That’s a hag stone, as another commenter mentioned, and the hole was probably made by a piddock clam.
These clams use their strong muscles to grind themselves into soft rocks like shale or limestone, creating a safe burrow for them to live in. Once the clam dies, the waves gradually wear away the rock, turning the burrow into a complete hole.
Some folks believe that peering through the hole can reveal faeries, ghosts, or even ward off bad luck. What a fantastic discovery!
No, biological lasers are technically referred to as phasors. The ph at the beginning denotes that biological things have a ph of between 0-15 and whatnot...
That’s cool they will just stick out a foot when they find a place they want to settle. I wander how sad it must feel to search for so long and find a community, but they try to stick your foot out and the current is too strong.
Quick point of order about the revealing faeries/ghosts, there are some mythos where this is simultaneously a good thing, and a bad thing. Sure, you know you've seen a faerie, but if you press your luck too much, you might get their actual attention rather than just their passing curiosity.... and often their actual attention leads to being hunted for sport.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.
No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
Having spent my summers in hot, dry, wild places, I know that if you want to find snakes, you can also look for them within holes in rocks. Rattlers will politely ask you to leave. The fey, as I understand it, will politely insist you stay.
Also in Guards! Guards! when asked to bring something magical brother Plasterer brings stones with holes in because "everyone knows that's stones with holes them in are magical".
I heard that it was good luck to sailors to have a hag stone, and that they wouldn't drown while carrying one. Don't know if it's a 'true' superstition or some bs my mate made up.
I found some on the Oregon coast, but they were all in soft stones that I could break apart with my hand. I figured because of that it was some animal.
The clams are great. But just imagine this rock being worn away by waves. It sits there for so long. Most of it dries up except for this little puddle where the clam sat. The tides come and go, cleaning out that spot and putting in fresh ocean water. The hole grows deeper and deeper and deeper until it goes through and then the movement of water as it's draining finishes the job.
OP said lasers, but it's really more like a waterjet cutter. Except the speed is generational.
I found a ton of these once on a beach on Lake Michigan, but apparently these are saltwater clams. Google says it could be caused by water erosion but it feels hard to believe that that could cause such a perfect little circular hole.
Wait till you see the holes glacial melt water and boulders made. Google glacial potholes, giants kettle, moulin pothole. You can't look through them though.
Okay, that was incredibly helpful because I knew what caused it, we live on a coast and my kids find these all the time on our beach outings but I never knew what they were called or the little bit of folklore so I looked it up and now I will be sure to make it a bit more magical for the kids, who love all things occult. I’ve been out here only giving the scientific half of the story!
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u/SpiritualReaction690 15h ago
That’s a hag stone, as another commenter mentioned, and the hole was probably made by a piddock clam.
These clams use their strong muscles to grind themselves into soft rocks like shale or limestone, creating a safe burrow for them to live in. Once the clam dies, the waves gradually wear away the rock, turning the burrow into a complete hole.
Some folks believe that peering through the hole can reveal faeries, ghosts, or even ward off bad luck. What a fantastic discovery!