I would recommend contacting the good people at the Geology Department,
University of Minnesota, Duluth for answers and a possible home.  If Mary
Nash answers the phone, please say hi for me.

Steve Klindt

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> From: Richard BJ......d <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Clifford's Rock
> Date: Saturday, March 21, 1998 2:25 PM
>
> Clifford's Rock
>
> The history of this strange object is being reconstructed by interviews
> with Clifford Soliah, age 93, who currently resides in Fergus Falls,
> Minnesota.
>
> Clifford states that in approximately May of 1958 he and his brother
> Irvin were farming acreage in southern Otter Tail county of west  central
> Minnesota.  On one particular day he entered a farm field only to find
> a large rock where there should have been none, since he and his
> brother had cleared that field of smaller frost-lifted rocks the previous
> week.  Noting its size and strange shape, he picked it up with his front
> end loader and delivered it to the front yard where it remained on
> display for many years
>
> Clifford retired from farming in 1993, and that is when I came to know
> him as his landlord.  He sold the farm and most everything else, but
> he would not part with that rock.  He brought it with him to Apt. #12.
> One day he told me and other residents about it, and we all came to
> see it and were amazed.  How could that rock have been formed.?  Said
> one viewer, "you could see anything in that thing".  The local community
> college was notified and they sent out naturalists.  They went away
> perplexed.  I have a tape of how that conversation went.  We also have
> photos of the 140-lb object and could arrange color repros for $5 or so.
>
> If you or your organization is interested, I can tell you that Clifford
> just
> wants to find a proper home for that rock, and I for my part would like
> some logical explanation of how that thing was formed, if that is
> possible.  You can contact me,  mailto:[log in to unmask], or talk to
> Clifford directly,  218.739.5430  #12.  Thanks.