NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Ron Wyatt and David Fasold were in a quandary. Unable to excavate, the only path forward lay in a radar scan, but that was costly beyond their means and no one was going to finance another major expedition after the rebel assault fiasco in August 1985. After committing that challenge to prayer, Wyatt […]
DOBI, Turkey (BP)–Following are journal entries from two men in search of Noah’s Ark. CHUCK: As it happens, a retired army colonel is typing information for the Turkish Mountaineering Federation while the central commander is scrutinizing our paperwork. He intercedes with the commander, who decides we can shoot in and around the area of the […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–During his expedition with Jim Irwin, Ron Wyatt had been able to collect more samples than ever before. This time, the results of the analysis were nothing short of spectacular. Wyatt believed one specimen was the remains of a metal fitting of some type. It proved to contain iron, ferric oxide, alumina and […]
DOBI, Turkey (BP)–Following are journal entries from two men in search of Noah’s Ark. CHUCK: This morning we get up at 6 to reconnoiter the area and see what the climbers are doing. I shoot several still photos of the town and surrounding area, as well as several shots of the climbers. We have breakfast […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–While most experts remained unconvinced by Ron Wyatt’s findings, the evidence of unusual iron content in the soil persuaded the people at White’s Electronics in Sweet Home, Ore., to donate two top-of-the-line metal detectors to Wyatt’s next expedition. Then, in 1983, Wyatt read an article about Apollo 15 astronaut and former moonwalker James […]
DOBI, Turkey (BP)–Following are journal entries from two men in search of Noah’s Ark. CHUCK: After our battle with the rocky hillock, our drive is pretty peaceful. We arrive at the Durupinar site, named after a Turkish military captain who reported an unusual formation pointed out to him by a local shepherd. This is the […]
Next month will mark the 80th anniversary of the landmark Scopes trial, a riveting courtroom drama about the teaching of Charles Darwin’s theories of human origins in a Tennessee classroom. The court convicted science teacher John Scopes and fined him $100, but science won the day. Since then, it’s largely been Darwin in the classroom, […]
DOBI, Turkey (BP)–Following are journal entries from two men in search of Noah’s Ark. CHUCK: We arrive in Dobi around 4 p.m., after a four-hour drive. We are here to meet members of the Turkish Mountaineering Federation, who are preparing for the “Victory Climb,” held each year on the day Turks celebrate the founding of […]
