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May 16, 2014 · 8:05 am

Whitehead X-ing Photos 04

More interesting rock found on the way down from Howl’s Knob and back to the Maine Trail.

‘Nother object (star-like piece of wood) found in same area.

More tombstone rocks. Things are everywhere!

A neighborhood of mayapples.

Another potentially important rock of the Whitehead X-ing area: Crushed Man Rock. It exists just up the Howl’s Knob ridge from the Main Trail, a bit west and north of The Crossing proper. We’ll come back to that.

Bright orange tree trunk rot.

Back on the edges of Whitehead X-ing now, on the old road formerly leading into it.

The road is totally clogged with rhododendrons in several spots, including toward its beginning where it forks off from Maine Trail.

Perhaps the remains of an old toy avatar fort just off this road.

Line of rocks leading into the heart of The Crossing. We’ve discussed these rocks a bit before here. Still no name for them yet.

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May 16, 2014 · 7:58 am

Whitehead X-ing Photos 03

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Tombstone rocks once more.

Central tree once again. This appears to be the tip top of the peak.

Looking down the length of this tree toward the roots.

On the other side of it, I spied what seemed to be a purposely positioned pile of bark. I’ll get back to that in a moment.

There were some vines in the region, and the same species that inhabits Whitehead X-ing’s Vineland or Vinland.

I took two rocks up to the peak, both found just off the Maine Trail, at what might have been the old entrance to what I’m calling the Dogpatch cemetery. I decided to leave one of these rocks, a more rounded one, on this peak, placing it in a depression in the ground and making sure I wasn’t crushing any small plants.

Then I decided to move to rock under the base of a nearby fallen tree. It was only then that I realized this tree was the same one with the seemingly carefully placed pieces of bark upon it.

I don’t think this to be an accident. It is a message. I’m not sure if the message is “merely”, “We knew you would come here,” or if there’s something deeper to it. I’m thinking the former. Two pieces might not have cut the deal. 3 pieces of a similar size, arranged like this, is beyond suspicion to me.

The tree’s orange-y underbelly from more of a distance.

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May 16, 2014 · 7:56 am

Whitehead X-ing Photos 02

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A pointing branch indicated a quite peculiar pattern on one of the trees of this “Howl’s Peak”. Not sure still what this is. I’ll have to take a closer look soon, maybe this coming weekend.

This root formation is found on the most central and fallen tree of the peak, basically bisected by the top.

Another tombstone rock…

… and more.

More peculiar root formation perhaps, like an amorphous ghoul wearing some kind of hat.

I couldn’t get a really good picture of what could be the largest, exposed root system on the peak. But here it is anyway.

‘Nother one.

I believe this is the end of that central peak tree again.

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May 16, 2014 · 7:51 am

Whitehead X-ing Photos 01

We now move into the heart of Spring hiking season, and a more detailed look at The Crossing. What interesting things discovered this year! I’ve been looking back on WH X-ing notes from before, and they all seem to come mid to late Spring, and build upon each other in ways still not completely understood. We start with a hemlock near Maine Trail. And already I am unsure about a terminology: Is the *main* path around Martin Knob and past Whitehead Crossing the *Maine* Trail? Or is the Maine Trail just the pseudo-trail running through Whitehead X-ing itself, an offshoot of this overarching main trail? Decision time, then.

Or not.

Nearby rock to the above pictured hemlock. No name for this either.

Smaller rock next to it looking like a tombstone, one of many such rocks in the area.

Just turning around in my place, I believe, I took this picture of rocks in rhododendron. I’m always on the lookout now for hidden cemeteries, gasp! But this isn’t one of ’em.

Another rock in the same area. This is also just west of the old, grown up road that leads to Whitehead Crossing.

Okay, what’s the name of the trail, baker? I ask myself. Is *this* the Maine Trail? Alright, I think it has to be. I’ll just have to rename the Whitehead X-ing trail something else. Hey… what about, duh, the Whitehead X-ing Trail? Or just Crossing Trail? At any rate, the latter is not quite fully mapped out. But the below pictured trail is now definitely (?) the Maine Trail. It passes through these rocks just uphill from the hemlock and accompanying stones in the above photos.

