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 ---------- > 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.