Rollins Bricko
Examines Some Mysterious Petroglyphs
Among the
first people to explore the continent of Kigathega following its sudden
appearance was the quasi-Polish-American semantics expert Rollins Bricko. It was he that found the so-called
“Macadamian” petroglyphs on the boulders scattered over the grassy slopes
leading up to Mount
McCartney
“The
possibility that these images could have been carved by humans is remote,
obviously,” Bricko later explained.
“Why
‘obviously?’” asked the fat man charged with interviewing Bricko.
“Because,”
laughed Bricko contemptuously, “No humans had ever set foot on Kigathega before
Captain Roolard and his crew three years ago.”
Of course,
this remark was met with anger and derision by the conspiracy theorists and the
enthusiasts of extraterrestrial meddling, but it is not within the purview of
this article to deal with the merits of such people’s arguments and beliefs. Rather, I shall attempt to summarize the
story of Rollins Bricko’s discovery and examination of the mysterious carvings
and highlight some of the more interesting events and ramifications of that
discovery.
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