YOUNGER DRYAS CRATERS UPDATE
Louisiana Crater and Mounds
Younger Dryas Plasma Plume TORCHED Louisiana 12,900 Years Ago
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LOUISIANA YOUNGER DRYAS CRATER
ARTIFICIAL MOUNDS NEAR CRATERS
LOUISIANA YOUNGER DRYAS CRATER
Louisiana Crater Discovery Overview
The video discusses a significant new finding: a shallow airburst depression in Perkins, Louisiana, identified as a possible Younger Dryas impact crater. This discovery is based on a recently published paper by the Comet Research Group, with independent confirmation from Russian scientists.
The site was initially suspected to be of cosmic origin due to unusual materials found on the property, such as melt glass and abundant spherules. Over the past decade, researchers collected and analyzed samples, confirming the presence of impact materials.
The depression itself is not a classic, sharply defined crater like Arizona’s Meteor Crater. Instead, it is a subtle, non-traditional feature, which aligns with the hypothesis that most Younger Dryas impacts were airbursts—events where a cosmic object explodes in the atmosphere, causing extreme heat and pressure at the surface but leaving only subtle geological traces.
Physical Evidence
Large chunks of melted material, some weighing up to 30 pounds, were found at the site. These contain numerous embedded spherules, which are tiny, round particles formed by the rapid cooling of vaporized rock and metal—considered a key proxy for cosmic impact events.
The site also yielded an “age-depth model” showing that the impact layer corresponds to the Younger Dryas boundary (around 12,800 years ago). This layer is associated with a shift in archaeological artifacts: Clovis points disappear below it, replaced by different stone tool technologies above, reflecting a cultural transition after the event.
Broader Implications
The discovery addresses a major criticism of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis: the lack of clear, identifiable craters. The Louisiana site provides direct physical evidence of an airburst impact, supporting the idea that such events could leave subtle but detectable geological signatures.
The team reports that similar sites are under investigation elsewhere, suggesting that these types of impacts may have been more common than previously recognized.
PLASMA PLUMES
The Younger Dryas Event(s)
According to the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, a large comet or fragmented comet entered Earth's atmosphere and exploded in multiple airbursts, releasing enormous amounts of energy1,5. A plasma plume in this context is a massive, superheated, ionized gas cloud produced by the intense energy of the cometary airburst or impact. When a comet or its fragments enter the atmosphere at high velocity, the resulting shockwaves and heat can instantly vaporize and ionize atmospheric gases and surface materials, creating a rapidly expanding plume of plasma5. This plume would be capable of generating extremely high temperatures (over 2,000°C), causing widespread wildfires, melting surface materials, and leaving behind distinctive geological markers such as meltglass, microspherules, nanodiamonds, and shocked quartz1,2,5,7.
The Younger Dryas plasma plume hypothesis specifically proposes that these airbursts or low-altitude explosions torched large areas of the Earth's surface—particularly in North America—leading to the formation of the so-called "black mat" destruction layer, abrupt climate change, and the extinction of many large animals5. The event did not necessarily create large impact craters; instead, the most common evidence is subtle, such as shallow depressions and widespread layers of impact proxies in sediments5. {Note: In my recent post about Younger Dryas impacts & glacial meltwater floods, it was stated that there were several impacts in Canada, at Lake Ontario, Lake Nipigon, Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake. This video also discusses Hiawatha Crater in Greenland. And Antonio Zamora has also suggested that Saginaw Bay in Michigan was likely an impact site that hurled ice boulders along the Atlantic coast and as far as Nebraska producing the elliptical Carolina Bays. The OzGeologic channel found that Burckle Crater in the Indian Ocean, and two craters in the Pacific, as well as one or two smaller ones in the Mediterranean, caused a lot of flooding, possibly during the Younger Dryas. So there were numerous impacts, not just airbursts.}
The Younger Dryas, a period of abrupt climate cooling around 12,900 years ago, is linked in this discussion to cosmic impact events. The video’s guests—Randall Carlson, Ben from UnchartedX, and others—propose that a plasma plume (an extremely energetic, high-temperature event) torched parts of North America, including Louisiana, during this period.
Evidence for this includes widespread “black mat” layers—a thin, dark sedimentary layer found at many archaeological sites across North America and Eurasia. These layers contain impact proxies such as spherules, melt glass, and geochemical anomalies, all consistent with a high-energy cosmic event.
A new Russian study extended the known distribution of the black mat layer, showing it covers an additional 1.5 million square miles, including central Eurasia. This supports the idea that the Younger Dryas event was global in scope, not just limited to North America.
The video discusses the idea that the "black mat" destruction layer found at the Younger Dryas boundary was caused by a plasma plume generated by a cosmic impact or airburst event. The presenters specifically mention a "plasma plume impact event during the Younger Dryas that incinerated parts of North America," and they associate this with the formation of the black mat layer, which contains impact proxies and geochemical features consistent with high-temperature events. They describe the black mat as a global layer of destruction, now recognized across millions of square miles, and link its formation to the hypothesized catastrophic plasma plume event tied to the Younger Dryas impact scenario.
