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Calefaction Stones
Calefaction Stones are extremely rare stones that dry in a matter of seconds when in or removed from water. So far, only 7 have been found and documented worldwide.

Calefaction Stone 1
The first stone was found in 1947 by George Allard of Bovey, Minnesota. He was walking along the shore of Trout Lake when he saw a stone that stood out from others around it. He picked it out of the water, only for it to dry in seconds. He researched it to find out what it was, but found no answer. He kept it on him until his death in 1984. The stone was placed on his grave, where it remained until his grave was moved, and the stone disappeared and has not been found since.

Calefaction Stone 2
This stone was found by Kathie Boone in 1950, on a trip to what is now James Bay in Canada. She was swimming when she stopped to rest on an unknown island. There she found a rock sitting underwater and pulled it out. She prepared to skip it across the water, when she realized it was already dry. Curious, she did more tests, submerging the stone and bringing it back up, only for it to dry more. She kept the stone as a memoir for the trip and kept it for the rest of her days as a good luck charm. She passed away in 1986, leaving the stone to her daughter Rosaleen, and is believed to still be in her possession to this day. However, there is debate the stone may be buried on the island where it was found, but this is unlikely, reasons being that she is said to still have it on the shelf where she placed it after her mother's passing.

Calefaction Stone 3
Almost nothing is known about the whereabouts of this stone, only that it was found by Nikolas Carver in 1956 and was supposedly used as a door knocker for 5 years. It has not been seen since 1963, when the residence was demolished for unknown reasons. Carver mysteriously disappeared after this event, and the stone's whereabouts are unknown to this day.

Calefaction Stones 4&5
These stones were found by two people, man and woman, one in Nassau and one in the Mississippi river. These stones vanished fast though, and no one knows where the stones are to this day. One was suspected to have been used in a cobblestone street in an unknown city, but this was never proved.

= Calefaction Stone 6
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This stone was found in the Nile river by Laureen Elliot while sitting by the shore reading a novel. She noticed a rock in the water that appeared dry, and pulled it out for closer inspection. "It was wet when I pulled it out, but dry in about 15 seconds." She said. The rock is in her possession to this day.

== Calefaction Stone 7
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This was discovered near a park by 12 year-old Cole Alexander in 2013, and hidden for a year before he retrieved it one again, and tying it in a glove, before dropping it into a creek near the place he found it. This stone was a unique one, for it kept the same pattern when it was submerged. "I am going to go get it when the time is right" He said. "I just didn't want the publicity of possessing it."