What IS This? We Found a Strange Scroll While Shark Tooth Hunting in a Florida Creek

This was another excellent fossil hunting trip with a bunch of friends. Derek invited us all down to hunt a creek location he found a while back that has a very unusual fauna of marine vertebrates from an unusual time period. This creek has a bunch of fossils in it that I have never found before, and may even have some scientific importance as well. We also found something very odd in the creek. Papers wrapped up and tied together with a strange repeating message over and over.
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[@thanrose]

The flowers are Alpinia zerumbet, or shell ginger. You actually do see them all the time living in florida. Leaves are often variegated. The flowers are often hidden beneath. Seriously, look around foundations of commercial buildings like banks and doctor offices.

[@JK-xg8mz]

I think the person that wrote the note was putting their desires into the universe and grateful, believing their hopes and dreams would come true!

[@tegogolo3]

they are called "amarres" in mexico

[@depthsofhistory]

Awesome video Chris! I loved the shots of the owl 🦉

[@jessicamermaid2438]

A Chris and Kyle collab, my favorite! Add in the gorgeous owls and tropical flora and I smiled the whole time.😊

[@lorrainefidler1035]

I’m soooo glad to see y’all looking for sharks teeth! I have found many over the years but did not know which shark they came from until I started watching you and Wild Kyle. I thoroughly enjoy your videos!!

[@fossilhuntingandcollecting4279]

Looks like fun. Its great that you show us the nature all around as well! Happy hunting. Cheers, Chris (another fossil hunting Chris)

[@DigDiveDiscover]

You find the weirdest stuff! Awesome hunt though that is a awesome looking creek.

[@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615]

4:35 probably just swamp smell from decomposing plant matter especially when walking around it can push it up through the mud

[@michaelsfoster8442]

Very cool love your video's

[@MrDetectorist]

ALWAYS a good time. I would love to come down there and find some of that stuff. Keep up the good work and happy hunting, Brandon

[@janetpullen5210]

What beautiful unusual 🦷 u all found ...beautiful colors..thanks for sharing and the beautiful 🦉 owls... u all have such fun together..fossil hunting is so interesting

[@stachebrothersgarage1632]

I like the Scooby Doo like part of the video where Cris says me and Bri are going off alone without you guys. LOL!

[@patfetzer7359]

I think I have watched every fossil hunting video on KZbin definitely every flordia Meg tooth one you have incredible content 👏

[@nomadgical]

Bahahahaa! That rotten smell you keep smelling is two bodies - the people in the note are rotting "together in union" in the woods. 😅😅😅

[@chenoko]

It is a binding spell

[@yvethemetriccrafter688]

Agreed, a binding spell.

[@Doxymeister]

You beat me to it! They were right to put it back where they found it.

[@kiyarnmyers2429]

yep that inger ..dont eat it ..but smels nice

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

Awesome video Chris!!

[@the_mwx]

You and Kyle need a team-up channel.

[@bradday3832]

It takes a long time for that huge Orange tree to grow, could be Native. If you collect fallen orange's, and extract the seeds , then either I, or someone else, would buy them. Wild native orange's, even sour 'Precious "! Brad.

[@MarkOBrienmarkspage1]

You guys get wild oranges out there too? That is amazing!

[@darlaeisan7528]

What was the really long skinny tooth

[@melissaabbey641]

The two barred owls you saw were babies. Well, teenagers, more likely. They were out of the nest, but still fuzzy and the calling you heard was begging the parents "Come feed me"

[@michaelbashaw2423]

Yes I was going to say ginger too.

[@danielsan3541]

Wow that sand tiger tooth!

[@sandysimon7313]

Darn you! Darn you to heck! I want to be there lol… i want those oranges! Mmmm fresh oranges…

[@nathangay1162]

So I'm pretty sure that scroll is a binding spell, it's common in performing spells.

[@denisekidder2261]

It's a grateful pray so you guy's are safe. 😂

[@susancunningham1822]

A peaberry!!!!! Lol!

[@mackie_p]

22:13 Is that a person in the bush?

[@just4craftsngiggles454]

I don’t see anything where do you think you see something right left top bottom ?

[@jaggerbrooks3570]

I wonder what type of owls they are?

