When a Rock Knocks

[AlanLichty]

An abandoned cabin/homestead just south of Glendale, Utah along US89. There are a lot of abandoned structures like this but finding ones with a good view and a place to pull off to shoot them is easier said than done. This one is on posted land with a fence quite a ways back but easily reached with a 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 lens.

I'd love to hear the story about how the rather large rock wedged in the back door of this abandoned homestead got there since there is no obvious way to blame this on gravity. Upslope from the cabin is heavily wooded with trees that are as old or older than the structure which minimizes the chances it rolled down and ended up exactly at the back door. The slope direction is off to the left and not from directly behind.

When a Rock Calls

• AlanLichty
• Mar 3, 2018

Abandoned cabin along US 89 near Glendale, Utah.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Ben Egbert]

This is indeed a mystery. Perhaps the rock was always behind the cabin but rolled closer during some rainstorm.

 

[AlanLichty]

It somehow had to come down the slope with enough speed to get it up into the doorway. It appears to be at least a couple of feet over floor level on top of some wood. Mysteries we will never solve from the vantage point along the highway

 

[Douglas Sherman]

It has to be aliens, Alan. That is the only way you can explain things that seem to be unexplainable i.e. the Nazca Lines and Crop Circles.

 

[Ben Egbert]

I wonder if that rock rolled down the hill and left a skinny track that you cannot see? I bet that rock would have no problem mowing down those trees.

 

[AlanLichty]

It has to be aliens, Alan. That is the only way you can explain things that seem to be unexplainable i.e. the Nazca Lines and Crop Circles.

Wow - thanks - I knew there had to be a logical explanation

 

[AlanLichty]

I wonder if that rock rolled down the hill and left a skinny track that you cannot see? I bet that rock would have no problem mowing down those trees.

All we can do is guess since this is well off the roadway on posted land. There may also be front loader tracks behind the cabin for all I know too.

 

[JimFox]

I am inclined to go with Doug's Alien theory!

A very cool shot though, glad you had the lens to reach it.

 

[AlanLichty]

I am inclined to go with Doug's Alien theory!

A very cool shot though, glad you had the lens to reach it.

I am kind of fond of that theory too. They wouldn't have left any tracks.

I wish I could have come up with a better angle on it but moving in either direction puts more branches in front of the subject or eliminates it entirely. This was taken in early April so it would be mostly obscured in late spring/summer.

 

[Mike Mancil]

Pfft, Occam’s Razor comes into play here, it has to be a..... doorstop .

 

[BarryHamilton]

Maybe the house was built around the rock?
Very nice image, Alan!

 

[Jeffrey]

Rock or no rock, this is a fine image, Alan. I love things like this. Well captured.