I'm glad to know Cradle Rock NEVER rocked. That would be an insult to this sturdy boulder's immovable nature. I cannot believe anyone would ever suggest such a thing about this STURDY rock. Thank you for clearing this up

I need "CRADLE ROCK DOES NOT ROCK" on a poster in my room!

"A thoroughbred rocking horse would scorn the comparison!" What a hilarious line, I love examples like this of old timey people getting super snarky with each other.

That's the most interesting video I've seen about a rock that might or might not have rocked at some unspecified time in the past but most likely didn't rock ever.

Cradle Rock might not rock, but YOU certainly do! Great video. I love your commentary and the historical research you did.

You always kill it man! Keep up the good work for real. I never thought I'd see the day I was so invested in whether a rock rocks or not.

I was waiting for the plot twist at the end, of it actually rocking! Dang! 😅 "Be a lot cooler if it did." - David Wooderson

"Cradle rock" does not move; BUT, if you look at it from just the right angle, it DOES look like an old fashioned cradle!

Your channel rules, I'm really enjoying these little snippets of history

"A thoroughbred rocking horse would scorn the comparison" lmao. Thats such a hilarious statement.

I love this channel man, honestly.

awesome channel

I'm really enjoying your vids

This rocks

What a strong finish!

I love your content. Keep up the great work

Hi Dime, ever researched The Judges Cave on West Rock in New Haven? As a schoolkid in the 70's, we took yearly day trips up there. Interesting story.

Loving your channel. Keep it up!

Look into Frog Rock in New Boston, NH sometime!

I am no expert on rocking stones, currently not even informed about any true ones. But I just have to assume, the bizarre formation of these glacier-stacked rocks is just too intriguing to people, that they so passionately defend their position. The likelihood of two rocks remaining stacked through obstacles like earthquake, flood and storms and time in general seems to demand a pretty perfect match. Imagine how many rocking rocks used to exist before tipping, never to be seen or debated about. Not being the inspiration for stories about their mysterious origin, not admired or phantasized about. Maybe it is the nature of human perception that makes it seem so close to be able to be rocked, ignoring the sheer weight of such a volume of granite, not taking into account that even with a small contact surface, gravity just pulls them together.

great content as always

the stone might not rock, but your video certainly does

Very glad I found your channel ❤

menacing angle under that rock with the selfie stick

Excellent

Dude, the stone rocks. 😃

Keep 'em coming! Great content per usual.

Love it

You should check out the long forgotten, and still widely unknown “teeter rock” in Petersham near Carter Pond. There may be other entrances to access the unmarked trail but as far as I know the only road access is an old driveway/homesite located at (42.4433979, -72.1871200). Teeter rock is to my best guess somewhere around (42.4419290, -72.1836020) within the raccoon hill wildlife management area with one main path that loops around to teeter rock. Its one of those areas that is best to get lost in since its not too big, and a lot of cool stuff is located about 10-100ft off trail.

I recall reading an old article by a woman who claimed she remembered both when, as a young girl, the 'Drum Rock" in Warwick, Rhode Island was able to be rocked, and also when it later stopped being able to be rocked (still its current condition). Unfortunately, I couldn't tell you at this moment the exact source for this.

ok i spent the last 25 minutes composing the lyrics to my piece, following my last comment and Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl": "I rocked a stone" This was never the way I planned Not my intention I got so brave, drink in hand Lost my discretion It’s not what I’m used to Just wanna try to push I’m curious for you Caught my attention (Chorus) I rocked the stone and I liked it Cradle Rock, Massachusetts I rocked the stone just to try it I hope the papers don’t mind it It felt so wrong It felt so right Won’t rock you again tonight I rocked the stone and I liked it I liked it No I shouldn’t know your name It shouldn’t matter You’re my experimental game Just human nature That’s not what Good rocks do Not how they should behave My head gets So confused Hard to convey (Chorus) I rocked the stone and I liked it Cradle Rock, Massachusetts I rocked the stone just to try it I hope the papers don’t mind it It felt so wrong It felt so right Won’t rock you again tonight I rocked the stone and I liked it I liked it Those rocks they are so magical Stacked high, small perch, so rockable Hard to resist so touchable Too good to deny it Ain’t no big deal, it’s innocent (Chorus) I rocked the stone and I liked it Cradle Rock, Massachusetts I rocked the stone just to try it I hope the papers don’t mind it It felt so wrong It felt so right Won’t rock you again tonight I rocked the stone and I liked it I liked it note: my last comment reads: @9:44, to the tune of "i kissed a girl and i liked it": i rocked the stone and i liked it, i liked it

Barre is a very nice little town.