[@BuenSancho]

The paper is an "amarre" made by a woman who thinks Roberto is drifting away from her. It was probably made by herself, a "profesional" one would have been different. It is part of a ritual which should include very personal things and elements that are unique and particular to the persons involved, if there was such elements they were lost so probably the amarre won't be or wasn't as effective as she expected or wished (poor girl). It's written in an affirmative tone, as an statement of a present reality, not as a wish but as a fact and every iteration is numbered because the petition has to be repeated a certain number of times. She thanks God and not "someone" else which is, in some way, good.. sometimes this kind of requests are addressed to some other entities as it is the case in santería, a paper with an amarre that was tossed into or near the water, if it was a santería "work" would have been adressed to Yemayá (which by the way is a nice, kind and maternal goddess) and not to God and if it was a Palero work wold have been addressed to much worse things and wouldn't be in the water but sourranded by ashes, rocks, bones and blood... Anyway guys, whether you believe in this things or not these are not things to mess around, next time do as you did with the teddy bear... just leave it alone and let it be there where you found it. Greetings from Venezuela

[@Nikkisavage100]

Snakes are everywhere and you just don't look, scary

[@georglimiux677]

Bri has the most beautiful eyes.

[@richconroy5559]

I want one of those... Well, get the smacking stick!

[@thisalnimsara1225]

Love from Sri lanka

[@jaggerbrooks3570]

i love oranges is that the first time you've ate wild oranges? 🍊

[@gracefulmission5265]

You just broke someone’s love tie or binding spell, 😜 (amarre)

[@sandysimon7313]

That mau have been a Wiccan wish spell or love spell… uh oh

[@jaggerbrooks3570]

R.I.P teady bear 🐻

[@PANAMATOR1]

The plant looks like a Costus species

[@lissahenry6751]

Owls mate for life.

[@pennymackenzie7637]

the plant is Shell Ginger

[@michellegilberto9909]

If I was him I would take the scroll to the museum

[@doaneclanahan1168]

Shell ginger

[@oculusangelicus8978]

That scroll is a spell, the person they are writing is actually NOT with them but it is supposed to be a spell to make them come together, like a LOVE SPELL but items like this are anathema to the ordinary order of Most religions, there are a few where this is used one of them is Voodoo another is Wicca, there are more but I'm not sure which ones actually believe in Magic.

[@jaggerbrooks3570]

omg are u friends with DALLMYD?

[@PaleoCris]

Jake is a great friend. One of the best guys I know. What you see on his channel is legitimately who he is.

[@azureskye7715]

That is NO DOUBT a Spell. Throwing it into a moving body of water ‘sends it out to which ever Deity they called up. Did you say how many times the incantation was written. Each form of Magic has it’s own ‘rules’ Wise of you to return it where you found it. ✌️❤️

[@evansims2816]

skyrim

[@jerrymyers5391]

Paleo poem lol

[@xtyanncroffer2449]

its love prayer the water running over it make the prayer eternal repeating kind'a like the prayer flags in Tibet or the prayer wheels in the river in India.

[@felixhernandez2069]

black magic 🪄 lol 😂 un amarre de amor 🧡

[@comfortablynumb9342]

There's nothing black about it, it's just "magic" or white magic

[@Shannon_Moore]

I wish more kids would look up to ppl like u guys instead of looking up to the fake, "flex" everything u have, self absorbed influencers..😕

[@shannonmaynard6940]

Definitely a love spell of sorts. Could be Lucumi/Santeria given the area. It's thrown into the water to release the energy/spell to do its job. Hopefully the writer's target likes them LOL

[@93kingu]

Yes, it's a love working.

[@napa762]

It's a wish / spell / written prayer it's someone's spiritual manifestation and you did well to leave it where you found it being respectful of these things is always the best idea

[@browny1365]

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[@ronaldbellamy7681]

Love your videos!! I'm an old fart now but you and Kyle remind me of my best friend in high school and college. The only difference is we were always out looking for snakes. Yall's banter brings back such awesome memories! Will be in Florida for a couple of weeks this summer. You guys have put the shark tooth bug in me. Thanks!

[@ben_pom1115]

Just received my paleo pack... I found something that looks like a barracuda tooth! Do you put those in them?

[@PaleoCris]

I don’t put them in, but they may be naturally in that gravel. Most stuff in those packs are not added in.

[@benitagrattan193]

Best part of the morning... waking up to a great video...loved the owls...oranges... And of course the fossils

[@sluiceboyprospecting]

Nice kind of gold panning technique on the wash out! Pretty cool. Idk if I would get in these Florida creeks!

[@skyedancer3106]

Hi Cris, I love seeing your finds. You go to some neat places and share with us your knowledge of the different items. Take care and Be Safe.

