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Clay Babies - Rare Concretions In Our Backyard
Episode 36

Along the river banks in our backyard there are Clay Babies. These are ancient Concretions that form in the clay banks and fall into the river as the river bank erodes. The Concretions come in various shapes and sizes but the majority are disk shaped with anomalies. These Concretions are rare and only found in a handful of areas around the world.
A popular place to find clay babies is on Fox Island in Washington State (although collecting is now prohibited). According to an old Indian legend, an Indian maiden used to play there in the sand, many many years ago and shape the mud into various forms.
When the girl grows up she is sought by Indian men near and far, but none suited her until a mysterious young brave appeared to her as she walked along the beach. Eventually the brave wins her over – the only condition is that she must live with him beneath the surface of the water because he is the son of the old man of the sea. She goes back and forth between her life under the sea and her life on land, but after a while she starts growing kelp on her face, and her parents tell her that she probably should not return anymore. Now when she becomes homesick for her old home, she goes to her former playground and makes the odd shapes which visitors find on Fox Island’s beaches.
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