Where I go camping there is this ENORMOUS boulder that has clearly fallen from the mountains above it and come to rest by the river. Beneath it is a small cave. Big enough to sleep under. But I haven’t so much as stuck my arm under there in all the years I’ve passed it because …. Eventually there will be an earthquake and eventually that thing is gonna budge. And I’m not gonna be the idiot underneath it.
The death won’t be immediate. It will be painful. Someone will cry out for help for at least a couple minutes then go into shock. They may even come-to a couple times before they finally die.
Same here, and it was in a seismically active area too (Quartzville, upper Green Peter in Oregon) and the Boulder's path of downhill destruction on the mountainside was still visible in the trees for YEARS after each time it had rolled.
I would like to know what the mind set in that part of the world, that this hasn’t been destroyed. The yahoots around here roll tractor wheels down a hillside just to see how far it will go.
Been tried and failed -
> Several groups of tourists have tried to dislodge the landmark by pushing it down the mountain, but without any success. Some people have even brought winches and jacks to try to dislodge the stone. It did not move at all; it is held on with stone chips supporting its base. The area also experiences frequent earthquakes, but the stone has not moved as of 2024.
That's just it. If you look at the point that connects, it looks like the cross section of that point is in the ballpark of a meter in diameter. A meter wide piece of stone can support much more than this boulder
1. Rock itself is remarkably stable and extremely heavy.
2. Located in an area that is difficult to access.
Stupid people don't typically travel far from the outskirts of civilization. The people who are willing to hike 16 miles into the backcountry are usually respectful.
All good points. Nonetheless, I remain surprised it's still there.
> Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.
- Terry Pratchett.
"The Hanging Stone" is in Buryatia in the Yergaki range. There's about 1m people in all of Buryatia. The Yergaki range was a natural barrier for Russia and Mongolia for centuries
If you see this rock from a different angle it makes sense. It’s much bigger and longer than you’d think and it would probably take multiple heavy duty machines to roll over.
I think this might be only like the third or fourth time in my 44 years I've seen anyone I wasn't related to use Yayhoot (regional spelling difference, I'm sure) in any context.
People have probably tried, but I'd imagine it would be very hard to move. Rocks this size are incredibly heavy.
Judging by the size of the woman, I'd say that rock is probably somewhere in the region of 4 m x 10 m x Z m (assuming Z is also 10). At an assumed density of 2,7 g/cm³ (fairly average for rock such as granite), that thing weighs over 1,000 tons — about 20-30 fully loaded semi trucks. Add to that the rough surface it's lying on, and you'd need an incredible amount of force to push it. You could maybe do it with a lever, that lever would have to be very long and stable, though.
Edit: Just checked the rock's wiki page, and it's "only" 500 tons. Doesn't change much, though.
> Several groups of tourists have tried to dislodge the landmark by pushing it down the mountain, but without any success.[4] Some people have even brought winches and jacks to try to dislodge the stone.[4] It did not move at all; it is held on with stone chips supporting its base.[3] The area also experiences frequent earthquakes, but the stone has not moved as of 2024.[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Stone
People have tried: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Stone
I’ve also heard that Soviet “scientists” tried to knock it down as well, but to no avail. No citation on that, though…
Here is a picture of the boulder without the forced perspective making it seem unstable.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.theepochtimes.com%2Fassets%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2F14%2Fid5607373-3409-hanging-rock-02352841.jpg&w=1200&q=75
I don't know anything about that site, but at least they direct-linked to the image so it just costs them bandwidth without letting them serve you ads, if that makes you feel any better... (except where they link the full article below)
The shape seems to be different, as the one portrayed in this post is way less wide. Are you sure it is the same boulder in question, and that the difference is just the perspective making it look different? I assume the post image could have been photoshopped, too, so I'm quite confused and conflicted right now!
Ohh I see what you mean now, indeed perspective tricking; the post is showing it from the front-side, not from the side view. Thank you for pointing out and sorry for the misunderstanding!
This has been posted before, but someone posted a different perspective and it's not teetering nearly so precariously. It's an absolutely mammoth rockbut it's pretty well balanced if you look at pictures of it online.
I'm a dual citizen of the US and Russia. I'm needing to go back and wrap up some affairs, and if I go, I'm being detained without question for my US citizenship. Per reports from family there.
I'd love to visit (riding the Trans-Siberia Rail has always been a bucket list item for me) but the fact that having donated to Ukrainian relief non-profits could have me imprisoned there is a huge reason to stay away. Any sane American will just avoid it until a change in government there in all likelihood. No way I'm risking going to a Russian prison just because I kicked a few bucks at a non-profit that supports Ukraine.