This day I was confident enough in the healing progression of my back to hike up to the ridge above The Crossing, a climb of maybe 150 feet or so. On the way up I took this picture of another “tombstone” rock.

Hiking up. Directly ahead is the Woods of Howl pine forest, traditionally haunted.

On the crest of the ridge, with a bramble of briars clogging the far side. No possible way down through that.

This is the top of the ridge, which forms a small peak separate from the main thrust of Martin Knob to the north and west. No name for it yet, unless I decide to call it Howl Knob. There are many fallen pines on this peak, and the upturned roots with their embedded rocks tend to form very interesting displays.

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May 13, 2014 · 7:32 am

So…

… the Strang Gang, after the death of Lazy Sideburns Man by the ~~hands~~ hooves of Hater the Cow, used a rocketship to get out of Sharieland and into Whitehead Crossing. And they are separate from Rock?

Hucka D.:

Yes (pause).

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Lazy Sideburns Man wasn’t that lazy after all. He found the original set of golden plates.

Hucka D.:

True (another pause).

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Or was it the same set.

Hucka D.:

[It’s] Your story. Could be.

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We have to understand the nature of this Erath community at or near Heart Lake in Sharieland. On Earth Creek I believe.

Hucka D.:

Yup.

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How did they get the rocketship?

Hucka D.:

Rocketships to them are like covered wagons to the Mormons. The original ones.

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So they just bought some.

Hucka D.:

Yeah.

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Why did they choose Whitehead Crossing?

Hucka D.:

Why did Strang choose Burlington, Wisconsin?

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Vortex, then.

Hucka D.:

Yeah. They could detect that.

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The word Vorhee is fairly close to Vortex for a reason.

Hucka D.:

There was no[ equivalent to] Bear Island with this Gang of Strang. The year was 1973. Elvis was crowned King[ that year].

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So the — our Strang Gang heading to Whitehead Crossing and staying there is like Strang’s own gang heading to Wisconsin and staying put there and not having to move to Michigan.

Hucka D.:

It was about the twins, see. Twinning. Lazy Sideburns Man and his deceased twin, obviously. Think of Psychogumma.

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Marion Crane’s twin who was her sister in the movie. But in the synch it’s obvious this is the sister reborn, after her death earlier on. It’s… you go.

Hucka D.:

It’s death of vegetation in the Fall and rebirth in the Spring as well. Vernal. Leaf. Leaf Erick’s Son appears in the Spring, several weeks back.

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Hmmm… Leaf as the original original Whitehead X-ing explorer. He found Vinland. And then he found No Title Spring, which is the equivalent to the Norumbega River in reality. And he established a temple or fort there.

Hucka D.:

He knew of Grey Seal, although he didn’t put the Grey and the Seal together[ at that time]. Yes, Leaf was in Vineland or Vinland as it was later shortened to. He saw and also partially understood The Loop at the end of the Rainbow Line.

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Leaf in Ms. Avent could be Advent, like the advent or arrival of leaves.

Hucka D.:

Royce.

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Royce means something too.

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Then Leaf in Ga in White County, as in Ms. it’s in Greene. Pink nearby[ in Ga.]. And of course that’s a Winesap manifestation. White and pink are types of static noise. Masking noise.

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I believe our Leaf Erick’s Son landed near Grass or Reed Lake, Hucka.

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“Weed.”

Strang Gang?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J._Strang

In 1850 Strang proclaimed himself king, but not of the island itself. Rather, he claimed to be king over his church, which at that time contained most of the island’s inhabitants. He was crowned on July 8 of that year inside a large log “tabernacle” built by his followers, in an elaborate ceremony that featured a crown (described by one witness as “a shiny metal ring with a cluster of glass stars in the front”),[17] a red royal robe, a shield, breastplate, and wooden scepter. The Strangite tabernacle and Strang’s modest house are both long gone, as are the Strangite royal regalia, but a print shop built by his disciples remains—the only Strangite building left on Beaver. Today, it houses a museum dedicated to the island’s history.

Original post re the Strange Gang, soon to become the (correctly named) Strang Gang:

https://bakerbloch.wordpress.com/2013/12/28/out-and-about/

Then in the spring, they are admitted into 4 Sticks and not repelled as before. Lazy Sideburns Man is crowned King.

https://bakerbloch.wordpress.com/2014/04/28/whitehead-x-ing-revelations-3-2/

Coincidence? Then what about the Manchester statue in a recent Whitehead X-ing based collage? Is this a parallel with the Angel Moroni statue of Manchester, NY?

