Are rocks alive? (Or is it just the Rolling Stones)

[universal4]

Well, I have a few theories, but even the scientists can't agree on an answer.

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/...cetrack+playa/


Rick
Universal4

[cass]

I'd like to hear your theories. I'm completely baffled by this phenomena.

[universal4]

Well one theory is that they are magnetic....

And mother nature has another magnet she moves around under the earths surface because she thinks it's cool....

She usually only does it when no one is watching because she enjoys watching our reactions trying to figure it out even more then playing with the magnets....

Rick
Universal4

[Maria F]

I watched a program about these rocks. For me the theory that makes more sense says that the rocks move as the water on the valley defrosts, so the glide as the water moves.

I would love it if something supernatural was in fact moving them. Anybody has a good theory with a supernatural twist? Love to hear it!

[cass]

Well one theory is that they are magnetic....

And mother nature has another magnet she moves around under the earths surface because she thinks it's cool....

She usually only does it when no one is watching because she enjoys watching our reactions trying to figure it out even more then playing with the magnets....

Rick
Universal4

Lol that's one way of putting it Rick. Yup I agree with you that some form of magnetism is definitely at play here. Other than that it's a mystery best left to mother nature...

[Renee]

That is pretty cool. I reckon you could rule out them rolling or the tracks they left wouldn't be so smooth. It's like they have been pushed through.

Very interesting. I'd like to see a time-lapse vid of these.

[lots0]

Been there... It is a weird place.

No time lapse... They tried it, it takes years for the rocks to move and the rocks move over the winter, when the ground is mud.
No one can get in to see the rocks in the winter. They close the park in the winter, because they don't want people leaving foot prints in the mud. Once your foot print is there, it can stay there forever.

There are human foot prints next to some of the rocks that are tens of thousands of years old. Even the Cavemen wondered about these moving rocks...

P.S. When that ground is mud, the mud is not very deep, just an inch or so, with hard pan under the mud and the mud is so very super slick and super slimy that even a slight breeze could move the rocks across it....