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On or a day or two before, much of the 'Old Man' fell off. New Hampshire's 'Old Man of the Mountain' Rock climb on Cannon Cliffs goes right past the Stone Face site. Of the rocks were held in place with steel cables and turnbuckles. A natural stoneįormation, it was the symbol of the state of New Hampshire. The 'Old Man of the Mountain:' In Franconia Notch, on the side ofĬannon Mountain sat the Old Man of the Mountain.Without late afternoon shadows it is hard to see the face. Another 'Sleeping Giant' is formed by the part of the Absaroka Range near Livingston, MT.A 'Sleeping Indian' near Jackson, Wyoming.(or her) head is to the right, and folded arms, hips, knees, and toes That pushed through the shale and sandstone. Layers of sandstone and shale, but his toes are volcanic necks, lava Most of the 9977-foot Sleeping Ute mountain is uplifted Visitors must have a Ute guide to visit the The 3-day Sun Dance is held every year on a sagebrush flat over Warrior resting from battling against great evil that threatened the In Ute tradition, the mountain is a grand The mountain'sĪngular crests fit together to form a sleeping man facing the Ute In southwestern Colorado and northern New Mexico. Sleeping Ute Mountain lies on the 'Ute Mountain Ute Reservation'.

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The giant was so full that he lay down to nap, and has not Great number of rocks hidden in a vast quantity of fish and The villagers of Wailua tricked him into eating a Legend has it that this was a pesky giant who ateĬonstantly. Mountain) between Wailua and Kapaa that looks like the figure ofĪ man. On the coconut coast of Hawaii lies the Sleeping Giant (Nounou.It is said to mark the entrance to Cherokee holy ground. 'The Great Stone Face,' or 'Stoneface' is located in Pennington Gap, Virginia.Immediately, a great storm broke over the land, turning Silver pieces to the white traders and revealed the secret of Silver Ornaments worn by the Ojibway, sent a scout to discover the mine's The rival Sioux nation, envious of the beautiful silver White men or he would be turned to stone and the tribe would Nanabijou warned the Ojibway not to reveal the mine to the With the secret location of a rich silver mine on Silver Long ago, Nanabijou entrusted a loyal tribe of Ojibway Indians This giant was once (legend has it) Nanabijou, the spirit of the deep Nanabijou can be seen from the harbor of Thunderīay, Ontario, resembling the body of a sleeping, 7-mile-long giant. One landmark is Nanabijou, the 'sleeping giant' from.Also, 'Cara' pointed me to a book called 'Natural Likeness: Faces and Figures in Nature' by John Mitchell. (I am not the only one! See Matt Bergstrom's So now I am collecting 'faces' seen in natural formations. Iīelieve the name of the peaks is 'the crags,' and, as one might expect, the crags resemble a face only from one particular viewing direction. Sleeping Indian has an extra lip, but is still startlingly lifelike. It turned out, the real Sleeping Indian is just a head facing skyward,Īnd you can see the profile of the face. Lump that must be the warrior's weapons beneath the buffalo skin.) As YouĬan trace the rise and fall of head, chest, and feet, and an extra Under a shroud after a brave death in battle, of an Indian Chief. Really Owl Mountain (Owl Mountain looks like the supine form, perhaps Later, I found out that what I had pegged as the Sleeping Indian was Were talking about and, sure enough, found one. As a child I tried to see the 'sleeping indian' that the adults Indian' mountain seen in the Colorado Rockies from the area of Walden,ĬO. From my childhood I remember the 'Sleeping I sometimes get a curiosity itch and I am wondering how many 'faces'Īre seen in landforms. The content below will disappear in September.Ĭredit: Ranger Rick magazine (National Wildlife Federation) / Leen van der Slik - Earth Scenes This page has moved! New URL: /worthey/html/landformfaces.

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