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I know I could go to an unexplained mysteries forum, but I only post here, so I wanted to ask people's take on some unexplained mysteries; I have two to start.

Band of Holes - Pisco Valley Peru
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_72ukBUwfwL...olesaerial.jpg
http://www.world-mysteries.com/mpl_piscovalley.htm

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Archeologists have speculated they were dug to store grain in. Two problems with this, say the folks thinking out of the box: there were a lot easier ways to create storage containers than the hard work and decades it must have taken to chip out all of these, and it would have made more sense, if these were to store grain, to build several huge chambers. Ok, said the archeologists. Perhaps they were used as one-person tombs? Vertical graves of some sort? But no bones, artifacts, scraps, inscriptions, jewelry...not even a tooth or strand of hair has been found in them. They have no covers to seal them as you might a tomb and no sacred history or even myth was passed down to label them as such.

Some sections have holes in rigid and perfect precision; some run in rows that curve up in arches, some staggered lines. They vary in depth to about 6-7 feet deep yet some are merely shallow indents as if not completed - though surrounded by those that are. To date, no one has a clue why they're here, who made them or what they were.

Cattle Mutilation - Worldwide, mostly England and USA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_mutilation
(You're going to have to search google on your own for images)

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Cattle mutilation (also known as bovine excision[1]) is the apparent killing and then mutilation of cattle under unusual or anomalous circumstances. Sheep and horses have allegedly been mutilated under similar circumstances.

A hallmark of these incidents is the surgical nature of the mutilation, and unexplained phenomena such as the complete draining of the animal's blood, loss of internal organs with no obvious point of entry, and surgically precise removal of the reproductive organs and anal coring. Another reported event is that the animal is found 'dumped' in an area where there are no marks or tracks leading to or from the carcass, even when it is found in soft ground or mud. The surgical-type wounds tend to be cauterized by an intense heat and made by very sharp/precise instruments, with no bleeding evident. Often flesh will be removed to the bone in an exact manner, consistent across cases, such as removal of flesh from around the jaw exposing the mandible.

Since the time that reports of purported animal mutilations began, the causes have been attributed variously to natural decomposition, normal predators, cryptid predators (like the Chupacabra), extraterrestrials, secretive governmental or military agencies, and cults. "Mutilations" have been the subject of two independent federal investigations in the United States [2]

My explanation to both? Extra terrestrials. And I'm not even kidding.

Cattle Mutilation Explanation: Assholes.

For the Band of Holes...
If you use Google Earth (13 42'20.50"S - 75 52'24:73"W) to chase up hill to the end,
there is a cul-de-sac that looks as though it could be an area of springs.

I'll suggest the "Band of Holes" is simply a different form of ancient "pipeline"
to bring water down from a source spring.
If so, maybe the spring(s) were special for some reason:
(sacred, magic, nitrates for fertilizer, or just a year-around water supply, ???)

The holes could behave like simple pots with water moving from one to another.
Maybe even with some manual help to go a short ways uphill.

Maybe they considered mosquitoes sacred.

Actually, they could be rain barrels. If they're in a spot with little vegetation and high winds, that would discourage mosquitoes which would otherwise be attracted to standing water.

Band of holes = Thimble of the gods
Cattle Mutilation = Santaria

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter (Post 707663)

For the Band of Holes...

Isn't that the new Spielberg/Hanks documentary mini-series?

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot (Post 707711)

Band of holes = Thimble of the gods
Cattle Mutilation = Santaria

Thimble of the gods...snort!

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 707739)

Isn't that the new Spielberg/Hanks documentary mini-series?

I think Sheldon is the technical adviser.

band of holes = fox holes. the Maginot line of ancient Peru.

Now that they've gone
All that's left is a band of holes
All that's left of Peruvian old
Is a band of holes
And the questions
Of what they could be
If you were
of Mayan ancestry

Maybe Orgone Accumulators?

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot (Post 707765)

I think Sheldon is the technical adviser.

No, I think he works on 'Band of Poles'.:D

In the spirit of the unexplained mystery theme, I suggest the Oxfo/rdian the/ory.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfordian_theory

Here's an unexplained mystery.

Every New Year's Eve, Mrs. Z has confetti glitter poppers for the kids to pull. The glitter confetti gets everywhere. I vacuum them up the next day - and I'm very thorough. Even so, we'll be finding glitter confetti around the house for the rest of the year.

So the mystery is this: Are they all hiding somewhere, or is there just a mating pair and we're finding the offspring?

They are hiding, definitely. :yesnod: The same way utensils and glasses and cups just decide and up and leave, forever gone into the horizon.

Well they're very fast, then. I can leave a room for 15 minutes and find new ones when I get back.

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Originally Posted by Tulip (Post 709067)

The same way utensils and glasses and cups just decide and up and leave, forever gone into the horizon.

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato (Post 709080)

Well they're very fast, then. I can leave a room for 15 minutes and find new ones when I get back.

I observed that phenomenon too. Usually after I'd done all the washing and drying up in the staff kitchen.
I'd go back in to make a cup of tea 15 minutes later and lo and behold there were new dirty ones all over the place.

My unexplained mysteries happen when I am asleep/ just waking.
I am occasionally woken by the bed shaking, by someone shaking me awake, by someone calling (even shouting) my name or knocking on my door. None of these things have actually occurred.

Rather than believe I am the suject of a haunting, possession or poltergeist I accept that in my half-awake state I am simply confused or subject to mixed signals between my brain and my body. Sometimes I decide my brain is deliberately playing tricks on me because it doesn't like the fact I'm sleeping alone, but that's even more fanciful than ghosties :)

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato (Post 709011)

You've got to break their life cycle. Try a product with a CGR (confetti Growth Regulator)

CGR gives you man-boobs.

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Originally Posted by Griff (Post 709157)

CGR gives you man-boobs.

Think I'll pass on that, then. :eyebrow:

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Originally Posted by Griff

CGR gives you man-boobs.

There have been no conclusive studies! You must not let fear overcome rationality here.

When it comes to man-boobs, I'm a precautionary principle kinda guy.