Google Earth Community: Alignments of crop circles & Indian mounds in USA

There have been some amazing developments in my Google Earth map of crop circle/Indian mound alignments since my last post. (Note: you will now need six layers to view my updated map; I have updated the “LeyLineCollection” file attached to the top of this thread, and I have edited my first post on this thread so that it now describes the six layers now necessary to view the map.)

A few weeks ago, I read a few articles on ley lines that inspired me to take my research into the next logical area of focus: to document the most complete collection of mound sites as possible in one state, and to then see if the resulting map supports my theory

It was the post by “Hill,” and the links to the Wikipedia articles he provided, which led to my inspiration to take my map to the next level, so that I could hopefully prove to the skeptics, using hard data, that many of the alignments between ancient earthworks are not accidental/coincidental.

The article on “Alignments of Random Points” covers some details of the skeptics’ primary argument against the existence of ley lines, which is that you could find the same number of alignments between ancient sacred sites on any given map as you could find if you replaced the ancient sites with an equal number of random points on the same map. This has been the main argument against the idea that the alignments between sacred sites are more than coincidence ever since the 1920s, when Alfred Watkins first noticed a number of alignments between ancient sites in England in a small area, and coined the term “Ley lines” after noticing that a disproportionate number of the families who lived on these lines had last names ending with the letters L-E-Y.

At the end of the article, there is a link to a well-researched and well-balanced article titled “Ley Lines and Coincidence” by Jason Papadopoulos, which details the efforts of various ley hunters, from Watkins through the present, to show that the alignments between ancient sites defy the odds of “random points” aligning. Link to the article here:
http://www.boo.net/~jasonp/leyline.html

One computer model called the “Hough Transform,” discussed in detail in the article, came up with the following statistics for the average number of alignments that one could expect between random points in a given area, under criteria discussed specifically in the article:

50 random points: 35 3-point alignments, 0.5 4-point alignments

100 random points: 246 3-point alignments, 8.5 4-point alignments, 0.5 5-point alignments

200 random points: 1,915 3-point alignments, 130 4-point alignments, 7 5-point alignments, 0.3 6-point alignments

300 random points: 5,663 3-point alignments, 628 4-point alignments, 55 5-point alignments, 4.5 6-point alignments, 0.5 7-point alignments

400 random points: 12,949 3-point alignments, 1,899 4-point alignments, 225 5-point alignments, 20 6-point alignments, 2.3 7-point alignments, 0.3 8-point alignments

After reading the article, I realized that the best way to do a proper test of my crop circle/Indian mound/ley line theory would be to find the most complete possible collection of mound sites in an area that also had several crop circles, and to then see if I could beat the odds described above with such a “test area.”

I chose the Lower Peninsula of Michigan as my test area for many reasons: 1) I live in Grand Rapids, MI. 2) ”The Archaeological Atlas of Michigan” by W.B. Hinsdale, which contains the most complete collection of maps showing Indian mound sites available for the state of Michigan, was available for photocopying at the Grand Rapids public library, which did not have a similar book for any other state among its collection. 3) The Lower Peninsula is surrounded by large bodies of water on three sides, making it a naturally isolated area perfect for such a test. 4) Jeff Wilson’s map of crop circles in the USA contains the precise locations of eight crop formations in the Lower Peninsula which had all been tested and verified as genuine crop formations; I thought that eight was enough to work with, for this test area.

One by one, I added earthwork sites from Hinsdale’s maps onto my Michigan map until I had covered the lower 3/5 of the Lower Peninsula. This area is the “test area” discussed in the rest of this post.

As of this writing, I have added all of the earthworks from the southern border of the state up through the borderline marking the northern borders of the counties of Mason, Lake, Osceola, Clare, Gladwin, and Arenac. This creates a roughly square area which contains the locations of all 8 genuine Michigan crop formations from Wilson’s map, and also contains 445 Indian mound sites, which were mostly taken from Hinsdale’s maps. (I have also included the 10/07 New Haven Township crop formation on my map for now, even though the formation was destroyed by visitors before it could be tested for authenticity. My feeling is that if its location fits significantly into one or more major alignments, it may offer some clues as to the likelihood of it’s the formation’s authenticity.)

