Joe Ribaudo wrote:Mike,
"After having found the stones, TT let Howe look at them (maybe even photograph them). At the time, Clayton "Charley" Howe was a very well known expert on petroglyphs. It is entirely possible TT sought him out for his expert opinion."
That's a reasonable possiblity. We have the story that the Redlands professor authenticated them, the FBI authenticated them, why not the story about Howe's conclusions???
Take care,
Joe
Joe,
The Redlands Professor is a possibility, but someone should have contacted him prior to his death in 1986, or his widow before she started losing her faculties. As of now, it is only a possibility.
The FBI is a little firmer. Bob Corbin states that an FBI Agent told him personally that it was the FBI's belief that the stone maps were at least 100 years old in the late 1960s. It would be nice to have lab test results, but Agent Fox (FBI Historian) told me that most tests that weren't used as evidence in a trial were routinely destroyed (especially before the digital age).
The Howe/Tumlinson connection is even firmer as we have a picture of Howe and Tumlinson together (although I haven't seen it yet). This possibility stands as of now to be the best expert opinion yet, IF (and that is a big IF) we can tie Howe in to the stones.
Mike