Members of the Hopeless, Maine Scientific Society are excited to announce that they have successfully managed to get a photograph of the Ravenstone, thus disproving claims that it moves around. The Ravenstone is thought to be the marker for a Viking grave.

However, the astute amongst you will notice that there appears to be more than one stone in this image. According to James Weaslegrease, this explains very nicely why the stone has been described as hard to count. It’s not clear how many stones are visible in this image, or what they are, or where they came from.

He added: “I feel like the stones didn’t want to be seen, understood, counted. I fear what may result from this.”

When I pointed out that he seemed to have described what science generally does round here, he added, “yes, it is quite the conundrum.”

(With thanks to The Wayfarer on Bluesky for letting us use this photo. https://bsky.app/profile/the-wayfarer.bsky.social