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 Grozny
 
Location: USA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 20 on 11/7/2013 2:25 AM >
|  | | | Well, here is a little more info. I agree it could be random and as simple as a symbol someone likes and carves all over everything they see.
The area is an abandoned part of an otherwise very active federal installation. It is heavily patrolled by armed federal police. This area is an abandoned housing complex of about 80 World War I era houses full of stuff within the installation perimeter. None of the houses are vandalized, and most still have stuff in them.
The active area was, and still is, a locked psychiatric facility. There are lots of very interesting tree carvings (words, phrases, etc.) made by the mentally ill that date back to the 1930s. There are none more recent than the 1950s. The ones I have taken pictures of are still being carved today by someone.
I'm not saying it is satan worship, or anything crazy. I am just curious why this symbol could be so important to someone that they have been carving it with such frequency over such a long period of time. I think that because of the type of area, paintballers/farmers/etc. can be ruled out. Also, there are signs posted everywhere warning of severe penalties for possessing firearms and knives, so whoever is doing it is risking having to deal with vandalism and possession of a knife charges if caught by the police presence. So it must be important to them to carve this stuff.
"I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my dream. That's my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight... razor... and surviving." -Col. Kurtz. |
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MutantMandias
      
Perverse and Often Baffling
Location: Atlanta, GA
Gender: Male
Are you a reporter? Contact me for a UE interview! Also not averse to the the idea of group/anal.
| |  | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 21 on 11/7/2013 3:52 AM >
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dirtyw0rld
Location: Winnipeg/Okanagan
Gender: Female
| | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 22 on 11/7/2013 4:34 AM >
| | | | Given your information, I think it could be from travelers. I know some of them follow some kind of code for things like safety, power, fresh water, shelter, etc. My best friend knows more about them, she has one tattooed on her knee that means brother or something like that.. idk she traveled a lot
but if you can't figure it out, fuck it, its satanism
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mewthree
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 23 on 11/7/2013 8:30 AM >
| | | | it looks like some kind of W that maybe they tried to make it look a bit 3D... not sure if W maybe could be an initial for someone staying at the center you said is on the property?
Or, maybe it's LWJ in some sort of symmetrical style to look like a symbol? Could that stand for anything else you saw written on any of the trees?
In some of the pics, it can sort of look like a grin on a mouth or some sort of snear.. but there are no eyes or nose to fit with it...
I think maybe look at some of the other carvings to see if maybe something matches. I am guessing maybe the person doing it wants to leave a mark but probably doesn't think it's illegal like it would be to carve it on property in the area... but it also seems like it's someone who returns there consistently... maybe the only way you will ever know aside from waiting till you see who is doing it would be to carve "<---what does that mean?" next to it.. otherwise I don't see you ever actually finding out.
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tfaosd
Gender: Male
| | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 26 on 11/7/2013 5:34 PM >
| | | | Batman
The Fine Art of Self Destruction |
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blitz
Location: Cumberland, ME
Good news!
| |  | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 27 on 11/7/2013 7:02 PM >
| | | | This is in Rhode Island yes? You mentioned they're carved into trees... based on the pictures, they look like hardwoods. Southern New England used to be full of elm trees, New Haven actually used to be called "Elm City" until the Dutch Elm Blight killed pretty much every single Elm tree within 200 miles back in the 30's and 40's.
When I lived in Worcester, MA there was an overgrown arboretum that had a few old Elm and Chestnut trees that survived the blight, they were similarly marked for further study (although not with vague-ass symbols, usually with roman numerals from 1 through 13).
Just a thought, you could rule this out if the markings appear on a variety of tree species.
I may not believe in marriage, but I do believe in best men. |
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Grozny
Location: USA
Gender: Male
| | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 28 on 11/7/2013 8:56 PM >
| | | | Blitz, that is a good idea. Also thank you to shotgun mario and junkyard. All those ideas definitely make sense as a possibility.
mewthree, it could definitely be someone's stylized initials or some sort of personal marking they made up. I have tried everything I could think of to find a match, including rune stones, military map symbols, the more common hobo symbols, and even way off the grid stuff like modern day Wiccan/New Age. The fact that I haven't found anything even remotely close to it either means that your idea, along with the ideas of those that think it is a local type of hobo code, makes the most sense. I like the idea of just writing "what does that mean" next to one of them lol.
tfaosd, I actually thought it vaguely resembles a bat myself!
