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The Legendary Samson Stones©
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The
SAMSON STONES©
By Mark Samson Keshishian
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Like other "Strength Stones"
throughout the world, and throughout the annals of time, following the tradition of
proving one’s manhood by performing feats of strength. This is a story of another set
of these proving stones: The SAMSON STONES
Like other "Strength Stones"
throughout the world, and throughout the annals of time, following the tradition of
proving one’s manhood by performing feats of strength. This is a story of another set
of these proving stones: The SAMSON STONES
The Samson Stones were named after my great-grandfather,
Samson Orjanian. These stones were thought to be lost during the October Revolution of
1917. It was during this time that my great-grandfather, Samson, was thrown in a gulag by
the Bolshevik government. The Bolsheviks were threatened by him because his physical
prowess (which he developed my lifting the stones every morning), his leadership abilities
and vast land-holdings. After several years in the gulag where he was attached to
the gang labor details, my great-grandmother, bribed an official, and got him released. It
was at this time Samson took his wife, and four children, and fled the country. Leaving
with only what the family could carry: a loaf of bread and an extra pair of shoes.
Left behind was the Orjanian vast estates, farms, wealth and, of course, "THE
STONES".
With the institution of Gorbachev's glasnost policy,
and its subsequent domino-effect throughout Europe, I finally was able to
trace my great grandfather's exodus from Russia. I found my
ancestral estate which had been converted into a provisional KGB
headquarters. Once I arrived there, it took months of excavating finding
clues here and there to pinpoint the whereabouts of the Legendary Stones.
But on March 7th, 1993, I prevailed, I had found all five "Samson Stones."
The stones were in tact, no less! After smuggling the stones out of the
country on a rickety old steamer, I secured passage on a ship, bound for
the USA.
So
after this long ordeal, I present the Legendary
SAMSON STONES!
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