The Druids-in-America hypothesis purports that people from the Old World explored the Arkansas River long before either Columbus or Ericson.

One thing for certain and as any Druid or neo-Druid can appreciate those parallax engravings, in conjunction with the sun’s rays striking them, precisely mark the equinoxes. The debate over who left these markings keeps the crowds coming. The city of Springfield, 35 miles (56 km) north of the cave, takes advantage of the controversy and throws a festival twice a year during the equinox. Others insist that evidence from the entire area of the plains, canyons, and deserts of the North American southwest point to the early native civilizations as author. Some say Druids from the Old World marked their travel here by use of the ancient Celtic tree language, Ogham. The entire ‘show’ lasts from eight to twelve minutes and draws awe-struck crowds. With extremely clever artistry, the etchings illuminate by the sun only two times a year. Inside, numerous petroglyphs decorate dark walls. On the Comanche National Grasslands at the very south-eastern corner of Colorado exists Crack Cave, formed when a large boulder broke away from the bluff. Finally, unexpected evidence was unearthed from the epicenter of this American controversy that speaks pivotally to matters crucial to modern-Druid hearts, no matter which side of the Atlantic they reside. I practically choked on a dust-storm that spawned from the many nearly believable theories and winsome, wacky characters met along the way.

Prepared for anything, I sorted through scholarly texts, pictures, videos, transcripts, and maps that swirled like dervishes around all of the allure and luster only the possibility of the impossible can whip up. Soon, an academic requirement afforded me the opportunity to look into this curiosity.

Being Coloradoan, of strong Celtic ancestry myself, and an OBOD Ovate, curiosity grabbed hold and I prepared to recalibrate yet again my knowledge of the discovery of America. A few years ago, I heard that ancient Celts possibly wandered America’s heartland and left Ogham marks on a cave in Colorado. Later, my daughters learned that the Vikings arrived on these shores 500 years prior to Columbus. When I learned history, Columbus discovered America.

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