I am no expert of petrified wood, but petrifaction dose not need millions of years to happen. Thousands are more likely, and some fossils can petrify in a few hundred years. Although, if the wood was never buried petrifaction would be unlikely. Petrifaction requires water to move through hard organic material and replace old minerals with new minerals. The organic material typically needs to in an anaerobic environment in order to prevent rotting. So, not just sitting on top of a mountain.
Anyway, I certainly did not see or read enough information to comment on what the object is or how old it is. But it sounds like an interesting find. Biblical or not I would like to know who or what got the planks there.
As far as Noah's story, who knows? Many biblical stories (at least modified versions) are supported by some archeological facts. Flood stories are found in many cultures. I personally doubt that forty days of rain flooded the whole earth, but that doesn’t mean some interesting flood took place and that someone managed to save his family and a number of animals from drowning. Either way it has been turned into a moral stories that is memorized by thousands of children every year.
Anyway, I certainly did not see or read enough information to comment on what the object is or how old it is. But it sounds like an interesting find. Biblical or not I would like to know who or what got the planks there.
As far as Noah's story, who knows? Many biblical stories (at least modified versions) are supported by some archeological facts. Flood stories are found in many cultures. I personally doubt that forty days of rain flooded the whole earth, but that doesn’t mean some interesting flood took place and that someone managed to save his family and a number of animals from drowning. Either way it has been turned into a moral stories that is memorized by thousands of children every year.
