THE KENSINGTON RUNESTONE: Commentary and Speculation by Bob Voyles

From page 110...in "full view" of Nils Flaten's house, which is only possible from the top of Runestone Hill, not from a slope-side anywhere near the metal plaque in the foreground.  Flaten's house is eastward, on the other side of the knoll.

Oak Island, move over ...there could be Knights Templar treasure buried at Kensington Runestone Park, in Minnesota!  Is it possible?  Is it impossible?  Likely?  Unlikely?  Let's not be too serious for just a little while, okay?  Let's have some Christmastime fun while we explore the fantastical possibility that Templar treasure might currently be buried at Kensington Runestone Park...waiting, patiently, to be unearthed.... ( At this point, discontents and sourpusses are welcomed to take a "stage left.") So, for the purposes of presenting this special "treasure-hunt," I will need to personate someone who wholeheartedly believes that it is, indeed, possible that Templar treasure might be awaiting us underground--from a special spot designated and pointed out by stoneholes in rocks.  Metal detectors and ground penetrating radar could certainly be helpful, but we'll need to remember that any archaeological digging must be conducted by professionals, with pe

                Bear Petroglyph at Copper Harbor, Michigan, by Lake Superior              Bear Petroglyph in Dubuque County, Iowa, along the Mississippi River https://iowaarchaeology.tumblr.com/post/95100440756/fromtherepository-real-or-fake-newly-discovered     (Copy and paste this link for the article accompanying the above image from Iowa.) What do these two similar bear carvings suggest?   Luckily for me, I have not solidly set my viewpoint one way or the other.  In fact, I only became aware of the bear carving in far eastern Iowa very recently on Facebook, thanks to a couple of warm well-wishers.  Thanks!  However, my viewpoint about the Copper Harbor petroglyph of a sailing ship, seen below, has not been diminished or negatively affected by news of this association between two similar-appearing bear petroglyphs in two far apart locations.  For several reasons, I choose to continue thinking that the Norse Sailing Ship carving is genuinely medieval...and possibly even connected to