in desperation to a famous dowser for answers.Though some
were surprised by the findings, many shook their heads and
tapped their noses as in 'I knew it'. Contracted by a group of
Phoenicia residents, who say they can not remember being
under water so many times in one year, the dowser brought
to town the the traditional tools used by the trade.
Dowsing dates back to at least the 15th century, but is
thought by some to have much earlier, even prehistoric,
roots. Dowsers hold a rod in front of them and walk
forward until it signals. A forked tree branch will dip,
incline, or twitch; two L-shaped metal rods will cross.
Another method is to hold a pendulum over a map. All
three methods were used in divining the source of
Phoenicia's flooding.
As residents watched in facination, first the pendulum
swirled around and around a Shandaken map until it
suspended in midair at Town Hall. Everyone loaded
into their vehicles and followed the dowser, and as
the dowser step out of his car with the forked tree
branch, it twitched so hard, it flew out of the dowsers
hand, hitting the building. On cautiously entering the
building, now using two L-shaped metal rods, he cried
out in surprise as the rods wrapped themselves around
Supervisor Stankley's head. "I've never, in all my days,
seen my tools act so definitively, it was like they were
possessed," cried the dowser, visibly shaken. The
Phoenicia residents plan on going door to door, in hopes
of finding a solution on how to keep Stankley away from
their town. Rick Ragingfella, raged,"Look what he's done
to Phoenicia, it's a goddamn mess! There are dead fish
in our street!"
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