Ohio's Serpent Mound & Arizona's Crater: Travels with D.L. Siluk

By Dennis L. Siluk


It is quite a site, what they call ‘Ohio’s Enigmatic Effigy Mound.’ I went to visit it with my son in the summer of 2000, he lives in Columbus, Ohio, and I asked him if he had ever seen ‘Serpent Mound?’ and he said no. I couldn’t believe it, but then, he is not as intrigued at such things as I. I once I few him down to see the large ‘Meteor Crater,’ in Arizona; he said, “Dad, to me it’s just a big hole in the ground.’

He’s a good man, Cody, but the crater didn’t do much for him. I was of course fascinated with it. I mean here is the best preserved crater in the world, 50,000-years old, 570 feet deep and 4,100 feet across, and all he wanted to do was get back to Los Vegas and play roulette; this was his first trip to Los Vegas. I can’t believe it, an Army Ranger for six-years, never in Los Vegas, so this was kind of a special trip, since he had just gotten out of the Army.

Anyhow, its circumference is over three miles, and it is a Natural Landmark of the U.S. Department of the Interior; and I purchased one of the last three large pieces for sale.

As I was about to say earlier, Serpent Mound, is an effigy mound per se. And again my boy could not give much credence to this historical site; not to say he didn’t like it, he just didn’t think it was worth the time to ride from Columbus, Ohio, to the site, but a few hours from home (maybe thinking about Los Vegas again). But felt since I came all the way from Minnesota to see him and my granddaughter, he’d be kind and go with me, this was a year later in the summer of 2001.

I do believe, this sight was here long before the Indians were here, since they have no idea who built it. Claim it they may, prove it to be theirs is another story. Anyhow, it is mysterious, it is claimed to date back to perhaps 3000 BC. Maybe this is the Garden of Eden’s serpent. Or one of the Ancient Watchers, of the so called, 200-bad angels that descended onto the earth, as legend indicates, and cohabitated with female flesh, and one had the head of a serpent: could be.

It is a fact the serpent was a cultural symbolism for the Aztecs and Kukulcan of the Mayans. And some of the Algonquian tribes in the Lake Superior region believe their ancestors had special interest in serpents. The magical legendary horned serpent, trying to swallow the sun, or a depiction of the solar eclipses; whatever it was intended for we may never know, but it is a great piece of mound building. At the site they have an observation tower, and you can walk along side of the big snake.

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About the author: Mr. Siluk is a world traveler, a lover of the mysteries around the world, and has visit many World Heritage Sites, his most recent being Easter Island, the Galapagos and Mesa Verde. His books can be seen on/at Barns and Noble.com, Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, Abe.com Alibis, Boarders and several other sites and book stores. Many of his books can be purchased through the English Bookdealers. He spends his time between Lima, Peru and St. Paul, Minnesota, and has just finished working on two new books: "The Macabre Poems,” and “Perhaps it’s Love,” and continues to work on "Curse of the Abyss Worm,” a suspenseful mystery, and “Cold Kindness,” a tragic love affair.

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