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Ali Sobeck shared a photo.
7 June near Union Grocery.

hey, it's alison. long time reader, first time poster, etc.
everyone else gets pointy teeth and anime hair, and all i get is this rudimentary bow and arrow set. in the back seat of my car. i feel cheated and uneasy.
things of note:
the construction's solid if old-fashioned. ancient almost. looks like it's been through a lot of hunting or combat. well-cared for. it's been restringed recently. funny: the bowstring's stronger than any modern-day bow i've ever held. tbf, last time i tried to shoot a bow and arrow was in summer camp, and that was a disaster. i couldn't hit the broad side of a barn...
the metal pieces are strong too.
same metal pieces have been shaped for the arrow heads. dried blood still on one of those. spooky. weird thing about the design. the metal's been shaped and painted(?) in a way to resemble animal bone. does that make sense? as if it was deliberate. they don't match with the construction of the thing, but i don't know why.
just a feeling.
has anyone ever seen these symbols? did anyone else get some ancient weapon, or did i luck out?

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thanks. i thought it looked cool too
i don't think i'll be using it. i'm not any good at archery. i could give it a shot, though.
no pun intended.
and maybe so. this looks too tribal to be from the modern-day olympics, but stranger things have happened.

JSYK that was an awesome pun. :P

Ohh! I have an idea on how to find out what it is: You can take it to the museum or maybe a teacher at college who does stuff with history things. If anyone can help it could be them.

haha, i've got a million of them. for better or for worse.

and that's a great idea. i think i may do that. if anyone would know, it'd be a history expert, right?

Yeah! They're surrounded by all sorts of weird and cool old things all day. Least they can do is identify the designs it seems to be copycatting? Way it's made makes it look super deliberate. I think.

deliberate and made by hand, yeah. i don't know much about ancient civilizations, so i think handing this over to someone who does would be a good start to getting some answers.

You're going to keep it though, right?

I think it'll suck if you had to give that up to someone if they were being all this belongs to an exhibit and stuff it is super old.

yeah, i'm going to keep it. it's strange,
but...

i feel as if it belongs to me.

Really? As in deep-in-your-bones, right-in-your-heart sure?

Whoaaaaa. That sounds super cool.

yeah. exactly like that.
have you gotten any gifts from retrospec yet? i've heard everyone gets the same deja vu feeling when they do.