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Diorama Sale !

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Here it is again! Our February Inventory Clearance sale of overstocked Dioramas! That’s right throughout the month of February *The Institute is making all of our Overstocked Dioramas available to the public at a vastly reduced price. Everything must go to make room for our new Spring line. We are offering especially low prices for all of our top sellers regardless of size or overall approval rating from the traveling public.

Shown above is our deluxe Spruce Tree House Surprise diorama from our exclusive Mesa Verde National Park series. One of our all time best sellers. This is an extraordinary 1:1 reproduction of one of the most scenic views from famed Spruce Tree House, a centuries old Anasazi dwelling normally off-limits to all but the richest visitors. You heard us right! That’s a 960′ wide by 1530′ high, 18″ thick exact copy of Spruce Tree house. Unlike the original you can walk right up to this reproduction and touch it without fear of repercussions or arrest from Rangers or others seeking to protect our National heritage. Avoid being Tazed or tear-gassed by over zealous authorities. With your own personal copy you could even tag it with your own slogans or art work using our own proprietary spray paint that washes off easily with a power washer and ultra-strength bleach. Make it your own by using your own designs or purchase, for a reasonable cost, our own patented stencils for fun and artistic display. Fix what the Anasazi left out. Add those missing items to your diorama like your street address, or personalized messages like “Emma’s Garden” should you choose to install it in your backyard.

We were able to get into the park late in the evening and pull rubber molds from the dwellings and rock face adjacent to them allowing us to get the realistic detail and character that you have come to demand from our dioramas. In fact, on some of the earlier serial numbered dioramas you can even find small pieces (not more that 6″ in diameter or less) embedded in our reproductions. Proudly show your friends bits of these unique pieces of dwellings from a World Heritage site. Note: we cannot guarantee that all dioramas will have these exclusive chunks of Anasazi history embedded in them so order soon to get the pick of the litter.

This beautiful one piece diorama is made from our own patented, trade marked, super-secret foam and pumice material guaranteed to last for months and months with little or no upkeep. Order it with our own optional specially formulated sealer that will protect it from the elements, bird droppings, rain, (acid rain excluded) sun, most unexpected mishaps, small children, civil disobedience, war, dog urine, and other acts of mayhem. Not suitable for Rock Climbers. Note: this is a non-smoking diorama, keep open flames, jerks smoking, and kids with magnifying glasses away. This puppy will go up like a Roman Candle if not properly protected. Burning chunks will stick to the skin if contact is made. Use at your own risk. The Institute is not responsible for any claims of damages or loss of life due to improper installation and use. Read and understand any directions included with this product. Dispose of packing materials properly. Installer is responsible for the placement of guide wires and other supports and all necessary permits.

As this may be your first exposure to our National Parks and World Heritage sites dioramas you might like additional background information on these wonderful additions to your State or County parks, or for that mega-mansion you’re building, or even to dress up that local trailer park, please see the following post for more information.

http://www.bigshotsnow.com/yellowstone-diorama/ 

We look forward to cashing your check and doing business with you. Remember order now and order often. We can’t do this all day.

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Shadows Of Echoes

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It isn’t often that you can visit a place like Spruce Tree house at Mesa Verde National Park and have a large portion of it to yourself. You must go on a tour and they can be quite large and of course everyone is very excited and full of questions. The rangers guiding the tour do a good job of keeping the kids from climbing the walls or falling into the kivas. People are yelling to the others in their party to come look at this while they are looking at that. The experts within each group tell each other incorrect facts in a very authorative way. And of course because the structure is built inside an acoustically perfect cavern the noise is incredible. The slightest sound is amplified back to you as if your iPod was set on 10.

But every once in a while the gods take pity on you and you are accorded special privileges, like being in a tour with only three other people, and those other people were either very soft-spoken or mute. Consequentially it was quiet, so quiet that even footsteps made with rubber soled tennis could be heard. If you moved past the partial walls looking into the open rooms and floors that are no longer there, and thought about how it must have been to live here, you can imagine their movements and if you listen hard enough it’s almost as if you can hear those sounds, so faint it’s like you’re hearing the shadows of those echoes. The soft sounds of sandals against the rock floors and the rasping sound of a woven basket rubbing against the ladder as it is carried up to be stored away. They’re very faint sounds. In fact you may not be hearing them at all, but then again if your imagination is strong enough, you may.

