A cave at Creswell Crags in the U.K.

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A cave at Creswell Crags in the U.K.

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https://www.livescience.com/witch-marks ... tKTyXnP4-U
Centuries-old 'witch marks' in Creswell Crags, England can finally be seen thanks to 3D modeling
"Mysterious "witch marks" that were carved into a cavern's walls centuries ago to ward off evil are getting a public viewing, thanks to 3D modeling and animation."
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"The most important find is the earliest example of colored art in Britain — the shape of a horse scratched into a bone and colored with ochre, which is over 12,000 years old."
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Re: A cave at Creswell Crags in the U.K.

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It's a common misconception that witch marks or hex foils were made by witches. They were actually made by people wishing to ward off evil (Apotropaic symbols). The symbols are often found in old churches where black magic or satanic rituals may have been practiced at night. People would scribe these wards into the stone to keep the witches away. It is more likely that the caves in Creswell were in fact a holy place.

A witch would never tell you that they are witch BTW ;)
If you don't see that there is nothing, then you are kidding yourself.
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