Twist Tree Update and Electro-magnetic Mounds

Twist Trees - vertically twisted trees, which can be of like or dissimilar species twisted together like red licorice, are correlated with magnetic anomalies. What does this mean? If you are out in the field using a compass or google maps or any device which uses an internal compass to locate where you actually are at time of reading, you will notice the device has great difficulty pinpointing your location. If for example, you are next to an electromagnetic mound (yes these abound in Mi'kma'ki and are generally about 50 m in diameter with a moat - for Nova Scotia you can check your lidar at https://nsgi.novascotia.ca/datalocator/elevation/ - your device will cause you to circle at a set radius from the centre of the mound. If you want to get to the top of it ignore your device and walk up hill. These mounds don't take long to climb up, maybe 5 minutes, especially if you follow the trail trees that are almost always there to help you along. And yes, these mounds are cultural, not geological, as the mining people who are looting them would have you believe. Natural formations do not build themselves moats, nor borrow fill from the surrounding landscape ("borrow pits" is the archaeological term for this). Why and how are the mounds so strongly electromagnetic? Why the looting? And why are the Australian aboriginals at loggerheads with the gold miners out there? Stay tuned. Or speculate in the comments - as is your wont..

Posted on May 21, 2022 11:41 AM by marymacaulay