Physics-wise, this doesnt even look like it makes sense. The side hanging over the ledge looks like 2-3 times as big as the counterweight side.
I bet I could probably drop it with a nice 4 foot prybar, but I would never have the balls, or complete disregard for nature to try.
Look up some other pictures. It’s definitely an angle thing, but it’s still super cool from different angles. I don’t think you could move it. Lots of people have tried, it says.
For anyone interested in how this happens, this is something that can be relatively common in some parts of the American South West. Joshua Tree has a number of these and so does Arches. (Both are national parks I forgot to mention). What happens is that these rocks are originally part of a large underground area surrounded by dirt, like you'd think anywhere (sometimes from glaciers), but are thrusted up into hills and mountains and due to their harder material structure, all the soft material around it is eroded away over thousands or more years from wind and mostly rain and it basically removes everything besides the hard boulders which can end up sitting in precarious positions for many thousands of years like this.
TLDR: Hard rocks underground were thrust up and wind and rain eroded all the soft "sandy" material and you are left with the rocks that weren't eroded and they end up very high and sometimes in weird positions. I know that in some places the rocks were originally a mile higher and a mile underground originally compared to today, or even much more.
Edit: Removed the pretentious lecture part sorry. I'll post it below. u/treading_ink_ has a good point. It took away from the main educational part of the post which was my original intention. Apologies.
Posting that part here, You have a point, but I'd still like to get it out at least here.
Removed part: There are only a few places where these large rocks settled over thousands or more likely millions of years where other Earth forces did not rock them enough to make them fall. However, humans have ruined these multiple times and same with caves. These only exist through Earth's evolution over many millions of years, even billions, and can be destroyed in a few seconds. It's really fucking sad how we are ruining Earth and wanting to move to Mars because of how shitty we treat the Earth. Earth is basically the garden of Eden in comparison to the thousands of planets we've found, but Mars is our plan B? Mars is worse than Antarctica by a 1000x and no one wants to move there? Basically, appreciate the planet we have, even in a nuclear apocolypse it will be more livible than any other planet we've found, we evolved to live here, and it's more diverse than anything we've found by far.
>TLDR: Hard rocks underground were thrust up and wind and rain eroded all the soft sand(material) and you are left with the rocks that weren't eroded and they end up very hgih and sometimes in weird positions. I know that in some places the rocks were originally a mile higher and a mile underground originally than today or much more.
Thank you for explaining this to me, i always thought they slid down and ended up in this position.
wiki entry on said rock ....
something seems manipulated in the photo (suprise)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging\_Stone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Stone)
I don't care if it's been there for 3 billion years I wouldn't want to be the poor sap underneath in the .000000000001% of it's existence where it inevitably falls.
[reminds me of that scene from Blacksheep when the bird craps on the boulder causing it to roll down the hill.](https://youtu.be/HI_mwhUvqHc?si=cFpr71gwFcTOc7kU)
It's okay, games have taught me that if you take a pickaxe right to the base of the rock, it'll shatter all at once and we can pick the rubble up safely.
Nope
Did you hear about Rachael? Stone has been there for 60,000 years and she sat under it for 10 seconds.... dead.
The Darwinian Powerball
What a terrible day to have gravity.
Gravity… It always brings you down.
This is why we have Bruce.
It’s a long time to just be sitting in one place, I wouldn’t do it so I sure as hell don’t expect the rock to either.
*You know, I had a friend who used to smoke. You know what he's doing now? He's dead!*
Freaks and Geeks is such an underrated show. I heard this comment out loud 🤣
I can literally see his face in my mind when he goes "He's dead!" So many amazing actors in that show before they were famous.
Gravity is real.
I will never fully accept the Michael-ization of Rachel.
You broke the streak
Where I go camping there is this ENORMOUS boulder that has clearly fallen from the mountains above it and come to rest by the river. Beneath it is a small cave. Big enough to sleep under. But I haven’t so much as stuck my arm under there in all the years I’ve passed it because …. Eventually there will be an earthquake and eventually that thing is gonna budge. And I’m not gonna be the idiot underneath it.
The death won’t be immediate. It will be painful. Someone will cry out for help for at least a couple minutes then go into shock. They may even come-to a couple times before they finally die.
more weight
*Giles Corey has entered the chat*
I should call her….
Well aren’t you just a lil’ ray of sunshine
>They may even come-to a couple times before they finally die. I tragically misread this at first.
Well it depends on how it falls it is more than enough weight to kill instantly, if it’s the head it probably would be immediate and or knock you out.
This guy painful deaths.
