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Walking Rocks

08/28/2014 7:20 AM

this blew my mind!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyHcs7B27Zk#t=264
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08/28/2014 8:15 AM

The motion is really more of a glide than a walk, kind of like:

Is Billie Jean nearby?

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08/28/2014 9:50 AM

OK, how about Nasca?
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08/28/2014 1:19 PM

How about BIGGER walking rocks?

Scientists make Easter Island statue "walk"

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08/28/2014 2:05 PM

Thanks for posting this Fredski. I was waiting to hear a viable explanation of this movement.

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08/28/2014 2:29 PM

crazy stuff!, you're welcome
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08/28/2014 3:35 PM

There has been quite a bit of speculation, and recently it was just proved.

Conditions have to be just right, ground moisture and wind.

ground moisture (from rain) is the lubricate and wind is what propels it.

I'll see if I can pull up any info.

This info didn't take long at all.

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Re: Walking Rocks

08/30/2014 1:47 PM

its the mass of moving ice as a pond melts
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08/28/2014 2:28 PM

they're stronger than they look!
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08/28/2014 11:42 PM

Walking rocks are fairly common in Death Valley, CA. I once read how it happens, but did not file the answer in my brain file. I have seen a few there but no where else. Aliens maybe, it is not far from the giant worms in the movie.FJZQEB9T
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08/29/2014 1:01 AM

I think the bigger question is where are they going?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGTDMhZgvQE

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08/29/2014 1:02 AM

Where the wind blows.
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08/29/2014 10:41 AM

So the answer, my friend, was blowin' in the wind, the answer was blowin' in the wind?

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09/01/2014 2:04 PM

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