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YouTubeAh the thrill of fear as a child watching 'Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World'. This episode includes the Cerne Abbas Giant and some other English hill figures. "The key to the giant's identity may lie in something missing from the drawing: what did he have in his left hand?" The locals report it's supposed to be a head he's chopped off - or a dog on a string. But an archaeologist gets involved with some geophysics equipment and appears to discover it was a cape, thus suggesting the figure is Hercules. He even gets out a bucket of whitewash and paints on the outline. To be honest the resulting figure looks quite convincingly balanced. But who knows - sometimes you find what you're looking for, don't you. (Most is in part 2 but it's worth seeing the end of part one not least for the strange local inhabitant). |
Posted by Rhiannon30th January 2009ce Edited 15th January 2014ce
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| I remember watching Arthur C Clarkes Mysterious World as an 11 or 12 year old circa 79/80. It probably set me on the path of wandering around the UK looking at Stone Circles. This is great stuff, thank you for sharing. |
Posted by Joolio Geordio15th January 2014ce |
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"a dog on a string"? I can see the daily fail headline now: "Cerne Abbas Giant original crusty shocker!" |
Posted by juamei15th January 2014ce |
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