Demise of the Possible Stone Mastodon Effigy

September 2009: First sighting of the stone, my first impression was, "Could this be a mastodon??"

The inclusion that prompts one to say "There's an eye!" was really outstanding:

A stolen image reversed, there was nothing to suggest a trunk, but still there was just something about the shape of that part of the stone that seemed to be suggesting mastodon:

Some overlays:

2015: Another Visit

(Above looking NW; below looking East)

A staged photo, tripod and timer:

Yet more overlays:

     April 3, 2022: Finally getting the opportunity to visit this spot with Peter Waksman, I couldn't spot the mastodon until about the time the visit was ending. It turns out that the stone no longer looks quite the same. I think the head-like portion broke off - and then fell off, and then fell again, resting now kind of upside down: 

But I pause now and again to wonder if it was a separate stone placed there on the boulder...