Yellowwood State Forest is located in Brown County, Indiana.
The name of the forest is derived from the yellowwood, a tree seldom found this
far north in the U.S. The Yellowwood State Forest preserve was established in
the 1930s. In 1939, a 133-acre (54 ha) lake, Yellowwood Lake, was created in
the area. One major mystery surrounds the forest. A collection of large
sandstone boulders, estimated to weigh about 400 pounds (180 kg), have been
found in the tops of three trees. The mystery began in the 1990s, when a turkey
hunter, scouting in a remote area of the 23,000-acre forest, discovered a large
boulder in a chestnut oak tree. The boulder was eventually dubbed Gobbler’s
Rock.
Gobbler’s Rock sits high on a south-facing slope overlooking
a ravine near Tulip Tree Road in western Brown County. Officials can’t explain
how the boulders got wedged into the branches. Some of the theories include a
fraternity prank, tornadoes, high winds, or floods. The strange phenomenon is
now the focus of several UFO websites. On Yellowwood State Forest’s Wikipedia
page it claims that the rocks were placed there by a U.S. helicopter doing a
training exercise from nearby Camp Atterbury during World War II. However, the
provided reference for the claim is broken and no further information can be
found on the training exercise or why such a task would be undertaken.
By : http://listverse.com
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