Australia's Marree Man: World's Largest Artwork
From: campbell@ufomind.com (Glenn Campbell, Las Vegas)
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 09:22:16 -0800
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The following is provided in support of a new Ufomind page.
Comments from moderator follow.
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Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 05:47:56 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: World's Largest Artwork is still a mystery
From: authority@webtv.net (Doc Barry)
The attempt to claim that a two and one-half mile long drawing on the
desert floor, which can only be seen from the air, was done by the
town of Marree residents as a tourist attraction or by an Army
Engineers Group passing by the area, is ridiculous.
The village of Marree, which according to "The Australian" or "The
Advertiser" is reported as 380 population and then later as 60
population, has only one pub.
To see an enlarged photo of "Marree Man" which is five times the size
of the largest of the viewed from the air drawings in Peru, go to:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Stargate/5518/abman400.html
Australian media claiming those who investigated the event found
four-wheel-drive tracks, a bottle with a note from Branch Dividians,
and toilet paper, is silly. Finding refuse and tire tracks on the
desert floor proves nothing.
Investigation? By whom? There was no investigation, just ridicule.
In my opinion if this artwork was done by humans, it would require
satellite images, compass triangulations, and detailed terrain maps.
Could it have been drawn by humans? Certainly. But not with funding
from a very small village, or from any, never identified, Army
Engineers Group passing through the area.
The press reports that aboriginal tribes want the drawing erased, but
local government wants it to remain.
It is amazing that the Australian Media, both print and TV are not
considering this drawing as any mystery. Finding an attitude of,
"Hey, somebody drew it, so what?", is puzzling. Why, I'm SHOCKED!
SHOCKED !!
Doc Barry
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Stargate/5518/
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NOTES FROM MODERATOR
This message is included on the Ufomind mailing list because it
prompted the creation of a new Ufomind page for the "Marree Man":
http://www.ufomind.com/place/au/marree/ . As with all of our
pages, we encourage our readers to search the web for more links
on this topic and add them to the page.
On Ufomind, we try to cover all manner of mysteries, even if they
are eventually solved.
Although the message above seems highly partisan, we can conclude that
the Marree Man was indeed reported in the mentioned newspapers and
that a strong argument has been made that it is of modern construction.
An lengthy article from an Australian newspaper can be found at:
http://www.newage.com.au/ufo/skyman.html
--GC
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