(ORDO NEWS) — Some researchers believe that these are pipes left by an ancient civilization.
There are dozens of strange tube-like structures inside and around the caves of Baigun Mountain, which are the subject of all sorts of conspiracy theories and rumors.
The first references to the structures, called baigong pipes, appear to come from the Chinese state media, the Xinhua News Agency.
According to the article, the pipes consisted of “30 percent iron oxide [iron oxide] with large amounts of silicon dioxide and calcium oxide,” and 8 percent of the composition of the pipes scientists could not identify.
The intrigue that 8 percent of the material is unidentified and that it is indeed very similar to pipes has led to incredible speculation by conspiracy theorists.
According to various YouTube videos and articles from websites that also post a lot of Bigfoot content, the tubes are evidence of advanced but ancient civilizations or equally ancient aliens.
So what are Baigong pipes really?
Well, they do seem ancient, as conspiracy theorists would like you to believe. But that’s because they were probably shaped by geological processes.
According to geologists who have studied them, the mysterious “pipes” found in southern Louisiana are most likely fossil trees.
“The cylinders are thought to be taproot casts of fossil trees in which sediments have replaced wood and pedological and diagenetic processes have maintained the outer shape of the tree root while the inner structure has been lost,” explained one team of researchers in 1993.
Minerals formed around the roots, and then those roots rotted inside, leaving the effect of a hollow tube.
This explanation has also been given for the Baigong pipes, according to Atlas Obscura, with experiments confirming that the “pipes” themselves contain organic plant matter.
According to another version, these pipes were made by natural casting.
According to this theory, the sandstones were left by the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, which were then filled with iron-rich sediments during the flooding of the area.
In any case, the origin of these “pipes” can be explained without the “help” of aliens or ancient civilizations.
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