| The Day That Ended An Era | | | | unusual accomplishment. |
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| One morning in early December of 1951, Ed | | | | The legacy of Edward Leedskalnin is truly |
| left a note on the entrance of Coral Castle | | | | fascinating. Will we ever discover the |
| stating that he was going to the doctor. A | | | | secrets that Ed used to prove his love for |
| few days later on December 7, 1951 at the age | | | | his Sweet Sixteen? It seems that Ed didnt |
| of 64, Ed passed away in his sleep at the | | | | feel that the world was ready for his |
| Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. His death | | | | knowledge in 1951. He deliberately destroyed |
| was attributed to stomach cancer and | | | | his knowledge before he died. He believed |
| malnutrition. | | | | that knowledge should be earned, not merely |
| | | | passed on. Perhaps he felt that it could too |
| The first thing people seem to wonder is why | | | | easily be used for the wrong reasons. Maybe |
| Ed didnt cure himself of the stomach cancer, | | | | this decision was the result of almost being |
| as he did with the tuberculosis. Those who | | | | beaten to death earlier. Why else would Ed |
| knew Ed believed that Ed was just tired. It | | | | leave the following clue in the encoded form |
| was pretty obvious that even after all of his | | | | we now find it |
| hard work, his Sweet Sixteen still didnt care | | | | |
| (she did know about the castle); so its | | | | After Ed died, a plaque was found in Coral |
| assumed that Ed just gave up. | | | | Castle which read simply, The secret to the |
| | | | Universe is 7129 / 6105195. What this means |
| Whatever the reason behind all of Eds | | | | is anyones guess. Does this somehow refer to |
| decisions in his life, take a moment today to | | | | a lost science known as Sacred Geometry? Who |
| pay tribute to a very unique individual. An | | | | knows? |
| individual who created numerous unexplainable | | | | |
| feats --- all with a mere forth grade | | | | Coral Castle was added to the National |
| education. Thats right, Ed never officially | | | | Register of Historic Places in 1984, but it |
| achieved anything higher than a fourth grade | | | | is still a relatively little-known |
| education. However, Ed did love to visit the | | | | attraction. Maybe its for the best. |
| library on a daily basis and look through | | | | |
| books; especially those with pictures of | | | | I mean, are we really mature enough to handle |
| Egyptian hieroglyphs and artifacts. It is | | | | his secret today, anyway? Im not so sure |
| believed that within these books is where Ed | | | | Regardless, Ed left irrefutable evidence that |
| somehow stumbled onto a secret that has | | | | we are in fact capable of so much more as |
| eluded mankind since the days of Stonehenge | | | | human beings than currently witnessed. The |
| and the rise of the great monolithic | | | | proof is in the greatest architectural |
| structures of Egypt, Lebanon, and South | | | | achievement in modern times that magnificent |
| America. | | | | creation in the Florida Everglades called |
| | | | Coral Castle. |
| Ed knew from the very beginning that he was | | | | |
| doing something unique, as witnessed by the | | | | Coral Castle is open for visitors year-round |
| message he chiseled in place at the main | | | | and the cost of admission is currently $9.75 |
| entrance of Coral Castle You will be seeing | | | | for adults. Children under 6 are free. |