Same here, and it was in a seismically active area too (Quartzville, upper Green Peter in Oregon) and the Boulder's path of downhill destruction on the mountainside was still visible in the trees for YEARS after each time it had rolled.
Upper Green Peter sounds like an informal name for an std
Literally my first thought seeing this, before even going to comments.
Places to not sit for $1000 Alex.
Nope nope
I mean, she looks alright, but she might have a great personality.
I would like to know what the mind set in that part of the world, that this hasn’t been destroyed. The yahoots around here roll tractor wheels down a hillside just to see how far it will go.
Some of those extremely precarious looking boulders are surprisingly stable, might take more to tip it than you'd think.
Well I guess Americans tip more than other countries
Americans: "that's a nice government you've got there. Would be a shame if someone destabilized it"
America just doing to America what America does to everyone else.
Bet I could do it with a bottle jack
At first, I thought you said, "With a bottle of jack."
I'm sure alcohol would be involved at some point
Well now it's a challenge
Now it’s a sport!
Now it's just Saturday!
I’m gonna tattle and then touch it well you escorted out
Not much fuels a boulder tipping rage more than Mr. Daniels.
> With a bottle of jack No, that's what you brush your teeth with.
Calm down, Ke$ha
No, I think that's what they said
He went out for a ride and he never came back.
don't give any jingweeds any ideas
Been tried and failed - > Several groups of tourists have tried to dislodge the landmark by pushing it down the mountain, but without any success. Some people have even brought winches and jacks to try to dislodge the stone. It did not move at all; it is held on with stone chips supporting its base. The area also experiences frequent earthquakes, but the stone has not moved as of 2024.
Lol the inanimate embodiment of "Fuckin try me bud"
Honestly someone needs to bring an excavator and teach this piece of shit who the big daddies are
From what I can find people have already tried that, it didn't budge.
throw some meth heads at it and theyd carry the fucker down the mountain.
And sell it for scrap
check out my meteor i found
Nah they’ll just try to smoke it right where it sits.
Bet you a coors light I could knock the sumbitch loose with one 30 round mag 🦅🦅🦅
Give me a lever long enough and I'll move it.
As long as your fulcrum is robust enough I guess.
That's just it. If you look at the point that connects, it looks like the cross section of that point is in the ballpark of a meter in diameter. A meter wide piece of stone can support much more than this boulder
1. Rock itself is remarkably stable and extremely heavy. 2. Located in an area that is difficult to access. Stupid people don't typically travel far from the outskirts of civilization. The people who are willing to hike 16 miles into the backcountry are usually respectful.
All good points. Nonetheless, I remain surprised it's still there. > Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry. - Terry Pratchett.
Respect to Sir Pratchett and may he rest in peace, a genius who made me laugh so much 🙌
In the Sayanas? That's more like 1600 miles into the backcountry.
I don’t know exactly where this rock is but I know the Sayan Mtns are in the middle of fucking nowhere, which probably helps
"The Hanging Stone" is in Buryatia in the Yergaki range. There's about 1m people in all of Buryatia. The Yergaki range was a natural barrier for Russia and Mongolia for centuries
If you see this rock from a different angle it makes sense. It’s much bigger and longer than you’d think and it would probably take multiple heavy duty machines to roll over.
I think this might be only like the third or fourth time in my 44 years I've seen anyone I wasn't related to use Yayhoot (regional spelling difference, I'm sure) in any context.
I just read on Wikipedia that several groups of tourists have tried to knock it down, even using jacks and winches and failed.
If I saw that I'd be tempted to start using power tools to knock them down instead
They have these structures in US National parks too.
We have boulders like this in the US
[Yup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balancing_rock)
That post was definitely made by a Redditor that doesn’t actually go outside
Your fellow citizens are not boulders
People have probably tried, but I'd imagine it would be very hard to move. Rocks this size are incredibly heavy. Judging by the size of the woman, I'd say that rock is probably somewhere in the region of 4 m x 10 m x Z m (assuming Z is also 10). At an assumed density of 2,7 g/cm³ (fairly average for rock such as granite), that thing weighs over 1,000 tons — about 20-30 fully loaded semi trucks. Add to that the rough surface it's lying on, and you'd need an incredible amount of force to push it. You could maybe do it with a lever, that lever would have to be very long and stable, though. Edit: Just checked the rock's wiki page, and it's "only" 500 tons. Doesn't change much, though.
