Posted on May 11, 2024
Beloved Chincoteague ponies' mythical origins may be real
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Interesting, I can recall seeing them when I was a kid on a trip with my parents but not much else.
Beloved Chincoteague ponies' mythical origins may be real
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During storms, when ships ran aground or were taking water cargo was often dumped overboard to lighten a ship. I could see a ship that ran aground or being battered in a storm and taking water dumping the horses overboard. The ship may have survived, as apparently did the horses. Last summer at a family get together we went on a kayak trip to Assateague Island. It was a fun time. The people renting the kayaks didn’t know about the theory that the horses were Spanish in origin.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Not sure I'll get back to Virginia again, but if I do a stop in the area is on the agenda. Who knows, the alumni association and a few friends keep bugging me to come back.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen interesting history on an equine group that's new to me.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Beloved+Chincoteague+ponies%27+mythical+origins+may+be+real&view=detail&mid=CD366AF115D82EAD6674CD366AF115D82EAD6674&FORM=VIRE&PC=U531
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Beloved+Chincoteague+ponies%27+mythical+origins+may+be+real&view=detail&mid=CD366AF115D82EAD6674CD366AF115D82EAD6674&FORM=VIRE&PC=U531
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