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Strange (sorry):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voree_Plates

Keith Thompson, of Manchester, England, alleges that the text on the plates matches Strang’s published translation. Although he did not identify the values of specific characters, Thompson claimed to have shown how words such as “and”, “in”, and “are” appear in multiple places.

What have I dug up?

http://www.burlingtonnews.net/talk-voreeplates.html

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Hucka D.:

The fairies of the land were Wilcoxin. Wilcocksin. Each and every one drank coffee, and at least the equivalent of 5 shots of expresso. The plates were found on the hill; the temple and the plates above them (on this hill) come as a set. This is the influence of Voree, and Strang as the correctly crowned successor to Smith. But in your story Strang is the twin brother of the parallel to Smith, who was killed or crushed by Hater the Cow in Erath over in Herman Park’s Sharieland. Now you know of at least another rocket which took the Strang Gang from Sharieland and Erath to Whitehead Crossing. Is this the same as Rock’s rocket? Now you have (at least) two. The Strang Gang is now at the center of 4 Sticks, and a King has been crowned before you knew of this real world Strang. Already you knew of the Mormon influence( in Whitehead X-ing). Now this is deepened.

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Thank you, Hucka D. We’ll talk more on this later.

Whitehead Crossing Again 04

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Mouse Island bedecked with spring violets. Hard to see the blooms in this photo, though.

A mainly moss covered rock in The Weed (name subject to change), just east of Grey Seal and No Title Spring. There’s a black ant dragging what appears to be a caterpillar larvae across the central, bare region. From now on, perhaps, this will be Caterpillar Rock made famous by the brave black ant named John Gray, or maybe Sgt. John Gray. His ant home, damaged by my tromping this day unfortunately, may be called Brooksville if so. And if so, he and his colleagues also probably know of Norumbega or Norum and the attached No Title Spring. I don’t know why they wouldn’t.

Nearby rock with interesting, heart shaped moss formation.

The Pile, so named because it consists solely of a large pile of rocks. Did farmers of olden days create this pile after clearing fields? Or is this something pre-white man. Indian I’m talking about here. And of course there’s always The Aliens to consider.

Sitting atop Grey Seal taking in the landscape. Very nice — lots to see (including a floating tree centering the below photo, not noticed before).

A branch formation in The Weed reminding me of the spinning Manchester, England statue in a recent Falmouth series collage. Do you see the resemblance?

Many more Whitehead Crossing pictures still to come this month!

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May 9, 2014 · 4:18 am

Whitehead Crossing Again 03

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4 Sticks star formation on a pine tree. Cute if perhaps not meaningful this time. But who knows with this wacky kooky place?

Multiple trunked or branched tree beside 3rd stick. I need to talk to you’n’s about the numbering of the 4 Sticks. I’ve been calling the largest and southernmost of the 4 sticks proper the 1st Stick so far, I believe. But this may instead be called the 4th. If so, then Last Tree, pointed to by what is now the *1st* Stick instead of the 4th, becomes First Tree. Last to First, just like in a miraculous race. And this certainly is a miraculous place (if not a race).

So this is 3rd Stick (foreground) and 4th Stick (background), a contrast in styles. 4th Stick is very straight and quite thick, or at least much thicker than the remaining 3 of its stick/log family. 3rd Stick is much less thick and considerably more curvy in nature, although overall still forming a pretty straight line. The bark texture is also rough and holey compared to the smooth 4th.

Closeup of 3rd Stick.

A mysterious alley of trees in 4 Sticks. I will probably say more about this soon.

The pointed end of a fallen branch above the 4 sticks proper, as yet unnamed. The formation, to me, appears to resemble the head of a long thin animal. I’ll have to think of what animal more — not a boar I don’t believe, in checking Google images just now.

Not The Crocodile I don’t think, but I’m not as sure about eliminating that one.*

Notice also the white rock on the other side of the small tree from it.