So far, in this area I have found 3 eight-point alignments, 5 seven-point alignments, and over 20 six-point alignments.

This means I am already roughly matching the Hough model in the number of 6-point alignments I’ve found in this area, and slightly exceeding the model in the number of seven-point and eight-point alignments found, though there may very well be more alignments in the “test” area that I have not yet noticed. Also, I suspect that the standards for an “alignment” in the Hough model are looser than the standards I have set for my map.

However, there is one particular six-point alignment, of the 20+ that I’ve found in Michigan, which beats out any odds discussed above, due to an additional “X-Factor” in the alignment that I think is far too great to be instantly dismissed as a “coincidence.”

This “X-Factor” is the fact that this particular 6-point alignment of Michigan Indian mounds matches up perfectly with the southernmost line of the pentagonal ley line pattern found within the “Great Lakes Biome,” a large ley line system that was mapped out by geomancer Peter Champoux several years ago. The map of this biome can be found in Champoux’s book “The Gaia Matrix,” and also on his website, at the following link:
http://www.geometryofplace.com/images/sitepdf/GreatLakesBiome.pdf

I had drawn this pentagram into my Google Earth map several weeks ago, and then deactivated (“or “hid”) its layer before I began adding in the Michigan earthworks from Hinsdale’s atlas. Then, on July 29, I turned the “pentagram” layer back on, and – to my delight – I found several mounds matching up with two different lines of the pentagram crossing through the NW quadrant of my “test area.” This drew my attention to the southernmost line of the pentagon crossing through Michigan, after which I immediately found the amazing precise alignment of 6 mounds, all within Michigan’s boundaries, along this line.

Peter Champoux’s “Great Lakes Biome” map

Alignment of 6 mound sites in Michigan matching bottom line of pentagon

To me, this represents another major confirmation of Champoux’s work, much like Alignment #1, which is a 7-point or 8-point (depending on whether or not you count the Portsmouth Earthworks) alignment of crop formations and Indian earthwork sites starting at the Oakvale, WV crop formation and ending at Miamisburg Mound in Miamisburg, OH. As discussed in my first post, Alignment #1 matches up with the SE-NW line of the pair of ley lines comprising Champoux’s “Great Cross of North America.”

Basically, I think that Champoux & I have found the same ley line, but from two completely different approaches/angles. I think that this could be viewed as a double-sided confirmation of both approaches to finding ley lines, and also viewed as a general confirmation that ley lines are real.

It is inevitable that some of the alignments I find in this process will just be “random” coincidences rather than actual ley lines. However, I think that if I keep going forth with this project in this manner, which could be described as “throwing everything on the wall and then seeing what sticks,” figuring out which ones are actual ley lines will become easier as the map develops and expands beyond Michigan.

While I think that some of the precise five-point alignments I have found in smaller areas of Michigan are worth noting, today I am publicly sharing only alignments with 6 or more points. I think that these 24 alignments, each containing at least 6 points, are enough to illustrate my point and provide the proof that I’m matching, and possibly exceeding, the Hough model odds of “random alignments.”

The first alignment on the list, Alignment #25, is the 6-point alignment of Indian mounds which, against all odds, happens to match up perfectly with with the southernmost line of the pentagon in Champoux’s Great Lakes Biome ley line map. Here’s the list:

#25: 6 mound sites:
mounds (unknown number), Hamtramck, MI >
1 mound, Ann Arbor, MI >
1 ring earthwork, Homer, MI >
mounds (unknown number), Girard, MI >
1 ring earthwork, Colon, MI >
1 mound, Dayton, MI

For reference, I have included the pentagram from Champoux’s Great Lakes Biome in the updated version of my “Alignments” file, as well as Champoux’s “City Ley,” which is the NE-SW line of his “Great Cross.” Both are marked as purple lines.

