The mystery of a giant snake | the Chronicle

For Marcelo Peralta Martinez
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Located on an astroblem, the mound of the Snake is the most striking natural creation of the set Earth, and not just because of its unique shape, but also because of the stories that flow from it. Is it a snake or does it have virtually no similarity? Its existence and development are still a mystery today.

Therefore, this figure which follows the curvature of the earth on which it rests, with its head placed near a cliff near a stream and apparently with its mouth open, leaping over an oval figure, which they can represent an egg that could be a strange “message” from the Universe.

Although the silhouette may have similarities to burial mounds located in Scotland, it is still a puzzle, despite the time that has passed since its discovery. Where can it be found? How was he born? Was it built by natives? Is it a natural part of geography or something designed by the universe and the solar system itself?

How long has it been known, what is it and where is it?

The Great Serpent Mound is a large prehistoric geoglyph located on the Brush Creek Crater Plateau in Adams County, Ohio, United States. And the embankment was discovered in 1846, by explorers Edwin Davis and Ephraim Squire. In total, it is 411 meters long, 6 meters wide and 1.2 meters high, making it the largest mound effigy in the world, being an exquisite zoomorphic profile.

Studies of the place and other researchers have been able to determine that there are no human remains buried there, so whatever culture that inhabited it, did not use this land as a cemetery. . On the other hand, Clark and Marjorie Hardman published a study in 1987 which indicated that the oval area in front of the snake’s head is perfectly aligned with the summer solstice.

Whereas years later, expert William F. Romain declared that they existed on the basis of the curved alignments with the Moon. For their part, Cameron and Fletcher argue that the serpent’s rings are aligned with the solstices and equinoxes on an annual basis.

At the same time, it is believed that the mound may have been designed to align with the astronomical model of the stars that make up the constellation Dragon, merging perfectly at their geographic center with the location of what was on time. ancient Alpha Draconis (Thuban) also called the pole star. Finally, the place is believed to be 5,000 years old.

Is it a crypto explosion?

Already in 2003, researchers from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, with a group of geologists had put forward a hypothesis: this place is located on a plateau characterized by a crypto-explosion structure, that is to say a crypto-volcanic explosion which would be the cause that shaped the phenomenon.

It is noteworthy that for years this name mutated into what are called craters by meteorites and other celestial bodies. This investigation showed that due to the fall of a huge meteorite, the aforementioned figure was produced, which they claim is 286 million years old.

Meanwhile, different versions speak of a “sacred” area, and others argue that its features are just a coincidence of unusual geological features similar to the body of a snake. A mystery that is still under investigation.

NATIVE AMERICANS THE BELIEFS OF THE CHEROKEE INDIANS
Cherokee culture associates the mound with the legend of the Uktena, a large serpent with supernatural powers. Researchers argue that some series of American ethnic groups may have created some sort of totemic sanctuary, either as part of their beliefs or to protect themselves during wars.

According to experts, the mystery arises socially from anthropology, archeology and ethnology. Thus, experts point out that in addition to the Cherokee, two other indigenous cultures could be involved as early as prehistoric times. One of them is the Adena, which experienced its development and peak from 1000 BC to 100 AD

During this time, it could be the people of Fort Ancient who built the snake, many between AD 1000 and 1750. Here, a test of radiocarbon dating in the coal fragments that the location has emerged has emerged. In this way, the remains of coal found by drilling would have an antiquity associated with the years 400 BC and 80 AD.

After these investigations, the case is not yet resolved, but the snake is there, and no one knows how it presents a form as perfect as it is mysterious.