There are legends and memories, and strange and wonderful sounds locked away in these stones and sometimes they come out. And if you get lucky and have your imagination set at full strength you can hear them. It doesn’t take much, just stand still and listen. You’ll hear them. Maybe.

Sunset Off The Mesa

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After a long day in Mesa Verde spent following in the ancients’ footsteps, going from one major house to another, it was time to go home. Or in this case head the Bokeh Maru down from the tabletop towards the next destination. One to be decided tomorrow after a good nights sleep.

The main houses of Mesa Verde are located on a tabletop Mesa twenty miles from the highway. Drive up a very windy road with all the switchbacks you could possibly want and after gaining over 2000′ from the valley floor to the top you’re there. I’ll go into the visits inside the various houses at a later date due to time constraints, but right now it’s time to go home. It’s sunset and as you descend you can look out to the east just like the old ones probably did and watch the mountains across the valley turn purple.

Right now though it’s time to watch the road. It’s a long way down and no guard rails. More to come.

When The Cliffs Were Painted Red

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We have received new information from one of our field units. As we have mentioned many times before, the Institute has a crack team of archaeologists out in the field every day of the year looking for unexplained phenomenon. In fact they’re simply not allowed back on the Institute grounds unless they have something exceptional to report, and if they do return for any reason they must camp at the main gate and toss their reports over the razor wire until we decide if the information is cool enough to warrant further action. Although this may seem harsh we believe it keeps them sharp and focused. If they bring back anything interesting enough for us to publish they are allowed to enter the grounds for six hours to change clothes, resupply, get their mail and visit with loved ones. So the pressure is on to get the story.

They have found a mystery in Mesa Verde National park. How could that be, you may ask, that place is old. But in one of the less remote areas of the park they have found irrefutable evidence of a massive project undertaken by the Anasazi people, who as you know are a bunch of old Indians that lived in the area a long time ago. They were known for erecting lots of stone apartment buildings in hard to get to places. Some are so hard to get to you can’t even get there. We don’t why they did that. It is another mystery we intend to take up later. This one is a lot cooler so we’re going to tackle it first.

For some reason those Anasazi folks took it upon themselves to paint the cliffs red. That’s right. Paint the whole darn cliff red. Look at the picture again, we’re not fooling around here. This is actual proof that there is an unexplained mystery here at Mesa Verde and we’re going to get to the bottom of it if we have to stay here until those pesky Anasazi come back.

Now they, the Anasazi, have done a lot of stuff that is unexplainable plus a few things that are but this takes the corn-meal. It raises a whole range of questions. How come they did that, being one of the biggest. We’re not sure yet but we have some theories that are awful much like guesses. How did they get up there to paint it when they didn’t have scaffolding knowledge yet, let alone aluminum fabrication.

Don’t even go to the place where ancient mariners from the planet Bulhkraap came in their space craft and helped them out. That’s just nuts and we do serious research here. Where did they get all that red paint? And is it paint and not something more sinister like, you know, blood. How did they apply it? That’s going to have taken some serious paint rollers and if they did use paint rollers Why haven’t any been found in their recycling areas. Did they have some other even more massive project that required who knows how much red paint that we don’t even know about yet, and this is just the left-overs that they dumped over the side of the cliff to get rid of? Well, is it? See what we mean, the questions are just begging for answers. Why has the park service been so quiet about this? What are they trying to cover up?

Right now I have to say we’re stymied. Just flat-out stymied. We have asked for permission to remove a large portion of the cliff for carbon analysis but as yet have not had a response from the mysteriously quiet park officials. Again, What’s up, Park Service? Why all the secrecy?. We may be stonewalled at the moment but if you know anything at all about us here at The Institute you know we don’t give up. After our crew has been out there for a year or two they’re going to be at a point where they’re going to get  answers anyway they can. We don’t condone any illegal activity but I’m just saying. They’ll want to come home.

As of right now you know what we know. The Anasazi mysteriously painted the cliffs red long before it became Mesa Verde National park. Again the question arises why would they do that when they knew millions of people would visit this site and be exposed to this desecration of one our nations Nation’s greatest treasures. Didn’t they care about public opinion? The mystery only deepens but we have the patience and tenacity to stick it out and get the answers we know you need. We will keep you posted and if you have a moment please take a second to write the President and members of Congress letting them know your feelings on this. And we know your feelings are ‘You’re darn mad and you’re not going to take it anymore’. I know they would appreciate hearing from you. Maybe we can get the park service off of square one and finally get some answers. Thank you for your support.