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- Title
PAUL BUNYAN'S BOOT: SOLAR MARKER.
- Authors
GEE, NORMAN C.
- Abstract
A singular rock formation near Estes Park in Rocky Mountain National Park has been known to local residents and visitors since at least the 1870s. Referred to as Paul Bunyan's Boot, it is regarded by the National Park Service as naturally occurring. The granite formation exhibits a hole 2.44 m above ground level through which a taller spire about 17 m away can be sighted. On the afternoon of the vernal equinox, with the sun positioned just above the spire, a beam of light projected through the hole falls on two crossed lines carved into a flat exposure of granite elevated slightly above the ground level. This phenomenon may indicate that the hole is man-made and that Paul Bunyan's Boot may actually be a solar marker. The age and cultural affiliation are unknown. Representatives of the Arapaho tribe have not claimed knowledge of the site, suggesting that it might predate Arapaho occupation of the area.
- Subjects
ROCKY Mountain National Park (Colo.); UNITED States. National Park Service; VERNAL equinox; ROCKS; ARAPAHO (North American people)
- Publication
Southwestern Lore, 2017, Vol 83, Issue 1, p11
- ISSN
0038-4844
- Publication type
Article