Anyway, I appreciate all of you guys who weighed in on this. This is why we have a great community.
"I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my dream. That's my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight... razor... and surviving." -Col. Kurtz. |
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MutantMandias
Perverse and Often Baffling
Location: Atlanta, GA
Gender: Male
Are you a reporter? Contact me for a UE interview! Also not averse to the the idea of group/anal.
| | | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 29 on 11/7/2013 10:22 PM >
| | | | It was a prophetic rune foretelling of the impending banning of Therrin. The trees should be worshiped as gods.
mutantMandias may cause dizziness, sexual nightmares, and sleep crime. ++++ mutantMandias has to return some videotapes ++++ Do not taunt mutantMandias
mutantMandias is something more than human, more than a computer. mutantMandias is a murderously intelligent, sensually self-programmed, non-being |
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lonewolf34
Location: Phoenix
Gender: Male
| | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 30 on 11/8/2013 12:39 AM >
| | | | This guy is leaving his mark...
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Turd Furgusen
Location: Charleston, WV
Gender: Male
I think marijuana is just nature's way of saying high!
| | | | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 31 on 11/11/2013 8:15 PM >
| | | | This....
Posted by dirtyw0rld
but if you can't figure it out, fuck it, its satanism
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Everyone has a dark side, mines just a little more illuminated. |
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Mark
Very Noble Donor
Location: South Carolina
Gender: Male
What is a lion, king of the savannah, when hes at the south pole?
| | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 32 on 11/11/2013 10:02 PM >
| | | | Looks like evil eyes from the Disturbed I bet it has more to do with kids then anything prophetic.
"If the threat level goes up its probably because of me." "I am looking for a girl who enjoys headbutting beltbuckles" |
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MutantMandias
Perverse and Often Baffling
Location: Atlanta, GA
Gender: Male
Are you a reporter? Contact me for a UE interview! Also not averse to the the idea of group/anal.
| | | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 33 on 11/11/2013 10:06 PM >
| | | | It looks a little like a folded napkin that would be part of a place setting at a fancy restaurant. Maybe it's a territory marker for a gang of restaurant waiters.
mutantMandias may cause dizziness, sexual nightmares, and sleep crime. ++++ mutantMandias has to return some videotapes ++++ Do not taunt mutantMandias
mutantMandias is something more than human, more than a computer. mutantMandias is a murderously intelligent, sensually self-programmed, non-being |
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Dayman
Location: Oxford, Ohio/Middletown, Ohio
Gender: Male
"Too Much, Too Soon...You're way out of tune"
| | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 34 on 11/13/2013 3:23 AM >
| | | | Posted by MutantMandias
It looks a little like a folded napkin that would be part of a place setting at a fancy restaurant. Maybe it's a territory marker for a gang of restaurant waiters.
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Yeah I just recently got out of the waiting business, because I couldn't take busting caps in my friends who roll'd with another restaurant anymore.
The Artisan Pizza Blood Line
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Send4Help
Location: A biology lab far, far away...
Gender: Male
No time for the old in-out, love.
| | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 35 on 11/13/2013 3:24 AM >
| | | | Drifter tag.
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lovelife
Location: D-Town
Gender: Male
Hide yo kids, Hide yo wife
| | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 36 on 11/18/2013 9:10 AM >
| | | | I think it could be a hieroglyphic of some sort.
And i only explore with the strobe setting. The standard setting is for squares. People tend to get a little upset with me, but it's the only way to truly live. -Relik |
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leafloving4x4gal
Location: Durham Region
Gender: Female
Someday is NOT a day of the week !
| | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 37 on 11/18/2013 7:17 PM >
| | | | The tree is a London Plane Tree....that's what I know....lol
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supersidalicious
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Gender: Male
| | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 38 on 11/18/2013 8:07 PM >
| | | | Really going off on a limb here, but it sure has a striking resemblance to the logo of Dinosaurs Will Die snowboards
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GLP.
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
| | Re: Can anyone identify this symbol?
<Reply # 39 on 11/18/2013 8:11 PM >
| | | | Posted by supersidalicious
Really going off on a limb here, but it sure has a striking resemblance to the logo of Dinosaurs Will Die snowboards
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That looks damn close to it
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