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DOCUMENT Citation Only Dennis Griffin.

In March 2009, a couple walking along Oregon's central coast found a large, old looking, animal sacrum floating in a tide pool that had been modified to look like the head of an animal with a garnet used as an eye. Where this bone had originated, whether it represented an artifact that could have eroded from a local shell midden, or was placed on the beach to stump local scientists all remained in question. Since its discovery, many scientists have volunteered their time to try and unravel this...