[@abbywilson5988]

I ate an orange off a tree once while fossil hunting, it was the most sour and bitter thing I'd ever tasted 😂😭

[@sonnypate6808]

The scroll is a vodoo spell of sorts. Sanitaria also do this. The Vodoo priest will have someone write their wishes on a scroll and tell them to bury it or throw it in the water. Many years ago I was visiting New Orleans. I was metal detecting and found one in a jar with a metal lid. It had a piece of paper wrapped in a silk scarf. It was written much the same way over and over again. As I unwrapped the scarf there were 7 coins from the Caribbean. I put it back.

[@elizabethbennet4791]

“sanitaria” lol

[@adonismarrero5281]

Lots of Spanish speaking cultures do those types of paper notes as voodoo rituals to tide a person they want to be with ,looks like you found more than fossils this time,great videos keep them coming hello from South Carolina

[@veroniqueantoine8918]

Finally a paleocris video I've been waiting for a long time

[@kathymoll7010]

Chris if you go to your Google search bar on your phone, to the right is a camera icon. Touch it and do as it prompts and your photo will identify plants for you. Great videos

[@elizabethbennet4791]

there are a bunch of plant id apps as well you can install

[@comfortablynumb9342]

That big star shaped leaf is a castor bean bush that castor oil and ricin poison come from.

[@lunarsma8446]

Missed you guys! Love it when Bri joins you. Such excellent energy! Warm regards.

[@stacymcardle]

Another great video. Are you guys not worried about alligators in creek? How do you know if safe when water becomes muddied while sifting. I’m from midwest, no experience there - just curious.

[@Doxymeister]

Great to be seeing fossil hunts again--I was having withdrawals! That strong smell at the beginning--a Bigfoot maybe? LOL, loved the owls, guys, and the Great Orange Hunt.

[@playtime6909]

A mysterious scroll... that's how horror stories start. Demons follow you home... that kinda thing.

[@kareneaker6304]

barred owls probably branching which is the behavior they exhibit as they're leaving the nest. Cool!

[@martinvisconti8875]

I was watching you find Agates in KY. What you were finding were Indian sculpture. If you pay attention to detail you will find evidence of carving. They are story rocks and have a great amount of fine art completely covering most pieces. Some are not finished. The finished sculptures have directional artwork that is best viewed by firelight or around sunset. The multiple holes are eyes and many are drilled to a deeper layer for the color change or the crystal reflection. It is better known as Portable Rock Art.

[@omgitsdewa]

I think this place Contains a lot of Gold

[@Kirsten._._]

Shell ginger it was, she was right!

[@anthonydavinci7985]

Why are all of you so unconcerned about possible gators OR LIVE BULL SHARK. ?????

[@aprilkurtz1589]

I really envy your knowledge of fossil beds in the South...my parents lived in FL for thirty years after they retired, and I had no idea. I've always loved fossils and rocks and minerals. I wish I had known there was such fossiliferous plenty near me when I visited with my parents, and I was 35-40 years younger. I'm 65 now and have some mild health problems that prevent me from walking far. Do you or any of your commenters know of those places where geode nodules just fall out of the banks of creeks? I think there are some in S. Indiana and Kentucky that are within range, and I can still wade up a creek. Thanks! Have a good day, all y'all.

[@HughDuszaPastor]

2:01 Awapuhi Ginger. The flowers can be crushed and used for incredibly great smelling bush shampoo!

[@redeyestones3738]

That is ginger, but not awapuhi. There are several different kinds of ginger. The one in the video is called shell ginger. Awapuhi rarely grows over 3 feet tall, and the flowers are separate from the rest of the plant. The flower pops out of the ground on its own, and grows underneath the foliage. As far as I know, Hawaii is the only place awapuhi grows wild. It is farmed in other places as well, but only endemic to Hawaii. The flowers can be squeezed for their juice. You can use the juice as shampoo, or skin soap. It leaves hair and skin incredibly soft, smooth, and smelling fresh.

[@thetruthexperiment]

That orange tree. Where did it come from? Was it part of an old orchard? Did someone 50 years ago spit out a seed while looking for shark teeth? Makes you wonder.

[@amandathurston2720]

Don’t let dark stop you! I got a cool flexible led headlamp off Amazon, sometimes you just need a black light hunt! The calcite in Florida glows, so does Baltic Amber, it’s found here off the North Sea black lights is almost cheating! 😂

[@VanityVixen]

Practicing witch here, That scroll you found is a spell scroll. The person that made it basically made a binding love spell to keep his/her lover with him. Then took the scroll to mother nature to help bring the intentions to life amd let mother nature do the rest

[@comfortablynumb9342]

I thought that's what it was

[@ronfarrell08]

Must be a liberal...