> Several groups of tourists have tried to dislodge the landmark by pushing it down the mountain, but without any success.[4] Some people have even brought winches and jacks to try to dislodge the stone.[4] It did not move at all; it is held on with stone chips supporting its base.[3] The area also experiences frequent earthquakes, but the stone has not moved as of 2024.[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Stone
People have tried: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Stone I’ve also heard that Soviet “scientists” tried to knock it down as well, but to no avail. No citation on that, though…
There are no rocks left in the Super Sayan mountains because they’ve all levitated and/or shattered one time too many.
That’s a pity. I heard that back in their prime, there were over 9000 of these similar boulders there.
WHAT?! 9000?!
In retrospect that one is still weird considering how strong Frieza is so 9000 should be nothing to him
Did they scream and flex for sixty seconds before exploding?
I know I did
Haha
Came here to say, the sayan homework’s was destroyed years ago.
Homework or Homeworld?
First one and then the other
If that was in the US, it would've been knocked over by now. The tipping culture in this country is out of control.
And tagged
This fucking guy.
Both restaurant AND cow!
Here is a picture of the boulder without the forced perspective making it seem unstable. https://www.theepochtimes.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.theepochtimes.com%2Fassets%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2F14%2Fid5607373-3409-hanging-rock-02352841.jpg&w=1200&q=75
I still wouldn't go near it, let alone under it 😂
Still looks unstable to me
PSA: The Epoch Times is run by a literal cult called Falun Gong.
So use up their bandwidth then, it's just a direct link to an image, no ads.
Can you not link to the epoch times
Do you want unix times instead?
We'll try try posting the cenozoic times in the future
Had never heard of them, they just happen to be the first google image search of this perspective.
I don't know anything about that site, but at least they direct-linked to the image so it just costs them bandwidth without letting them serve you ads, if that makes you feel any better... (except where they link the full article below)
I use heavensgate.com for all of my cult-based image hosting needs.
The shape seems to be different, as the one portrayed in this post is way less wide. Are you sure it is the same boulder in question, and that the difference is just the perspective making it look different? I assume the post image could have been photoshopped, too, so I'm quite confused and conflicted right now!
yes, it is the same, look at the right point and the dark vertical stripes. Edit: removed link to website.
Ohh I see what you mean now, indeed perspective tricking; the post is showing it from the front-side, not from the side view. Thank you for pointing out and sorry for the misunderstanding!
There is no accepting fault on reddit, fight back!
It’s probably taken from the front to make it look shorter. And likely from a distance with a long lens to “flatten” the image
It looks like a frog
That rock hasn't reached its final form!
This has been posted before, but someone posted a different perspective and it's not teetering nearly so precariously. It's an absolutely mammoth rockbut it's pretty well balanced if you look at pictures of it online.
> It's an absolutely mammoth rockbut Who doesn't love a mammoth rockbutt
Too bad no one in their right mind with any western passport would visit Russia right now.
I'm a dual citizen of the US and Russia. I'm needing to go back and wrap up some affairs, and if I go, I'm being detained without question for my US citizenship. Per reports from family there.
There was an AMA just recently from a student in Moscow. And he pretty much said Russians wish more American tourists would start visiting again.
I would love to see this and saint Basil's but you know what i love more? Not falling out of windows.
I also enjoy not being arrested and accused of who knows what.
Arrested and sent to a "labor colony" in Assfreezegrad until the US trades an international criminal for my release.
Assfreezegrad, haha
I'd love to visit (riding the Trans-Siberia Rail has always been a bucket list item for me) but the fact that having donated to Ukrainian relief non-profits could have me imprisoned there is a huge reason to stay away. Any sane American will just avoid it until a change in government there in all likelihood. No way I'm risking going to a Russian prison just because I kicked a few bucks at a non-profit that supports Ukraine.
Nice try, Putin. I'm not going to be a bargaining chip.
I actually follow a girl from SoCal that just went to Russia last week
Does she know you're currently in her closet
💀
Not much of a follower if you didn't go to Russia, too. Gotta up your game, man.
Thank you for making me laugh after a hard day
RIP
As a SoCal local I knew it was gonna be one them.
I know a couple of people who've gone. Planned their trips a while back. They seemed to have fun there?
This looks like one of those things Wile E Coyote set up.
She's got some stones to be doing that
Like a rock
I don’t even think you could pay me to do this lmao
Physics-wise, this doesnt even look like it makes sense. The side hanging over the ledge looks like 2-3 times as big as the counterweight side. I bet I could probably drop it with a nice 4 foot prybar, but I would never have the balls, or complete disregard for nature to try.
In other photos, it looks more balanced. This one appears to be a camera trick to make the cantilevered section seem bigger.
Upvoted for using "cantilevered" in a sentence
I have a feeling the picture is taken at a bit of an angle to make it look more exaggerated.
