Secrets In the Earth
Here's an interesting, newfound puzzle.
My thoughts initially ran between a concrete grave marker for one or two family pets (depending on whether or not Fluff and Coomp were two different pets or two names for the same pet, as sometimes happens in a household) that the kids were allowed to inscribe, or it's a club treasure trove sealed securely years back and perhaps all but forgotten as some or all of the kids moved away. Right or wrong, that's what I passed along to the gent.
Subsequently, I realized that the part that doesn't fit for me is the space in the middle. Now it's looking more like an inscribed foundation for something that was subsequently removed from the base. If the base was poured at one time and then something else grouted/mortared to it later (and there's definitely signs of that), that grout/mortar likely would have remained the weak link. If nothing is found beneath the "marker" then it most likely was just a base for something long gone. Probably something a previous family took with them - a bit of statuary, perhaps a birdbath or a smallish brick barbecue grill, not wanting to bother digging up that base.
I'll be interested to see what, if anything, is beneath it. Since he'd already taken photos he's well-situated to respectfully excavate it and to be able to restore it if it does turn out to be a pet's grave site.
It isn't as if one could reasonably expect the man to just cover it up without at least trying to find out what it's about.
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