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🗓️ 5 September 2018
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0:00.0 | Strange and scary mysteries of the month, August 2018. |
0:08.6 | Strange and scary mysteries of the month is a compilation of the weird disturbing and downright baffling stories |
0:14.4 | currently happening in our world. |
0:16.5 | From UFOs to serial killers, ancient sites, mysterious creatures, and even ghosts. |
0:21.5 | These are the strange and scary mysteries of the month for August 2018. |
0:25.0 | Number five, drought reveals massive hidden hinge. |
0:30.0 | Not for 160 years as Ireland experienced a massive drought and |
0:36.1 | heat wave like the one that's going on right now. But this latest one brought with |
0:40.6 | it a surprise when it revealed the location of a previously unknown 4,000 to 5,000 year old henge in the historic Boyne Valley. |
0:49.3 | It was a fine day when author and photographer Anthony Murphy decided to fly his drone over the |
0:54.8 | famous prehistoric passage tomb New Grange. Murphy is a specialist of megalithic |
1:00.4 | monuments and runs the website mythical island. |
1:04.3 | He's interested in ancient structures, especially those in the Boine Valley area. |
1:09.4 | As he photographed an aerial view of New Grange, he noticed an unusual circular formation in the field right next to it. |
1:16.0 | He called his partner Ken Williams to check it out with him. |
1:19.0 | Afterwards, they showed the photos to archaeologists who confirmed the formation he captured as a footprint of an ancient timber hinge. |
1:28.5 | Murphy had flown and photographed the area countless times before, and this was the first time he'd ever seen it. |
1:35.4 | Because of the drought, the henge after thousands of years allowed itself to appear in the |
1:40.0 | photographs. Ancient timber hinges were often made with large posts crafted from whole tree trunks. |
1:47.1 | These were then erected and postholes or pits. As time passes, the timber would rot away and the holes would fill in with organic materials. |
1:56.0 | This leaves behind a footprint, which archaeologists can find in the soil samples. |
2:01.0 | In this case, because of the drought, the filled in |
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