A big find for the day, or a re-finding if I remember correctly. I have no doubt of a name or an association in this case. This is definitely Pendulum Stick or just The Pendulum, which, like the branch that burdened Relieved Tree until only just recently, is a small, live tree holding part of a dead, fallen tree branch. But unlike the former, this relationship is much more fine tuned and balanced — the supported, dead branch actually waggles quite easily in any breeze, defining the name. And when I spotted this formation, I remembered it from before, since forgotten. I must have originally The Pendulum several years back. I’ve only known of Whitehead Crossing for about 4 years total. Once again, I’ll have more to say about this soon enough, most likely. Is it a 4 Sticks clock??

The below photo comes from the top of The Pendulum, where the supporting and supported branches are almost exactly the same circumference. The small twiglets projecting from the latter, holding up the former, are hidden from view here.

And now the bottom of The Pendulum, where the supporting stick has narrowed considerably, and hovers several inches above the ground. In total, the supported stick may be about 3 feet long, but I haven’t made an exact measurement… yet.

Looking by The Pendulum at First Tree (formerly Last Tree) and Next Tree behind it.

Another unnamed rock nearby, on the upper reaches of the banks framing Whitehead Stream here.

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* I believe I’ll call this The Aardvark now, or just Double A (?). I figured out what animal’s snout it looks like.

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May 9, 2014 · 3:54 am

Whitehead Crossing Again 02

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Just above the spray can top, these rocks were spied. They appeared one on top of the other like this, and seemed matched. Turned out they were split parts of one rock in all likelihood. Because the two parts are almost identical, this adds to the twin motif of the week for sure. I’m also now identifying these matched stones with plates, perhaps connected to Joseph Smith’s Golden Plates uncovered in Mancester, New York or, especially, disciple James Strang’s similar discovery of the Voree Plates in Burlington, Wisconsin. More on this rather bizarre twist in The Crossing tale soon.

Nearby fungi on a log.

The Straightaway’s gateway hemlocks as seen from Matland’s Crocodile Rock. We are now at day 2 of my hiking week, or Wednesday. Another totally clear day to enjoy.

Smaller rock on top of Crocodile Rock. Or is this Crocodile Rock instead? Where’s Eagle Rock, then? All this from the story behind Elton John’s first number one hit “Crocodile Rock”, and its psychic connections with Coahoma County, Mississippi. The picture is becoming clearer, but still much to be resolved.

Old plastic pail nearby. As I think I’ve stated in a previous post, there are several such pails in Matland.

Or is *this* Eagle Rock, the 3rd rock in a matching Matland set also containing Crocodile and Welcome Mat.

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May 9, 2014 · 3:46 am

Whitehead Crossing Again 01

5/12/14:

With 3 days off the past week, and also a relatively clear Sunday, I’ve had 4 solid days of hiking in that span. I still had to watch my back, but a set destination of Whitehead Crossing helped alieviate my worries there since the ways in I chose are relatively flat. I have a considerable number of photos to be processed besides the ones in the 4 part “Whitehead Crossing Again” posts here. So we better start with the text (!). Very good and interesting hikes each day, with much information added to the area’s snowballing mythology.

But we start on this particular day — I believe this comes from Monday of last week — at the 4th and least defined portal of Spoon Fork. I review my information about these portals in a 2011 Baker Blinker Blog post Here.

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Nearby, moss decorated roots.

Heading up into Whitehead Crossing now from the south or Korean Channel direction, I found spring plants sprouting greenly. I believe this one is a corn lily, quite common in these parts…

… and here we have a may apple.

There are many things to notice in Whitehead Crossing, and here are two twinned trees that didn’t catch my eye until this day. Twins… a key subject to consider in absorbing new Crossing info for certain.

Poison ivy has definitely sprouted, and this is another good reason to focus on Whitehead Crossing for my May hiking needs, since I kind of know where it grows there and can avoid it better. For example, I knew there was some poison ivy around what I’ve called the Poison Gate in past posts, where this picture was taken. I have to develop that particular aspect of Crossing mythology in a future post, aided by future photos no doubt.

Nearby is a block shaped rock I also hadn’t really noticed until this day.

Perhaps strange (or Strang?) clumps of green grass growing to the east of No Title Spring, in a place I’m tending to call Vineland or Vinland now for obvious reasons.

And now just to the west of No Title Spring I found an object: What appears to be the rusted top of a spray can of some sort, buried top down in the dirt.