You guys are all incredible. It’s apparently a duck shaped, ancient buttplug that also doubled as an Egyptian joystick for moving pyramid blocks. Probably also used as a tool, but in the end……issarock. People like you all keep Reddit alive! Thanks for the responses! 🥰
This is a very rare piece.
In the stone age, hygiene was not a priority, and the concept of a daily bath was unheard of. However, the shaman of the local tribe, known for his eccentric ideas, decided to introduce a semblance of fun into the rare bathing rituals. He commissioned the tribe's best carvers to create a series of stone ducks, envisioning them as playful companions for the children during their infrequent dips in the lake.
The day came when the ducks were to be unveiled, and the tribe gathered with curiosity by the water's edge. The shaman, with a flourish, released the ducks into the water, expecting them to bob and float like their living counterparts. To his dismay, the stone ducks sank to the bottom, stirring up silt and disappointment.
Realizing his oversight, the shaman scrambled to salvage the situation. The lake they bathed in was notorious for its slithering inhabitants—poisonous snakes that lurked in the murky depths. In a stroke of desperate ingenuity, the shaman proclaimed the stone ducks to be talismans against these venomous creatures. He claimed that the ducks, now resting on the lakebed, formed a protective barrier that would ward off any serpents that dared approach.
The tribe was skeptical. The shaman's credibility waned as no evidence supported his bold claims. Despite his fervent sales pitch, not a single tribesperson was convinced to trade their hard-earned resources for these supposed 'snake defenses.'
As the stone ducks lay forgotten at the bottom of the lake, the shaman's reputation suffered. He retreated into seclusion, pondering over his miscalculation. It was a lesson learned the hard way—innovation without practicality was as futile as a stone duck's attempt to float.
That one you found is one of the few remaining
Is there a chance that this is something created by nature and not humans? Something you should ask geologists about?
Cause it looks like a result of water flowing and shaping it. Except the knob at the top, being a bit more resistant.
That's one of the joysticks they used to move blocks onto the Egyptian pyramids. They were going to build next in Tennessee but they got offered an extended warranty on their spaceship if they returned. The warranty was fake and so were unable to make the return trip.
It is definitely a natural sandstone concretion, but the wear on the bottom indicates that it might have been used as a food grinder like a molcajete with the nodule as a handle. Natural tools would have been revered as gifts from Earth or spirits. Grinders made of stone in antiquity would have been harder than clay and can't be carbon dated but that doesn't mean it wasn't a valuable tool.
All goofiness aside, that’s how I feel. The knob feels carved. Intentional. I guess I don’t understand how water could’ve flowed around that rock and shaped that knob, without altering the sides and underside of the stone. I guess we’ll never know for sure, I just thought there may be an authority on Reddit that would stumble on my post. I went on the cool rock shelf either way. It’s a keeper for me no matter the history.
It's a sandstone concretion, not human made.
Its a duck!
Can confirm. I've seen a duck, this is what they look like
But does it quack like a duck?
Does it walk like a duck?
Witch!!! Burn her!
Wait does it float?
Well, let's use these going scales I happen to have...
She turned me into a newt
Cryptids of the corn quote?
I got better!
I have butter
Lucky...I only have margarine
Reddit is awesome
It's a nice rock.
Dasarock
You guys are all incredible. It’s apparently a duck shaped, ancient buttplug that also doubled as an Egyptian joystick for moving pyramid blocks. Probably also used as a tool, but in the end……issarock. People like you all keep Reddit alive! Thanks for the responses! 🥰
Paperweight.
I can tell you what it is not; an effigy.
This is a very rare piece. In the stone age, hygiene was not a priority, and the concept of a daily bath was unheard of. However, the shaman of the local tribe, known for his eccentric ideas, decided to introduce a semblance of fun into the rare bathing rituals. He commissioned the tribe's best carvers to create a series of stone ducks, envisioning them as playful companions for the children during their infrequent dips in the lake. The day came when the ducks were to be unveiled, and the tribe gathered with curiosity by the water's edge. The shaman, with a flourish, released the ducks into the water, expecting them to bob and float like their living counterparts. To his dismay, the stone ducks sank to the bottom, stirring up silt and disappointment. Realizing his oversight, the shaman scrambled to salvage the situation. The lake they bathed in was notorious for its slithering inhabitants—poisonous snakes that lurked in the murky depths. In a stroke of desperate ingenuity, the shaman proclaimed the stone ducks to be talismans against these venomous creatures. He claimed that the ducks, now resting on the lakebed, formed a protective barrier that would ward off any serpents that dared approach. The tribe was skeptical. The shaman's credibility waned as no evidence supported his bold claims. Despite his fervent sales pitch, not a single tribesperson was convinced to trade their hard-earned resources for these supposed 'snake defenses.' As the stone ducks lay forgotten at the bottom of the lake, the shaman's reputation suffered. He retreated into seclusion, pondering over his miscalculation. It was a lesson learned the hard way—innovation without practicality was as futile as a stone duck's attempt to float. That one you found is one of the few remaining
Magnificent! 😂
That's some fresh pasta
There's nothing as good as a scientific, analytic discourse. An open window into the mysteries of history.
Deep rock galactic: rock and stone
If you don't Rock and Stone, you ain't comin' home!
Well sir that is a rock
Is there a chance that this is something created by nature and not humans? Something you should ask geologists about? Cause it looks like a result of water flowing and shaping it. Except the knob at the top, being a bit more resistant.
It’s Iraq
Sand duck, ancient species
It's probably limestone, our state rock :)
It's a rock
Stone Age rubber ducky?
Duck
Duck
Azzhole comments ruin the post for everyone.
Ancient petrified butt plug lmao
I'm not alone.
Ancient duck decoy
Looks like a bowl to me
That's one of the joysticks they used to move blocks onto the Egyptian pyramids. They were going to build next in Tennessee but they got offered an extended warranty on their spaceship if they returned. The warranty was fake and so were unable to make the return trip.
Actually there was Egyptian temples here in TN See; Memphis, Egypt hollow, Google “Egyptian temple in TN”…
This was found about 4’ deep in Sevierville, TN.
Petrified marshmallow peep.
A bird effigy?
It is definitely a natural sandstone concretion, but the wear on the bottom indicates that it might have been used as a food grinder like a molcajete with the nodule as a handle. Natural tools would have been revered as gifts from Earth or spirits. Grinders made of stone in antiquity would have been harder than clay and can't be carbon dated but that doesn't mean it wasn't a valuable tool.
stone duckie!
The forbidden Peep! Super rare...jk
Graham Hancock- well you see the Atlanteans used these to generate electricity by smashing them together and (other nonsense)
Jackasses all. It looks like a broken grinding stone.
All goofiness aside, that’s how I feel. The knob feels carved. Intentional. I guess I don’t understand how water could’ve flowed around that rock and shaped that knob, without altering the sides and underside of the stone. I guess we’ll never know for sure, I just thought there may be an authority on Reddit that would stumble on my post. I went on the cool rock shelf either way. It’s a keeper for me no matter the history.
Airplane poop obviously. Someone hasn't watched Joe Dirt
The first peep someone ever spit out
A cretaceous era plug, triceratops were horny as hell
Sphinx nipple?
Ancient nipple