December 9, 2006: Young man of the mountain

Spluch finds and translates this item from the Chinese Xinhua:

"This rock formation which resembles a human face (when viewed from the side) can be found at Shiquan town in Shanxi province, China. It was formed after the construction of the mountain road was completed. This creation is purely accidental."

Now, this entry is less interesting to those of you who never saw or never heard of New Hampshire's rock formation which became its unofficial symbol, before it came crashing down in 2003: The Old Man of the Mountains.

And as a long-time skeptic I know that the faces are simply our minds making sense of patterns. This is what we do. But I can't resist thinking, well, the Old Man can't be held back; knock him down in one part of the earth and his younger version pops out in another place.

the chinese man of the mountain looks decidedly anglo. and a good bit tougher than the new england one. although, the new england one looks a good bit like the patriot on their football helmet.

No, I promise, it's purely accidental! ;-)

He looks a bit Roman to me. It really is amazing how people can recognize a human face in almost anything.

He also looks annoyed. Maybe because they stuck a stinky road right under his nose..... or having to move half way around the world, when he still had 6,000 years on his lease. :rtfm:

And if you look at this formation from any other angle, it doesn't look like anything, I'll bet.

A few blocks from here.

I saw this um... Guy? (Dog?) (Dogguy?)

King wrote:

...It really is amazing how people can recognize a human face in almost anything.

Like what astronomers see in the Witch Head Nebula?

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061211.html :eek:

ajaccio wrote:

Like what astronomers see in the Witch Head Nebula?

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061211.html :eek:

Ooh. Good one.

I didn't know the Old Man of the Mountain was gone. I saw that on my honeymoon back in 1991. :(

ajaccio wrote:

Like what astronomers see in the Witch Head Nebula?

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061211.html :eek:

Yeah, that's the kind of thing I meant. This is another one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_on_mars

As far as I'm aware, this ability is an evolutionary thing; developed so that we can recognise our carers when we're babies, or at least something along those lines.

SPUCK wrote:

A few blocks from here.

I saw this um... Guy? (Dog?) (Dogguy?)

Looks like a dolphin.

ajaccio wrote:

Like what astronomers see in the Witch Head Nebula?

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061211.html :eek:

Looks like Abe Lincoln, to me.:D

wolf wrote:

Looks like a dolphin.

Nah, that's a shark... :D

Elspode wrote:

Nah, that's a shark... :D

I know this ain't the friday animal img...but would still like all of yall to know that grilled shark is delicious.

Does it taste like chicken?

Seriously though, what would you liken it to? I've never had shark.

Damn! Beat me to it.. :smashfrea

There was one in the Kern Valley.

Shawnee123 wrote:

Does it taste like chicken?

Seriously though, what would you liken it to? I've never had shark.

To tell the truth I haven't had it in awhile I just remember that it was one of the few types of fish that I actually liked. And remember that I loved it...I just don't really remember what it tasted like, sorry.

As a New Hampshire resident, I'm impressed by how similar this looks to the former Old Man.

Oh, you just think all rock faces look alike.

racist.

reeeowr

Shawnee123 wrote:

Does it taste like chicken?

Seriously though, what would you liken it to? I've never had shark.

It's a meaty kind of fish. It's been a while for me too, but I remember it was similar to swordfish.

I loved it - always love an animal I like the look of as well as the taste. Oh and you can wear them as well! If only you could race and ride sharks they'd be up there with pigs...

Undertoad wrote:

Looks kind of like the profile of Rock Hudson:



Needs someone to stick a pompadour up top, though.

They do eat a lot of soy over there.

hello! everybody,i'm a yong man, how do you do!

admirallpj wrote:

hello! everybody,i'm a yong man, how do you do!

Um...how do I do what?

You should get that yong looked at, before it falls off.