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[*] posted on 11-6-2021 at 11:25 AM


Quote: Originally posted by advrider  
John, the ones you are talking about in Nevada are ant mounds, I've stop and looked at them several times. Pretty much what Kacey J described above.
Goat is right that most sleep circles have small walls around them as a wind break. They still could be from some kind of hut or animal skin structure that the natives used? Maybe because of the more mild weather in Baja they are sleeping circles? Interesting....


Okay, so ants did cause those circles in NV. There were hundreds of them visible from the road for sure. I could not figure out WTF was going on in that area, it's pretty desolate. Of course, the White River Narrows formations were out of this world as well.

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[*] posted on 11-6-2021 at 11:28 AM


ants an termites have always been part of the theories why there are spots without vegetation
most studies have disproved the underground animal theories though
we still don't know (science)
but you are free to believe whatever you like




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[*] posted on 11-6-2021 at 03:57 PM


There are very faint trails to many of the circles. In fact, the entire area containing the circles is riddled with fain trails. At the upper edge of this depression there is a road and there is a faint trail from the road to a circle. There is another smaller one on the left side that leads to a circle.

I think this is a depression that the vaqueros brought their livestock. It’s surrounded by cliffs so there is more control. I don’t know enough about cattle and roundups to explain why the ground got cleared up in some spots.

That’s my theory. Man is somehow involved with these. Man who travels to them and is not precolumbian man. The faint trails everywhere is almost certainly due to domestic animals. The desert just doesn’t support wildlife in that abundance. A sharper map with greater magnification might answer a lot of questions.

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[*] posted on 11-6-2021 at 04:57 PM


Quote: Originally posted by Skipjack Joe  
There are very faint trails to many of the circles. In fact, the entire area containing the circles is riddled with fain trails. At the upper edge of this depression there is a road and there is a faint trail from the road to a circle. There is another smaller one on the left side that leads to a circle.

I think this is a depression that the vaqueros brought their livestock. It’s surrounded by cliffs so there is more control. I don’t know enough about cattle and roundups to explain why the ground got cleared up in some spots.

That’s my theory. Man is somehow involved with these. Man who travels to them and is not precolumbian man. The faint trails everywhere is almost certainly due to domestic animals. The desert just doesn’t support wildlife in that abundance. A sharper map with greater magnification might answer a lot of questions.

[Edited on 11-6-2021 by Skipjack Joe]


An interesting hypothesis, nice to see some critical thinkers are still out there. Branding, de-horning, and castration are all done to young cattle. I've participated in a few round ups as a kid, saw it all.

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