well well well, if it isn’t a new xkcd
You do have to be careful, though–sometimes, instead of water, you hit this free fuel that you can sell for a lot of money instead.
well well well, if it isn’t a new xkcd
You do have to be careful, though–sometimes, instead of water, you hit this free fuel that you can sell for a lot of money instead.
I’d say it’s likely that wells were independently invented multiple times. Some may have been luck, others ingenuity.
The fact that people were still paying for ‘professional’ dowsing services as recently as 20 years ago says a lot too. Many people genuinely thought that wells needed to hit a specific spot to get water, the comprehension of how water tables work was certainly lacking.