Edward Leedskalnin/Coral Castle

Published: April 4, 2016, 3:51 p.m.

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On this episode of Expanded Perspectives the boys bring up a recent Tasmanian Tiger sighting, the second in only a few months near\\xa0South Gippsland, Australia. Then, a man in Belvedere, Tennessee claims that three people saw a white and hairy bipedal creature. Next,\\xa0Radar experts are casting doubt on claims that King Tutankhamun\'s tomb contains hidden, undiscovered chambers \\u2014 and they\'re calling for more data\\xa0to be released. Radar experts not affiliated with the project, and they said they doubt the validity of these claims. Some of these experts noted that the geology of the Valley of the Kings, which contains many natural\\xa0voids, makes it difficult for radar to distinguish archaeological features from natural ones. Then, a\\xa0Georgia witness at Cumming recalled a UFO event from 2013 where a black, rectangular-shaped object was seen flying low and blocking out the stars. Finally during the news portion of the show Cam brings up how a new site\\xa0at Point Rosee, is the second where there is strong evidence of Viking settlements in the New World. The first, at\\xa0L\\u2019Anse aux Meadows\\xa0, also in Newfoundland but hundreds of miles north of Point Rosee, was discovered in 1960.\\xa0The hearth at Point Rosee is surrounded by the remnants of a rectangular turf wall, says the National Geographic\\xa0article\\xa0announcing the find. The hearth itself is just a boulder with a depression in front of it, surrounded by smaller rocks.\\xa0But in the hearth\\u2019s shallow pit archaeologists found 28 pounds of slag\\u2014a byproduct of iron roasting, the step in the ironworking process before smelting and forging. The smith burns and dries the ore in the fire so it doesn\\u2019t explode in the forge. After the break we talk about Edward Leedskalnin and his Coral Castle in Florida. Edward Leedskalnin, an immigrant to the United States of America, devised a means to single-handedly lift and maneuver blocks of coral weighing up to 30 tons each. In Homestead, Florida, using his closely guarded secret, he was able to quarry and construct an entire complex of monolithic blocks of coral in an arrangement that reflected his own unique character. Thanks for listening to Expanded Perspectives. Have a great week!

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