Fire officials in Orange County, California have let the media know that a women and husband were walking on a beach when they decided to pick up some rocks. Later on that day while the women was standing in her kitchen, the rocks still in her pocket, spontaneously combusted. She tried to stop, drop and roll to no avail.
The women’s husband so the fire and tried to put it out suffering 2nd degree burns himself.
Updates will be posted as the media follows this story.
Carhenge, which replicates Stonehenge was built by artist Jim Reinders. Reinders experimented with unusual and interesting artistic creations throughout his life & while living in England, he had the opportunity to study the design and purpose of Stonehenge.
Thirty-eight automobiles were placed to assume the same proportions as Stonehenge with the circle measuring approximately 96 feet in diameter. Some autos are held upright in pits five feet deep, trunk end down, while those cars which are placed to form the arches have been welded in place. All are covered with gray spray paint. The honor of depicting the heel stone goes to a 1962 Caddy.
Carhenge was built as a memorial to Reinders’ father who once lived on the farm where Carhenge now stands. While relatives were gathered following the death of Reinders’ father in 1982, the discussion turned to a memorial and the idea of a Stonehenge replica was developed. The family agreed to gather in five years and build it. The clan, about 35 strong, gathered in June 1987 and went to work. They held the dedication on the Summer Solstice in 1987, with champagne, poetry, songs and a play written by the family.
In what remains one of the US Militarys worst non-battle loses, The USS Cyclops sent herself and 306 crew to a watery grave.
Many theories exist to this mystery but none have been proven. Was it a war time revenge act, was the ship overloaded, did the waters create freak waves that day?
Check out this old news clipping, source unknown at the moment.
