This article appeared in the October 1996 issue of Phactum, the newsletter of the Philadelphia Association for Critical Thinking. It is copyright © PhACT, 1996. All rights reserved.
-- by Eric Krieg
For years paranormal books have touted Ringing Rocks in Bucks county as a paranormal lifeless area of strange activity. They say it is a convergence of ley lines and bizarre forces and that compasses won't work right. (Actually, you can easily make a compass spin around anywhere.)
On Saturday August 24, nearly 2 dozen of us gathered at a site known as Ringing Rocks in the far north of Bucks County. The site is a rock field of igneous This site has been mentioned in the Fortean Times. SITU, a "scientific" group investigated the site in the 70's, claimed they felt disoriented, that compasses spun and that nothing grew there. Our group included an electrical engineer, a physicist, and a naturalist. We found no significant background radiation, normal magnetic fields, and normal electromagnetic activity, no dinosaur tracks, and a significant presence of flora and fauna. We had a lot of fun scampering over rocks and playing them with hammers. Nothing paranormal was found; we ended up concluding the previous investigation team would likely be disoriented just about anywhere.
But, we did discover a beautiful waterfalls nearby where our group (including many family members) had a delightful picnic. We also got impromptu nature expositions from our dynamic program director, Craig Olsen. A good time was had by all. The get together was informally concluded at a local ice cream joint where we observed more wildlife.
Real Rock Music - recordings of the sounds from ringing rocks.
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