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The God's honest truth is that I test websites for their hysteria level, their diplomacy level.

Some websites are run like museums, post your image on the wall, people walk through and view, make their own minds, and leave.

Some websites are like Sumo wrestling matches, where your theories face a gauntlet of punches and insults. These I avoid.

And some websites are pure thuggery, including accusations of drug usage, plagiarism, and threats of lawsuits, for my own material.

Where do you think this website falls?

I never claimed to be anything more than a tourist, making observations, and attributing as to their meaning and significance, in my amateur, non academic way.

And yet, you in all your goodness, you demand some form of scientific proof, of amateur tourist observations and theories.

But it's all good, now that I understand your requirements for proof.

If the Charter of the Antiquarian website demands scientific proof, or if persons are going to become emotionally upset, as they seem to be doing, fine, I will gracefully leave, and go back to the 20 other websites where I have posted my material.

Having this wonderful experience, on this website, do you think I, as an interested tourist, would like to visit Silbury, or Avebury, or Beckhampton?

Or could I recommend anyone to this very interesting place, as a simple tourist? Many, many interesting places hate tourists, I am well aware.

Some websites are like Sumo wrestling matches, where your theories face a gauntlet of punches and insults. These I avoid.
Sumo wrestlers do not engage in punches or insults, in fact they adhere, both in and out of the ring, to the highest standards of etiquette; insults and punches would be a breach of that etiquette. At the beginning of each bout each wrestler purifies the ring with salt, and at the end of each bout the victor magnanimously offers a ladle of water to the loser.

You will find that most contributors to this forum strive to maintain the highest standards of research and objectivity. We are all passionate about the subject(s) discussed here and welcome new ideas and theories. In return we ask for a degree of evidence for new theories; that is not always possible however, and when it is not possible a well-reasoned argument will go a long way towards generating interest in a new topic... and a new contributor.

Please don't get defensive. If it's a no, that's fair enough. You're more than welcome on this board, but as you'll find anywhere else, people will want to scrutinise your claims precisely because they are unusual. This place very rarely descends into a slanging match - and that's virtually unheard of on the internet! You can't run off just because they want more information. If your theory holds up, you must already have the answers that will help them understand you.

If by your way of thinking, a theory doesn't require proving, that's fine. That's one way of looking at the world. But how does that make your theory any more believable than me stating "Fairies live at the bottom of my garden. I know this to be true." It's not like me stating "Grass is green" which is self-evident to everyone. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Surely you can see why people like proof and why they want to hear yours. Believe it or not I think I am being pretty sympathetic to your cause.

I'm starting to wonder if you've been here before you know.