Are secret “messages” hidden in the inscription?
Several authors, especially the late Alf Monge (a cryptologist with the U.S. Signal Corps during WWII) claim to have “deciphered” secret messages in the runic inscriptions on the Kensington Runestone (and others) and discovered a wealth of information from the name of the person who carved them to the date they were carved to perpetual religious calendars. Monge gives the following dates for various runic inscriptions: • Kensington Runestone – April 24th, 1362 • Heavener Runestone – November 11th, 1012 • Poteau Runestone – November 11th 1017 • Shawnee Runestone – November 24th, 1024 • Tulsa Runestone – December 2nd, 1022 It should be noted that none of these dates has been (or perhaps can be) independently verified.