"stones that rock never stay on top forever!"

That settles that!

@9:44, to the tune of "i kissed a girl and i liked it": i rocked the stone and i liked it, i liked it

I nominate Sneaker Rock, located off of the paved path up to the Governor Dick Tower in the mountains near Mt. Greta Pa.,as a successor to Gradle Rock.

Cradle Rock has and still does rock.

Check out balancing rock in Holliston, MA.

It struck me from the first picture you showed of it that the rock was probably so named because it is shaped like a cradle, not because it rocked. Just a case of someone stretching the metaphor too far. Silly humans!

7:44 had me laughing

And the cradle will rock... and I say rock on

It looks like tipping rocks on your map are nearly all close to equidistant from each other

ROCK AND STONE! 🪨🪨🪨

Well at least we know it rocked at least once. The motion of the glacial icefield! What i wouldnt give to be able to witness that, have a slow enough existence to watch glaciers move boulders.

If Cradle Rock did Rock i am sure it would have been blown down in 1953 and F-5 Tornado went through that area starting in Worcester as some call it Warcester the Tornado travelled east for about 50 miles destroying homes and building and killing around 90 people also if you notice the trees in that area that's not and old Growth Forest but a Secondary Forest that tells me the Worcester Tornado blew through that area Worcester and Barre MA are located in central Ma thats where New England Tornado alley begins

It's funny that it's even called cradle rock because of folklore

Damn, Son, I went in for a little light entertainment about rocking stones, but there was a bonus clip where you pummelled me with bolo punches and then shot me with an elephant gun!

Who else has Billy Idol playing in their head right now?😅

in fact it rocks so hard, they should change its name to "cleveland" rock.

It looks like a hooded cradle.

I wanta rock 🪨 🎸 Rock 🪨 🎸 😉 wanta rock 🪨 🎸 🎶 😎

Someday it will though, just you wait. Someday...

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.

Now jokers will be hiking out there with bottle jacks to test that theory. In the 90's a buddy and I whom I had worked with in the Gulf doing private military work went out to a remote spot in the desert to do some camping, shooting, hiking and hunting. We went on a hike up a canyon with our AR-15s looking for rabbits. He stayed down in the canyon and I hiked the ridgeline above. I stepped out on a rock that was as big as the top rock there. That thing had been there for millions of years undisturbed and looked to be anchored way better than those in your video. That rock rocked! I had to jump off of it and being a former Marine and current private military worker my first instinct was to protect my rifle so I landed on a bunch of sharp rocks hugging my AR-15 rather than tossing it and trying to break my fall. I gouged my shin open and bruised my back bad enough that I still have back problems today from that. The avalanche I caused almost killed my buddy below and he had run for his life to get out of the way of that boulder and all the others that were dislodged. If I were to climb up on that rock or crawl under it with my luck that thing would decide to pick that moment to rock.

just based on how common things are wouldn’t a rocking singer be more special than a stable stone? it’s nice that ppl want to be accurate but i don’t think anyone would have called it a rocking stone to insult it. if anything they were making it more interest than it was

And the cradle … won’t rock … 🎶 🎼

Now I want to pull cradle rock down its slope. Because I can't hear an insult to rocking stones. Cradle Rock MUST NOT STAND!

cradle rock doesnt rock, and thats why it rocks

Now rest of my life I will be insulted if someone dares suggest Cradle Rock can rock. This is personal.

theres 2 rocks just like these in attleboro. they are WAAAY bigger though and you can even crawl between them if your skinny enough. i guarantee waaay less people can squeeze through there now than could in the 80s

Its called cradle rock but it just looks more like a giant rock toilet

Hitchcock was one of the most notable professors of the 19th c. at my college, but I wonder if that illustration was done by his wife, Orra White Hitchcock. She used to turn his doodles and diagrams into more “professional” art and large format posters for his teaching. Although “professional” is kind of misleading- her work has a kind of untrained charm to it. Look up the drawing she made of a kraken attacking a ship!

I wouldn't get under it for any amount of money. An earthquake might shift it.

i agree… i dont think it EVER rocked 🪨

Rock doesn't rock. So what you're saying is.... it's METAL.

whattya mean "no"?!?!?!!? EVERYONE who knows whats what, knows cradle rock frigging rocks!!!!!!!

If you look in some of your photos there are faces .I'm just a guy.but I'm just saying.

Fucking with the aspect ratio, please don't change your filming setup I love the camcorder A/V quality