The Midwest Archaeology Conference held at Radisson in St. Paul, Minnesota in November before this article was printed found a completely different and more complete investigational answer. They had only one 'debunker' dissenter who thought Wiseman might be right. The historian with records from royal court of Norway. The top linguist who showed flaws in earlier scholarship. No one alive at time this stone was discovered could have known what information was held within syntax and vernacular usages of time it actually was written or inscribed. It was shortly thereafter that scholars saw these things yet it has been a hundred years and many books have been written. Three questionable witnesses have said their father or grandfather forged stone. I guess you could liken them to jailhouse confessions but why did they need three different 'confessors' when only one did it in each case? The chemical engineer and all other archaeologists present at this meeting were engaged in "utter speculation by uninformed ranks" according to Prof. Wiseman and Archaeology Magazine.

There are people today engaged in ridiculing Farley Mowat because he is showing how Scots of St. Albans came here before Norse (if there is any difference between Pictish Scots and Gothic Norse) who settled L'Anse-aux-Meadows. You would think these people would know when they are beat, but BIG LIE affects a large percentage of people who never really evaluate facts. Mowat was a key factor in battle to get Norse point of view across in his book Westviking. One such ridiculer or paid hatchetman said Mowat has no experience in north of Canadian Arctic. My oldest brother's first wife's father was a missionary in Arctic before becoming a Chartered Accountant. He lived with Farley for two years there. Farley came to our lake and visited, but I never met him. Let me assure you experts often have no integrity. Their example is part of reason why our kids lie and cheat (on tests in American schools, Reader's Digest said 78% ADMIT cheating.) or grow up to be lawyers and politicians.

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