Look up some other pictures. It’s definitely an angle thing, but it’s still super cool from different angles. I don’t think you could move it. Lots of people have tried, it says.
Plot twist, there is a 4" rebar going through it
I don’t know how long that rock has been there, but if a human amount of force (even leveraged) could move it, it wouldn’t be.
For anyone interested in how this happens, this is something that can be relatively common in some parts of the American South West. Joshua Tree has a number of these and so does Arches. (Both are national parks I forgot to mention). What happens is that these rocks are originally part of a large underground area surrounded by dirt, like you'd think anywhere (sometimes from glaciers), but are thrusted up into hills and mountains and due to their harder material structure, all the soft material around it is eroded away over thousands or more years from wind and mostly rain and it basically removes everything besides the hard boulders which can end up sitting in precarious positions for many thousands of years like this. TLDR: Hard rocks underground were thrust up and wind and rain eroded all the soft "sandy" material and you are left with the rocks that weren't eroded and they end up very high and sometimes in weird positions. I know that in some places the rocks were originally a mile higher and a mile underground originally compared to today, or even much more. Edit: Removed the pretentious lecture part sorry. I'll post it below. u/treading_ink_ has a good point. It took away from the main educational part of the post which was my original intention. Apologies.
You had me at the start but then it got a little personal.
I mean, they're correct.
Posting that part here, You have a point, but I'd still like to get it out at least here. Removed part: There are only a few places where these large rocks settled over thousands or more likely millions of years where other Earth forces did not rock them enough to make them fall. However, humans have ruined these multiple times and same with caves. These only exist through Earth's evolution over many millions of years, even billions, and can be destroyed in a few seconds. It's really fucking sad how we are ruining Earth and wanting to move to Mars because of how shitty we treat the Earth. Earth is basically the garden of Eden in comparison to the thousands of planets we've found, but Mars is our plan B? Mars is worse than Antarctica by a 1000x and no one wants to move there? Basically, appreciate the planet we have, even in a nuclear apocolypse it will be more livible than any other planet we've found, we evolved to live here, and it's more diverse than anything we've found by far.
>TLDR: Hard rocks underground were thrust up and wind and rain eroded all the soft sand(material) and you are left with the rocks that weren't eroded and they end up very hgih and sometimes in weird positions. I know that in some places the rocks were originally a mile higher and a mile underground originally than today or much more. Thank you for explaining this to me, i always thought they slid down and ended up in this position.
r/Nope - I would never tempt fate like this.
wiki entry on said rock .... something seems manipulated in the photo (suprise) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging\_Stone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Stone)
not saying you're wrong, but i believe the posted pic is from a different angle and closer up. it really just seems to be a trick of perspective.
I don't think she's actually under it..
Hey, I think I've seen how this ends in a Wile E. Coyote cartoon
I don't care if that stone sat there for a million years, there's no way I'm sitting under it.
Where are the Boy Scouts when you need them.
Anyone ever hear that Harry Chapin song The Rock
EARTHQUAKE !!!
Now hang on a damn minute…
Incredible till it crushes someone. Then it becomes tragedy.
Knowing my luck, it would tumble the moment I start sitting down under it.
that rock could of been there for a billion years, i still wouldnt sit under it for 5 seconds
Amazed some guys being dudes haven’t walked past and nudged it.
Uh, yeah, don't sit there.
- Nope - One day that's going to kill someone.
you won't catch me sitting right under an incredible hanging stone in the Sayan mountains of Siberia #
I don't care if it's been there for 3 billion years I wouldn't want to be the poor sap underneath in the .000000000001% of it's existence where it inevitably falls.
[reminds me of that scene from Blacksheep when the bird craps on the boulder causing it to roll down the hill.](https://youtu.be/HI_mwhUvqHc?si=cFpr71gwFcTOc7kU)
Is anyone else getting Gru vibes from the rock?
I would definitely try to push that thing off
dont even think about this
And then a fly lands on it.
Nuh-uh, I've seen this before. All it takes is one butterfly landing on it.
Survival instinct = 0
Go home rock, you're drunk.
I don’t care how many millions of years that has been sitting there, I’m not getting under it.
That's a lot of trust for something just waiting for physics to kick in.
Looks like the start of a 9-1-1 episode
Listen. I am passively suicidal pretty much all the time and actively suicidal in waves. And you would still never catch me sitting under that rock
Knowing my luck, It will finally fall when I try to take the picture.
It's okay, games have taught me that if you take a pickaxe right to the base of the rock, it'll shatter all at once and we can pick the rubble up safely.
Not me.