A-012: Ellensburg Whale Bone Tree

Status and Warnings

 * Currently considered active.
 * Validity confirmed.
 * Object poses no threat.
 * Original article by Jade.

Description
A-012 is a large whale bone, likely a rib bone from a right whale, extruding out of an elm tree outside of a home on 603 Fourth Avenue, in Ellensburg, Washington state.

The anomalousness of A-012 is in it's inexplicably. It sits about 100 miles away from the ocean, and there is no unanimously accepted up on origin of the bone. This has led some to believe there is a supernatural origin for it's existence, and many have their own theories for why it's here.

History
The house A-012 sits in front of was constructed as a parsonage in 1887. A 1976 Ellensburg Daily Record article states that the tree has been remembered to exist at least from 1909, although it appears the bone has been there for much longer.

The tree had originally had two whale bones, but in 1929 one was cut out and given to the Ellensburg Lumber Company to hang in his office.

Explanations

 * The most popular theory is that an ex-sailor moved to the house and brought the bones with him. He set them up outside so other sailors could know it was a place to stop by. Over time, the tree grew to trap the bone inside it.
 * Another theory is that a pastor who lived in the parsonage had brought the bones.
 * Mel Waters (of Mel's Hole fame) had spoken about this bone with Art Bell on Coast to Coast am. He had said that the Basque told him the whale bone was a marker left by Basque whalers.