Monday, February 05, 2007

Stumps Found on North Oregon Coast Believed to Be 80,000 Years Old

Stumps Found on North Oregon Coast Believed to Be 80,000 Years Old: "(Oregon Coast) – Abnormally low sand levels along Oregon beaches are causing all sorts of interesting things to pop up, usually in the form of ancient forests usually well buried during most decades – forests that tell some intriguing, even terrifying stories.

If truth is really stranger than fiction, then the oddities cropping up all over the Oregon coast make Stephen King and Arthur C. Clarke look like kids weaving silly tales in their tree forts. Extremely old tree stumps – anywhere from 300 years old to 2,000 years old – are being unearthed by unbelievably low sand levels this winter, caused by big storm action. But one group of stumps showing up are shockingly old – to the tune of 80,000 years old."

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