Was Stonehenge the result of an extraordinary hallucination after frenzied flute playing?

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By Fiona Macrae
Last updated at 6:16 PM on 16th February 2012

Its iconic stones are said to mark an ancient burial site, form an astronomical calendar or even be a monument to the fertility gods.

But no one has claimed Stonehenge to be the result a trick of the mind - until now.

A major science conference heard yesterday that the blueprint for the mystical stone circle came other-worldly visions triggered by music.

While the theory may seem outlandish, legend has it that some stone circles were formed when maidens who danced in a circle to magical pipers were turned to stone.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2102004/Were-Stonehenges-iconic-standing-stones-arranged-mirror-sonic-illusion.html#ixzz1mfmjUXEs

[MindMover]

1. as good a reason as any.....

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/41483660@N04/6893147617/" title="2866205139_24599abc25 by pbmus, on Flickr"><img src="" width="334" height="500" alt="2866205139_24599abc25"></a>

[pscot]

2. That works for me

[RZM]

3. I can see that n/t

[ge26252se]

4. same here