Heavener Runestones

Heavner Rune

The Heavener Runestone is an inscribed stone located in Heavener, Oklahoma… [I'm certainl no expert, but the reasons given for disbelieving its authenticity are 1) the language is older than the times of known Viking exploration of N. America; 2) the writer got a couple of letters backward; 3) No other signs of Vikings were found. Also, 4) other similar stones have been proven to be modern fakes. Hm. Other things being fakes proves nothing. If the language is older, the stone may be too, and whatever wanderer carved his name left no other obvious signs while passing through. And he was slightly dyslexic. I'm not saying it's authentic; I'm saying the reasoning is "we don't want to think it's real, so we'll make up reasons why it's probably not and state them as authoritative."]