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Serious question, I thought the whole 'petrified wood' thing was just a tourist trap.
My brother brought back a piece from Arizona years ago and I figured it was just a rock they painted. Then last fall, I was helping clear a site near the river in my town and found a log that was solid stone, with perfect bark texture. A local guy at the hardware store said the whole area was under water millions of years ago, which made the wood turn to rock. Seeing that detail up close changed my mind completely. Has anyone else found something that made a big idea feel real?
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mitchell.daniel2d ago
Wait, you thought it was all fake? That's wild to me! I've got a few pieces from out west and the detail is insane, like you can see every ring and knot. It's one of those things that seems too weird to be true until you hold it. Makes you wonder what else we walk past every day without a second look.
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