The bizarre rock, owned by Larry and Debbie Skelf, was just a sentimental token until about two years ago when research began on it.
"It was given to my mother, Eddie Mae Hodge, by uncle Luther Hodge, in Tullahoma Tennessee, forty years ago. Since mom passed away in 1986, I just called it my pretty brain rock. Since then, we often used it as part of different ornamentations"
The rock, now certified to be a petrified human brain, is no longer a table ornament. It has been examined by many leading U.S. scientists, including acclaimed Neuro Anatomy
Professor Dr. Suzanne Vincent, Oral Roberts University.
"This is an amazing petrified human brain! It is definitely human and not primate."
She stated that more intensive research was needed because of the neurological nature of the fossil.
" The details are meticulously preserved," Mr. Skelf states. " It was evidently taken from the cranium from the top, and even has finger impressions and fingerprints from the excisement embedded in it.
Some scientists claim this is impossible, but there is no denying it. I have been told by some universities that it needed biological crededtials. It now has that, in several fields of Biology." Also, to make a "solid point" Mr. Skelf points out the many thousands of petrified organic human and animal droppings that have been found.
Mr. Skelf states that the clincher for some of the researchers is the x-rays and cat scans.
"They have studied this fossil from the inside out, without the need for destructive testing, such as cutting it. Technology today is just awesome! It is great this discovery is able to be seen inside in such great detail. Now, great fossil finds can be effectively kept intact, and we can see with clarity, the internal components of the fossil."
Mr. Skelf states that the long range drive for the fossil is "much more research, with the anticipation of learning more about the human brain and it's functions, and to help researchers know more about fossilization.
