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Serie: Año de encuentros ©rafgc

Like for example this huge rock covering a barrow (or dolm not sure how to translate it) from 3.500-3.200 before our time, called Rokkestenen. The name basically translates to the rocking stone and it’s called that way because you can make it rock. The smaller rocks it was placed upon didn’t offer a steady foundation so by standing two persons on the rock on different sides and taking turn pushing down you can make it rock.  Or you could.

I’ve been looking on different sides, from big national nature sides to more local historical side, doing research on the history of my town and the surrounding area and they all say some version of  “after many long long years of having been rocked the stone will no longer budge.” All make it out to seem like any rocking of the stone occurred the ~ye olden days~ and was never seen in out time.

Here’s the thing though I remember rocking that stone as a child. I also remember it was easy at first but as the years went by it got harder and harder until it wouldn’t budge at all. Children my age weren’t the first to do this. People had been rocking the stone for generations just as easily as we did at first

They somehow managed to carry a large heavy box with bottles and 3x24 packs of beer down our driveway and road without anyone noticing.

We figured they were young since they left all the expensive tools and the alcohol that young people normally don't drink. Thing is, we know that someone has been stealing both alcohol and soda from our shed before, so we got a padlock. They also stole the padlock.

But then the little fuckers decided it would be a good idea to enjoy their loot in front of the city hall. A lot of young people do that, cause it's dark and you can go around back where no one can see you. But no one really knows that the place is full of surveillance cameras. 

We just happen to be friends with someone on the city counsel, who has access to those cameras. 

My sister could identify every single one by name because they all go to her school and one of them is kinda dating one of her close friends.

So now they either give back what they've got and pay for the rest or we go to the police. 

It's just really sweet actually catching people like that.

That's right my town, population 938, has its own music festival, and has had it for more than thirty years.