![]() I’ve always been mildly obsessed with the flat-earth truth movement, the sprawling network of people utterly convinced that the world has been lied to for centuries about its own physical shape. The flat earth is still flat, but now it’s dotted with tiny imitations of the truly enormous trees that once covered the continents, and which in our deforested age we can hardly even remember. A bizarre new theory has turned the flat earth upside down. ![]() The simplest explanation is that Devils Tower is a stock - a small intrusive body formed by magma which cooled underground and was later exposed by erosion.Something tremendous is happening over the last few weeks, without too many of its globe-headed detractors noticing, a surprisingly vast community on the tattered fringes of intellectual orthodoxy is in turmoil. Although there is no evidence of volcanic activity - volcanic ash, lava flows, or volcanic debris - anywhere in the surrounding countryside, it is possible that this material may simply have eroded away. Other ideas have suggested that Devils Tower is a volcanic plug or that it is the neck of an extinct volcano. ![]() This idea was quite popular in the early 1900s when numerous studies were done on a number of laccoliths in the Southwest. This produces a rounded bulge in the sedimentary layers above the intrusion. A laccolith is a large, mushroom–shaped mass of igneous rock which intrudes between the layers of sedimentary rocks but does not reach the surface. In 1907, scientists Darton and O'Hara decided that Devils Tower must be an eroded remnant of a laccolith. It appears that "Casper Planet" changed this label to read four miles.Īlthough geologists are not entirely in agreement about how Devil's Tower was formed, this debate is more focused on the formation process, and less about whether the earth was once populated with atavistic, ten-mile-high trees: The original image (right) showed that the roots extended four feet into the ground. The image is actually a diagram showing how the roots of sweet corn have developed after eight weeks: Although "Casper Planet" did include a genuine photograph of Devil's Tower, the pictured root system has little to do with the famous igneous rock formation in Wyoming. In this case, "Casper Planet" is mocking a conspiracy theory, which springs out of flat-earth theory, holding that most mountains are simply the remains of ancient, gargantuan trees. The " About" section of the page clearly says that their content is served with a "big side order of satire":ĭelivering the news that doesn't matter directly to your news feed with a big side order of satire! The "Casper Planet" Facebook page is an entertainment Facebook page that frequently posts photoshopped pictures, political jokes, and other humorous content. except that there is absolutely no truth to the claim. This would be an exciting, landmark discovery. We will continue to update you with any new information, as at this time information is very limited. We are currently conducting studies and tests to confirm that this is actually a root system and not a coincidence." This discovery is on the edge of rewriting history and science as we know it. The root system has been measured at 4 miles deep by 7 miles wide. The parks department released a statement saying, "We have discovered, what looks like a giant root system stemming from the base of The Devils Tower. Scientists from the Wyoming State Parks Department were conducting photographic seismic readings below the tower, when they discovered an incredibly large petrified root system below the tower. A huge and startling discovery has been made at the Devils Tower in Wyoming.
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