[@VanityVixen]

@@ronfarrell08 actually no im not. But my political views have nothing to do with this nor is it any of your business.. Your comment is irrelevant.

[@ronfarrell08]

@@VanityVixen yep. Liberal

[@VanityVixen]

@@ronfarrell08 please explain to me why politics belong in the comments section of a video fossil hunting? Explain to me why you honestly think I am a liberal? I'm honestly very curious to hear your logic.

[@leighanncronin6905]

Great video Cris! Beautiful owl, and only in Florida, can you find oranges growing any and everywhere! Makes me miss all the citrus trees my dad had in his yard in Gainesville.

[@victorevil6872]

Here in WA, we have folks find apple species that are unrecorded or forgotten, folks go out and hunt for apples that have been lost to modern agriculture. Do you have a similar sitch in FL with orange varieties?

[@noahmarchais804]

I believe the scroll is part of a practice of "manifesting" things to happen. You basically say one thing to yourself over and over again until it happens. It's thought that by repeating it to yourself/subconscious your mind/the universe will make it happen.

[@DreamingCatStudio]

Yes, there’s a book that teaches how called Write it Down, Make it Happen. I’ve used it to great effect.

[@mountain_girl]

!! @18:59...I'm a northern mountaingirl but I love plants and thought I recognized this plant. Ricinus communis or castor bean tree, one of the most toxic trees in the world and a source of the poison ricin. 😳

[@julietaylor7297]

Those oranges are quite possibly from the orange trees that were originally brought to Florida by the Spanish Explorers. They certainly are not the cultivated trees that are grown commercially.

[@johnkonstantakis8238]

So you and Brianna start a new channel to increase your people listening and that would be with her as the Major Tom and Jerry person and you occasionally but you with your Regina's and her together I believe that you guys would make a much bigger channel

[@leonebritt4879]

They're positive affirmations. They write them as if something has already happened rather than praying to the universe or pleading. Some new age spiritual practice. This person was affirming that the guy he or she wanted was already united with them to make it happen. They then throw the affirmations into the sea or a river so they reach the universe. I did self transformation workshops back in the 80s and learnt all this stuff but gave it all up when the teacher started to seduce some of the attendees - he'd choose one out of each course he ran. Lucky not me!!

[@joerybicki1679]

The baby talk is just too much.. I don’t think they are kids or teens. Excitement yes! Constant baby chatter, no thank you.🙄🤫

[@amberkaywalton1187]

The letter is a spell. Frowned upon in a lot of religions to name the person as it interferes with free will. Generally you'd ask the universe to find your perfect other half without names. The fact it hasn't rotted means it hasn't been accepted. Just in case anyone gets ideas, it's not a good to force love.

[@coldsmokecafe]

4:38 that smell is hydrogen sulfide gas or H2S gas. It is created by the decomposing organics in the mud. That's why swaps stink at times

[@nicoleostrowski.creator]

Just came across this video. The scroll looks like someone is trying to manifest a relationship to happen. Sometimes when you want to manifest something, you are supposed to write it down a bunch of times to put it into the universe. :)

[@jaggerbrooks3570]

that letter is creepy

[@clwbchbabycakes]

Ooooh it's deeper there - walks into the hole he just dug 🤣😂

[@wildman6755]

Bigfoot dope tree

[@jennifermoore4659]

They are trying to manifest the union with that special someone. Definitely a little hoodoo voodoo and putting it back was the right choice.

[@jaeljade3609]

It sounds like witchcraft. People sometimes write the things they want and then bury it. Interesting.

[@kristaunser6331]

Your owl buddies were fledglings and still had baby down on their heads and under their wings. They are Barred owls.

[@bobbyatman273]

Knee deep in murky water in Florida might end up with a cruel and unusual punishment

[@03stmlax]

If you discover a shark tooth of a previously unknown species, do you get to name it?

[@connierichter208]

Never realize that you could put them under UV light it’s just amazing I’m really glad I saw your post and it’s a lot of fun watching how excited you get over your rocks I’ve been a rock HONNE for absolutely years still never knew about UV thing

[@jaimie-ni3qz]

21:59 it is someone’s manifestation (in this case a love manifestation/spell), they sent it out to earth for the message to be heard, and it will cause no harm to you unless it was aimed at you, which it wasn’t. dont worry about it. :)

[@kerlrock]

the woman gets 2 orange in that branch, the guy is been poking the orange tree for couple of minutes come on dude !

[@masonteed9937]

People who practice wikka and things of that nature tend to do things like write down what they want in life as a way of manifesting them into reality