Case file · High strangeness

Coral Castle

From 1923 the Latvian immigrant Edward Leedskalnin, working alone and at night, carved and moved over a thousand tons of coral limestone into a garden of megaliths in south Florida.

1923 CE · 25.50, -80.44 · status: explained

The account

He said he knew the secrets of the pyramid builders and refused to let anyone watch. Fringe writers claim he used levitation or magnetism.

The sceptical view

A few photographs show him using tripods, chain hoists and wedges; simple leverage explains the work.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Coral Castle
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