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Title: Scandinavian runestone
Source: kensingtonrunestone.com
URL Source: http://www.kensingtonrunestone.com/
Published: Mar 29, 2009
Author: Scott Wolter
Post Date: 2009-03-29 23:16:08 by TwentyTwelve
Keywords: Scandinavian runestone, 1362, Pre Columbus
Views: 151
Comments: 8

Hoax or history? On November 8, 1898, a Swedish immigrant farmer, Olof Ohman, and his ten-year-old son say they found a Scandinavian runestone, dated 1362, wedged in the roots of a tree in rural Minnesota.

Ever since 1898, when Olof Ohman, a Swedish immigrant working his fields in what is now Douglas County, MN, found the 202-lb., mysteriously engraved stone tangled in the roots of an uprooted tree, controversy has raged over the artifact’s authenticity. The stone, dated 1362, soon proved how difficult the search for the truth can be—and raised eyebrows over the possibility that North European explorers predated Columbus in America.

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