The Fossil That Came Back
Although it is not exactly paranormal in nature, the
phenomenon of entombed animals is completely unexplainable by modern
science. Frequently reported throughout history, people have been startled
to find living animals trapped in stones, tree trunks, or concrete,
sometimes hundreds of feet below the earth’s surface. In every report, the
animal (usually a frog or toad) is found as a rock was split open or a
tree trunk was being sawed, with no possible way evident for the creature
to end up inside the cavity of the stone or tree. The cavity is usually
slightly larger than the animal, and often it is the same shape as the
animal found inside. Animals that are suddenly freed from their stony
prisons are often reported as turning darker in color, having difficulty
breathing at first, and becoming full of life.
A toad estimated to be over 6000 years old was freed from it’s stony
prison in 1865, by excavators in Durham, England. The live toad was found
in a block of magnesian limestone 25 feet underground. Its eyes were
reported to be especially bright, its hind claws were particularly long
and the claws of its forefeet were turned in. It grew darker in colour,
from a pale colour matching the stone it was found in to a darker olive
brown. It appeared to have difficulty breathing as it made a barking sound
from its nostrils.