#26: 8 mound sites:
1 mound, Tyrone Township, MI >
3 mounds, Argentine, MI >
1 ring earthwork, Newburg, MI >
2 mounds, Six Lakes, MI >
2 mounds, Pine Grove Beach, MI >
3 mounds, Pine Grove Beach, MI >
1 mound, Custer, MI >
1 mound, Hamlin Lake, MI

#27: 6 or 7 mound sites & 1 crop formation:
7/06 Hartland, MI RDF >
1 mound, Ovid, MI >
2 mounds, Maple Rapids, MI >
40 mounds, Maple Rapids, MI >
ring earthwork, Walkerville, MI >
3 mounds, Colfax Township., MI >
1 mound, Summit Township, MI

There were 6 mounds in Entrican, MI whose precise locations have been lost to time; one or more of these mounds may have also been on this line.

#28: 7 mound sites & 1 crop formation:
mounds (unknown number), Ivanhoe, MI >
1 mound, Tuscola, MI >
1 mound, Tuscola, MI >
6/06 New Lothrop, MI RDF >
1 ring earthwork, Bedford, MI >
1 mound, Galesburg, MI >
1 square earthwork, Schoolcraft, MI >
2 mounds, Chamberlains, MI

#29: 8 or 9 mound sites:
4 mounds, Saginaw, MI >
1 mound, St. Charles, MI >
1 mound, Casteton, MI >
1 mound, Cooper, MI >
2 mounds, Pokagon, MI >
1 ring earthwork, Sumnerville, MI >
9 mounds, Sumnerville, MI >
1 mound, Dayton, MI

The mound near Oshtemo, MI may have also been on this line; its precise location is unknown.

#30: 5 mound sites & 1 crop formation:
1 ring earthwork, Mt. Clemens, MI >
mounds (unknown number), Howell, MI >
6/06 Holt, MI RDF >
1 mound, Casteton, MI >
1 mound, Irving, MI >
2 ring earthworks, Hamilton, MI

Note the proximity of the 7/06 Hartland, MI RDF to this line.

#31: 7 mound sites:
mounds (unknown number), Bailey, MI >
1 mound, Fremont, MI >
1 mound, Fremont, MI >
1 mound, Huber, MI >
1 ring earthwork, Walkerville, MI >
1 mound, Logan Township, MI >
1 mound, Logan Township, MI

#32: 7 mound sites:
3 mounds, Argentine, MI >
1 mound, Argentine, MI >
1 mound, Morseville, MI >
1 mound, Bridgeport, MI >
1 mound, Bay City, MI >
1 mound, Bay City, MI >
3 mounds, Wenona Beach, MI

#33: 7 or 8 mound sites (6 or 7 within the Michigan border):
Fort Hill, Sinking Spring, OH >
mounds (unknown number), Lakeview, MI >
mounds (unknown number), Bailey, MI >
1 mound, Dayton Center, MI >
1 mound, Dayton Center, MI >
2 mounds, Hesperia, MI >
7 mounds, Hesperia, MI >

The exact location and number of the mounds in Burlington, MI are unknown, but one or more of them may have also been located on this line.

#34: 5 mound sites & 1 crop formation:
mounds (unknown number), Shabbona, MI >
1 mound, Caro, MI >
4 mounds, Saginaw, MI >
10/02 Hemlock, MI crop formation >
mounds (unknown number), Crystal, MI >
3 mounds, Crockery, MI

#35: 7 mound sites:
mounds (unknown number), Port Austin, MI >
1 mound, Brant Township, MI >
1 mound, Eureka, MI >
mounds (unknown number), Eureka, MI >
mounds (unknown number), Portland, MI >
3 ring earthworks, Cooper, MI >
2 mounds, Fairland, MI

#36: 6 mound sites:
mounds (unknown number), Lake Orion Heights, MI >
mounds (unknown number), Aurelius, MI >
mounds (unknown number), Olivet, MI >
mounds (unknown number), Bellevue, MI >
1 mound, Cooper, MI >
1 mound, Northwood, MI

#37: 6 or 7 mound sites:
3 mounds, Edenville, MI >
2 mounds, Vernon City, MI >
3 mounds, Brinton, MI >
5 mounds, Volney, MI >
3 mounds, Volney, MI >
1 mound, Elbridge, MI

The exact location of the mound in Mills Township is not known, but it might also fall on this line.

