The Dowser Dilemma

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The Dowser Dilemma

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I came across this very interesting article from 2009 by one Kate Daloz, about Vermont dowser Edith Greene, who ran afoul of sceptical criticism when she not only located a viable borehole where hydrogeologists had said there would be little or no water; but then went on to apparently clear the water from uranium pollution and was subsequently vilified for doing so.
It's both an inspiring and cautionary tale, and well worth reading.
If the drillers had not overlooked the small pile of rocks that Edith Greene had painstakingly heaped in the center of the field, the people of Montgomery, Vermont, would today be enjoying all the clean, fresh drinking water they could ever want and she, as the dowser who had found it for them, would still be a town hero. Of this Edith is certain...
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Excellent!! 8)
Don’t be so open-minded that your brains fall out. LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI

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Wonderful Story, that lady should get a medal.
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