The Iron Axehead

It's taken me quite a while to cataloge the majority of Samor's rift notes, most of them seem to be in an almost intentionally random order, as if devised in some system only Samor could understand. One of these files especially perked my interest, a series of chemical analysis charts titled "'sphinx' axe comp." Aparently Samor had his mysterious iron axe head analyzed and discovered trace minerals buried within the rusted "poc marks" on it's face. It appears by his analysis that the axe head was submerged in an extremely mineral-rich body of water, the traces of iron are especially high in relation to other trace minerals the lab detected. I have sent all the information I have on the axe head, including detailed photographs I uncovered, to a friend of mine who specializes in salvaging underwater wrecks. Perhaps he can tell me more about the body of water in which the axe head was submerged.

I am puzzled as to the purpose of this indentation. Cringe suggests that it is some sort of blood-letting groove, to keep blood from running down the blade. I disagree, the blade seems much to heavy to have been very practical in batttle in addition to the fact that the opposite end of the blade seems more utility-like than war-like, and has obviously been used to pound another metal object.

The Bear Mountain Caves

This is the last page of Samor's notes that were in his files, though I believe it to be the first page of a notebook I do not have here because the paper style and textures are unique and different from his other notebooks. Perhaps he took it with him and accidentally left this page behind.   I plan on using the universities high definition scanner to upload a better quality image soon.

 

On this page his progressively deteriorating mental condition can be clearly seen, as well as the mention of the "Bear Mountain Caves". If I recall there is a Bear Mountain near Nyack, where he claimed to have discovered a series of stone stairways that were vaguely connected to his theory. I remember him telling me excitedly about the discovery of the cave when he returned from his trip, but when I asked him about it some weeks later he told me it had been a hoax of some sort. The notes, however, are dated after our conversation and make no reference to a hoax.

Sigara Balleni

I've started to sort through Samor's quite expansive Rift Theory file and I have been able to verify the existence of a little known water beetle called the Sigara balleni. But have not, as of yet, confirm it's cohabitation of both Florida everglades and West Africa.

Description:

"The widely distributed Sigara balleni is about 8 mm long. It is one of the chirping members of the aquatic bugs and has the same habitat and way of life as 'Corixa'."

The Corixa, otherwise known as the Lesser Water-Boatman or Water Cicadas, is described broadly as being "widely distributed in about 300 species throughout the world in fresh and brackish water."

It may be then plausible to assume the Sigara balleni's habitat does include the America's as well as Africa. But how can we know if this tiny water beetle was not introduced by Europeans or even American slave traders? While the Sigara balleni's presence in Africa may be true, it would be impossible to pinpoint the date of it's arrival. Samor must have known this, in which case he probably wouldn't have taken the ticket to Equatorial Guinea to confirm Segar's reports. The more I investigate Samor's theory, the more I believe that Samor believed the key to his theory was buried in India. But how then did he end up in Japan like my mysterious emailer claims?