Of course if you read about the Texas version of Stonehenge on the internet, the writers of such nonsense will tell you something like it being a replica created by a gentleman by the name of Al Shepperd in 1989. Blah, ba blah blah blah… Readers, this blogmeister would like to tell you the “true” story of the Texas Stonehenge.
In 1541 the explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado came upon a very mysterious sight when exploring what is now the great state of Texas. He discovered a giant stone head like what is found on the Easter Islands and a strange layout of stone arranged in a circular pattern. Native American guides called this the Nest of the Thunderbird. They told a strange tale of celestial lights hovering over the Nest of the Thunderbird and small humanoid creatures that “walked through the fiery ring” of the stone nest. Legend has it that Coronado was so terrified by this tale that he ordered the stones be scattered and all traces of the site be destroyed. When one of the stones was discovered by a neighbor of Al Shepperd’s 1989, Shepperd and a few other fellows then created the replica that stands in Ingram, TX today.
