Earth.

[Coach Stack]

I was just scanning around to see if I could find something interesting. Well, I'm not sure what this is maybe it's natural, maybe it's modern or?? Just take a look and let me know what you think. I did a "measure" using Google Earth tool, most of the "squiggly/snake" things are about 100 yrds long.

 

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[Wampum]

Possible mound builder culture? Not sure the location and therefore the likelihood of it being some sort of modern creation or possible flood diversion method. I can say that is not natural and is man made. If it is near a modern town I would say that it is some form of flood mitigation since it is located in a flood plane.

 

[Jason in Enid]

yeah, definitely manmade. I would definitely make a trip to check them out in person. Looks like excavation holes around some of them.

 

[Obsessive]

Id go check it out just to see what the heck actually is.

My guess is some kind of retention pond type thing.

 

[Jason in Enid]

I just had another look at the pic. I don't think they are mounds, I think they are cuts. Depending on the location, this could be from old dredge test spots. Running the dredge through multiple places trying to find a pay streak.

 

[Coach Stack]

Jason I think you are right, they are cuts not mounds. I don't know much about dredging so I'll take your word on that one. I'm planning a fishing trip down that way and I'll take a closer look at it.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Jason I think you are right, they are cuts not mounds. I don't know much about dredging so I'll take your word on that one. I'm planning a fishing trip down that way and I'll take a closer look at it.

Old school dredges were huge machines that floated on a few feet of water, dug up river gravel with bucketline and processed it for gold. It would have been easy for them to dam the river downstream enough to float a dredge over that old river crescent. The fact that it butts against a mountain side is more of a reason someone might have been looking for gold there.

The holes around the trenches could be modern prospectors testing the same spots.

 

[seekerGH]

Umm...these are deliberately cut snake figures, and those are bushes, not holes. Sorry.

Dredge mounds, thats funny!

op. please provide the coordinates...

 

[Sovgtguy]

Ok ... Some simple filtering will bring elements up to the front. I ran this photo thru some software to study it.
The " shapes " are very uniform in cut and depth. The whole area is formed from ancient waterway - it could have been something that time has exposed . Very Nazca like forms , snake shapes are spiritual and magical in various cultures.
I do not believe this modern ... I find no real vehicle tracks or traffic into that area , however there are OTHER interesting shapes ( see photo ).

There red is a definite SQUARE BORDER ( walls ) ? Surrounding the main serpent shapes.

I would like like to know location to further study for you ....

 

[Electricbutter]

Just a guess.... they made the snakelike trenches to deflect explosions.

 

[bradyboy]

the fact that the holes seem to be lined with trees, tells me that they maybe deep and holds water which the trees would thrive due to the water source
IMO

 

[bradyboy]

water troughs for grazing?
I see a large river in the bottom left corner

 

[Clay Diggins]

Those are known as meanders. They are fairly common but you usually only notice them from the air

 

[Honest Samuel]

Mo matter, search for buried treasures.

 

[Icewing]

 

[Goldfinger450]

I like to fly but think that a high quality drone with infra-red and ultraviolet cross strobe would be the cats azz for finding dug areas and precious metals up to 15 ft underground, we used IR in Alaska to find areas where the military buried supplies, worked so well we could hardly believe it.