Went for a hike and found these

[jog]

I remember looking into the second one and seeing where there had been a small fire in the middle,no rocks stacked or put in a circle.Didn't notice if the first one had the same.If i get back to this spot i will take more pics.

 

[scrounger d detector collector]

yes its a overnight hut. bums and homeless sometimes build these. but usually the stick kind takes too much work. they prefer manmade :wood pcs or plastic. or a real tent. they sooo cheap now

 

[Seamuss]

Oh darn, you found my. If you found me them rhat means the government can find me.

 

[bushlight]

Looks like they are build pretty good. Somebody or "thing" put some time in building them

 

[ivan salis]

my guess is ---- a purifaction or "sweat lodge" as some call it --- built to sweat out the "bad" spirits and cleanse ones spirit --- commonly used amoung certain native american tribes during their religious rites. (the fire and smoke cause intense heat to build up in it)--- also can be used as a survival type shealter in a pinch. but if you dodn't make it , I wouldn't "use it" --- kinda like hunting out of anothers deer stand --folks can be awful touchy about such stuff.

 

[oldgoat]

As soon as I saw the pics I thought sweatlodge, like some of the others, would like to see the inside if you can get more pictures...

 

[jlb783]

Was Bear Grylls or Les Stroud recently in your town?

 

[rginn]

I'm still lookin at those. That's way too much work for a sweat lodge. You can just put up a frame work and throw some blankets or tarp or what ever over it to hold the steam in. There won't be a fireplace inside of it, but there will be a spot where you put the heated rocks after you carry them in. I wouldn't build a fire inside one of those because one little spark and they'd go up real quick. I wouldn't even want to stay in that cause it's too closed in and looks like it would be hot to sleep in, and with all that greenery woven in every bug in the world would infest it. You ever find out what they were?

 

[jog]

Haven't figured out what they are yet,but i believe they are possibly for cleansing of some sort.The area has some Indian history to it.Like i said i did see a small fire spot in one but it would be to small to sleep in with a fire i would think.I am going to try and get some pics of the inside.

 

[dirtscratcher]

My exbrotherinlaw used to build ones just like that on my inlaws property. He stayed in them like twentyfour hours at a time. Some kind of spirit cleansing.

 

[Skywola]

Fugitive survivalist? Who would take the time nowdays to build something so intricate?

 

[liftloop]

Was Bear Grylls or Les Stroud recently in your town?

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