Impact on Human Cultures
The event coincides with the disappearance of the Clovis culture in North America. The abrupt change in stone tool technology above the Younger Dryas boundary suggests a major disruption, likely caused by environmental devastation following the impact(s).
ARTIFICIAL MOUNDS NEAR CRATERS
Locations Where Artificial Mounds or Structures Are Within a Few Miles of Impact Craters
Serpent Mound, Ohio, USA
The Serpent Mound is a prehistoric effigy mound built by Indigenous peoples and is directly situated atop the Serpent Mound impact crater in Adams County, Ohio. This is the most well-documented and widely recognized example of a human-made mound constructed within an impact structure3,1.
Serpent Mound Park, Ontario, Canada
There is another Serpent Mound in Ontario, Canada, which is also located near an ancient impact crater. This site, while less well-known and currently closed to the public, is cited as another example of a mound in close proximity to an impact structure3.
Loch Nell Serpent Mound, Scotland
The Loch Nell Serpent Mound in Scotland is another example of an artificial mound associated with an ancient impact crater. Like the Ohio and Ontario sites, this mound is within a few miles of a confirmed impact structure3.
Key Points
All three known Serpent Mounds (Ohio, Ontario, Scotland) are within a few miles of ancient impact craters.
These mounds are artificial, built by ancient peoples, and their locations suggest a possible cultural or spiritual significance attached to the unique geological features created by the impacts.
There are no widely recognized examples of other types of artificial mounds or large human-made structures built within a few miles of confirmed impact craters, according to current mainstream sources1,3.
LOUISIANA CRATER & MOUNDS
These are apparently the only mounds that date to the Younger Dryas.
The video and related research say that one of the Louisiana mounds—specifically the LSU Campus Mounds—has construction that began about 11,000 years ago, which is just after the Younger Dryas climate event ended around 11,700 years ago1,3,4,6,8.
Key points include:
Radiocarbon dating shows that Mound B at LSU started being built during the climate amelioration following the Younger Dryas, making it one of the oldest known man-made structures in North America1,3,8.
The mounds contain layers of burned ash and microscopic fragments of burned large mammal bones, suggesting ceremonial or cremation use in their early phases1,6,8.
There was a hiatus in mound construction during the 8,200-year climate event, after which building resumed1,8.
The sediment for Mound B may have come from a nearby natural depression, possibly related to the impact crater or airburst depression discovered in Louisiana6,7.
So, while the mounds themselves are not impact craters, their earliest construction phase dates to just after the Younger Dryas event, linking them temporally to that period of climate change and possible cosmic impacts discussed in the video and papers.
GOBEKLI TEPE
The video discusses the idea that Göbekli Tepe may reference the Younger Dryas impacts. Specifically, it mentions the hypothesis that certain carvings and symbols at Göbekli Tepe—most notably on the so-called "Vulture Stone" (Pillar 43)—could be interpreted as a record or commemoration of a catastrophic comet or meteor impact event, which many researchers associate with the onset of the Younger Dryas period1,2,5,8.
The theory, advanced by researchers like Martin Sweatman and Dimitrios Tsikritsis, suggests that the animal symbols on the pillar correspond to constellations, and that the arrangement of these carvings encodes a date that matches the timing of the hypothesized Younger Dryas impact, around 10,950 BC2,5,8. The Taurid meteor stream is often proposed as the source of this impactor.
IMPACTS & HALLOWEEN
The video connects the Day of the Dead and similar autumn festivals to the Taurid meteor stream, suggesting that these traditions may be ancient commemorations of catastrophic cosmic events, possibly including impacts from the Taurid stream.
Taurid Meteor Stream Timing: The Taurid meteor shower peaks in late October and early November, aligning with the dates of Halloween, Samhain, and Day of the Dead festivals1,4,5,6. This period is sometimes referred to as the "Halloween Fireballs" due to the frequency of bright meteors observed during this time4,5.
Cultural Associations: The video discusses how various cultures, including the Celts (Samhain), Mexicans (Día de los Muertos), and even Indigenous Australians, have festivals honoring the dead at this time of year. It suggests these traditions may have originated as responses to awe-inspiring or traumatic celestial events, such as meteor showers or impacts from the Taurid stream1,3,4.
Younger Dryas and Taurids: The video references the hypothesis that a fragmenting comet—possibly the progenitor of the Taurid stream—caused the Younger Dryas impact event around 12,800 years ago, leading to mass extinctions and global climate upheaval3,7,8. Some researchers propose that the timing of the Taurid meteor shower and the culmination of the Pleiades star cluster at midnight during this season could have reinforced the association between cosmic events and festivals of the dead3,4,7.
Symbolism and Remembrance: The idea is that the annual return of the Taurids—visible as fireballs in the sky—served as a recurring reminder of past disasters, inspiring rituals and stories about spirits, ancestors, and the thin veil between worlds. The video suggests that the Day of the Dead and related festivals may be rooted in this ancient cosmic memory1,4,7.
In summary, the video argues that the Day of the Dead and similar autumnal festivals are linked to the Taurid meteor stream, both in timing and in their symbolic commemoration of death and catastrophe, possibly tracing back to real cosmic impacts in prehistory.