#38: 7 mound sites:
1 mound, Bitely, MI >
1 mound, Dayton Center, MI >
1 mound, Saugatuck, MI >
1 mound, Sulphur Springs, MI >
1 mound, Paw Paw, MI >
2 mounds, Eau Claire, MI >
1 mound, Buchanan, MI

#39: 5 mound sites & 1 crop formation:
6/06 New Lothrop, MI RDF >
2 mounds, Brohman, MI >
1 mound, Volney, MI >
mounds (unknown number), Volney, MI >
6 mounds, Colfax Township, MI >
1 mound, Fern, MI

#40: 6 mound sites:
1 ring earthwork, Gilead, MI >
2 ring earthworks, Bronson, MI >
1 ring earthwork, Athens, MI >
1 mound, Galesburg, MI >
4 mounds, Richland, MI >
1 mound, Grant Townhip, MI

#41: 6 mound sites:
1 mound, Flushing, MI >
1 mound, Brent Creek, MI >
1 mound, Montrose, MI >
1 mound, Morseville, MI >
1 mound, Bridgeport, MI >
1 mound, Bay City, MI

#42: 6 mound sites:
1 mound, Bridgeton, MI >
2 ring earthworks, East Saugatuck, MI >
1 mound, South Haven, MI >
2 mounds, Eau Claire, MI >
1 mound, Buchanan, MI >
2 mounds, Buchanan, MI

#43: 6 mound sites:
1 mound, Detroit, MI >
1 mound, Union Plains, MI >
1 mound, Middlebury, MI >
mounds (unknown number), Eureka, MI >
mounds (unknown number), Crystal, MI >
7 mounds, Lakeview, MI

#44: 6 mound sites:
21 mounds, Port Huron, MI >
1 mound, Atkins, MI >
2 mounds, Columbiaville, MI >
1 mound, Morseville, MI >
1 mound, St. Charles, MI >
2 mounds, Six Lakes, MI

#45: 6 to 8 mound sites:
21 mounds, Port Huron, MI >
effigy mounds (unknown number), Owosso, MI >
1 mound, Middlebury, MI >
1 mound, Middlebury, MI >
Norton Indian Mounds, Wyoming, MI >
1 ring earthwork, Walker, MI

Note the proximity of this line to the location of 8 mounds in Flint, MI, and 3 mounds in Five Points, MI. If some mounds in those groupings were located far enough beyond the point where W.B. Hinsdale placed the center of his dot on the map, then some of them might also lie on this line.

#46: 6 or 7 mound sites:
1 mound, Findley, MI >
8 mounds, Fairfax, MI >
1 mound, Galesburg, MI >
Norton Indian Mounds, Wyoming, MI >
1 mound, Dayton Center, MI >
1 mound, Dayton Center, MI

Hinsdale's marker for "2 mounds" in Mendon is close enough to this line where one of those 2 mounds may also be part of this alignment.

#47: 5 mound sites & 1 crop formation site:
7/03 and 9/06 Howell, MI crop formations >
mounds (unknown number), Newaygo, MI >
14 mounds, Newaygo, MI >
1 mound, Dayton Center, MI >
1 mound, Dayton Center, MI >
1 mound, Elbridge, MI

#48: 5 mound sites & 1 crop formation site:
7/03 and 9/06 Howell, MI crop formations >
1 ring earthwork, North Leslie, MI >
1 mound, Clarence, MI >
2 mounds, Chamberlains, MI >
1 mound, Marcellus, MI >
1 mound, Volinia, MI

Hinsdale's marker for an unknown number of mounds in North Leslie, MI is close enough to this line where some of those mounds may have been part of this alignment, in addition to the ring earthwork in North Leslie that is definitely part of the alignment.

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Edited by Wabun (08/08/08 07:58 PM)