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Petroglyphs - Bellows Falls

First made known in 1789, these 24 odd sized faces' story is not fully known and there are many theories to explain them. They are carved into the rock along the edge of the Connecticut River just below the main part of Bellows Falls. A short scramble down the steep rocks of the river's edge will get you to them where some fading yellow paint marks the location. Their age and purpose is also made a bit more unknown due to some locals in the 1930s having the carvings deepened to help keep the river from eroding them away
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The faces are carved into this flat section of rock
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The faces are carved into this flat section of rock

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  • The faces are carved into this flat section of rock
  • Most of the faces are clustered in one area of the rock
  • A row of faces continues to the right
  • Along with marking the location with yellow paint, someone also appears to have painted in the markings at some time with paint.  This of course also causes the rock to erode differently than it normally would
  • This face was probably carved the deepest and was very simple looking
  • Some of the faces had objects on them.  The one had something round that looks a bit like a modern baseball cap
  • Ears? Antlers? Antenna?  The theories cover all of these options
  • Some faces included mouths while others did not
  • Another deep face with a mouth
  • Another face
  • Perhaps in the 1930s not all of the carvings were deepened.  This face isn't as noticeable as most of the others
  • The petroglyphs
  • The petroglyphs
  • The petroglyphs
  • A second smaller set of petroglyphs are to the left on this flat rock
  • Some of these carvings appear to have antennae
  • The one on the right appears to have been left unfinished
  • Two more faces on the left
  • Some of the faces
  • I'm not sure what the second arc behind this one would have meant
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