French River man discovers geological formation in his backyard
CBC
When David Lichty noticed a unique rock formation in his backyard, he started digging.
"I first exposed a bunch of rocks and there was a section of rock that looked a little different, had a different curve to it, and I thought, 'What is this?'" he said.
Lichty lives in Monetville, southeast of Greater Sudbury. What he discovered was a geological formation members of the nearby Dokis First Nation call rock "pots" or "kettles."
What Lichty found looked like a perfect circle in the granite that had a hollow core. It took him a week of digging to reach the bottom, around four metres below his backyard.
At one end he measured the diameter to be around two metres, and a bit under two metres at the other.
Lichty said uncovering the formation brought out his inner child.
"I think you feel kind of like an archaeologist, I suppose," he said. "Am I going to reach the bottom? And at what point do I quit? But I don't know, I'm pretty driven at times, to my wife's chagrin."
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