Don Barone Wrote:
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> Interesting so when you said you had discovered
> the secrets of moving large objects and had it
> patented were you simply copying another's work in
> a dubious publication ?

Your ignorance of the chronology of events does not make your version more accurate.


> Odd that not one debunker
> has ever used this "book" to challenge the mythos.


Your ignorance of the debunking history of the Coral Castle "mystery" does not force it out of existence.

More proof of your willful ignorance can be found with a simple internet search:

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Around 1936, Ed bought ten acres near Homestead, Florida and started the process of relocating his sculptures. Stories differ as to what prompted the move. According to the “official” story in the Coral Castle (the present owner’s name for Ed’s creation) brochure, work started on a housing development near Ed’s property in Florida City. Seeking privacy, he moved to the area near Homestead. However, Orval Irwin, one of Ed’s friends, claims in his book Mr. Can’t Is Dead! The Story of the Coral Castle that Ed wanted people to see his work, but found his property in Florida City too isolated, so he found property closer to civilization. Since the Coral Castle sits right next to US1, the main thoroughfare from Miami to Key West during Ed’s day, Mr. Irwin’s story seems more accurate.

Ed continued work on the Coral Castle until 1940. Using only simple methods such as levers and block and tackle, working alone, Ed built everything at the Coral Castle. Ed was a gifted stone mason with the ability to seemingly pinpoint the center of gravity and balance in the large stones he worked. Ed reportedly possessed only a fourth grade formal education, however apparently his grandfather in Latvia educated Ed at home. In addition, it’s clear from some of Ed’s books on display at the Coral Castle, he read extensively and taught himself subjects such as astronomy and electricity.

From here: [spschultz.wordpress.com]




> In fact no one I have ever read about on the
> internet knows the existence of this book.
> Published in the 1990's ? ... that's 60 years
> after the fact.

Herodotus got things right 2000 years after the fact.

There were many things that were published in the interim in local papers and magazines. Your ignorance of them does not cause them to cease to exist. Many of them are posted on the walls of the gift shop at the Coral Castle, but you don't do any real research on a subject, so you wouldn't know that. You couldn't know that. 90% of the people who "push" the Coral Castle mystery, in fact, probably haven't been there, so they don't know what does and doesn't exist as far as real evidence is concerned. You are feeding off their ignorance, and adding your own to it.

The fact is there is money to be made in perpetuating the mystery. There is no money to be made in a simple book on how to move big stones on rollers.



>
> I wonder why he waited 60 years to tell his story

He didn't.

Again, your false assertion doesn't constitute reality.



> ? and of course you believe every word he writes
> ... because you want to believe that is how it was
> done.


Au contraire. I accept what he writes, by and large, because it is supported by physical evidence (including photographs of Ed at work, using the exact equipment Mr. Irwin describes) I was able to examine in person. It's called "research", and it requires more than a calculator and a ruler.



>
> Regardless in this diagram how was the steel
> chain wrapped around to the end that still abuts
> the far side ?


With hard work and ingenuity. The tourguide at the Castle explained it all in great detail. Your inability to imagine how he did it does not mean he didn't do it. It means you lack imagination.



>
> And in this one: how was the stone moved to where
> it was lifted directly up from. How was it moved
> from the "quarry" to where it was allegedly
> hoisted from.



Read what is written. It's all there. You are willfully ignoring it apparently because it contradicts your deep desire for mystical experiences.


>
> However I will publicly apologize to you for
> calling you a liar on this. I WAS WRONG !!!!!!!!
> The book you claimed exists does indeed exist. I
> simply thought it was another picture of the
> pyramid story.

My credibility on both issues is identical. Whether you agree or not is inconsequential.




>
> However I do not believe this gentleman at all.


You are free to make your own mistakes based on your ignorance. You are obviously not making this judgment based on knowledge, but a lack thereof. This is quite obvious to the rational observer.



>
> In this book written in the 50's he is strangely
> omitted. Note it says the file is damaged but
> just refresh and it should work. Here is a free
> internet version:


Your "book" did not load after four attempts. Whatever the mystery mongering book asserts, it is fairly irrelevant. The facts speak far more loudly, more clearly, and more rationally. You would do well to listen to them and ignore the whispers of cosmic magnetic forces and spirit power that swirl around the internet.


>
> ... No one in the town contradicts Mr. Irwin's
> account ...
>
> How can they when no one else saw it.

Another false assertion. Where is it shown that no one else saw it?


> How many
> agree with and actually like Orval M. Irwin claims
> to actually saw the work being performed. Not
> quite an error of omission but hardly
> corroborating testimony either.
> Has "Bob" the
> truck driver and owner of the flatbed ever made a
> statement ? You are free to believe one man's
> version of events simply because it fits your
> preconceived notion of how it was done. I assume
> you have tested this all out and have cut, moved
> and hoisted many blocks of Coral during your
> research.
>
> And at least now I know what the signatures are on
> the blocks at Giza to look out for.
>

Again, your desire to find a mystery prohibits you from seeing the truth.

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p. 67

When the Coral Castle was reopened for business in the mid-1950s, many visitors refused to believe that the building of the Coral Castle, with all its magnificent accomplishments, was the work of just one man working alone.

The Castle owner hired a local woman, Bodil Kosel Lowe, as a publicity agent. She grew up on Redland Road in Homestead and knew almost everyone in the area.

Mrs. Lowe traveled about South Dade and obtained 300 affidavits from the local residents stating they knew Ed Leedskalnin personally and confirmed that all the work done on the Castle was done by him, working alone.

In 1988, I placed copies of these affidavits in the Pioneer Museum at Florida City, Florida. (emphasis added - APS)

Why would 300 people formally and legally attest to something they did not witness or could not affirm?

Your insults are becoming quite offensive at this point. The mystery is not in "how". It is in "why". For that, you have to study the people, not the stones.



Anthony

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.