Volakas Sarakinou Rock

Volakas tou Sarakinou is about 500 metres north of the settlement ‘Aspros Potamos’ (White River).

History of ‘Volakas tou Sarakinou’ says that when Saracens invaded in Crete, the locals found a Saracen hiding under a big rock and killed him. From that time this rock was named ‘Volakas tou Sarakinou’.

This rock’s top surface is a bit level with a small inclination where there are many stones of a size of an egg.

These have become object of observation and query of foreigner passerby, how the stones are placed there and how they remain on the rock.

Locals relate this to the difficulties of poor people due to the wars, the raids and other conditions of earlier years.

Starvation was their main problem and when hungry children were passing by the rock, were throwing stones to the top of the rock.

If the stones remained on top and not rolled down, kids were leaving from the place, with the impression that when they arrive at their homes they will find to eat plenty of food.

The opposite would happen if the stone rolled down. Therefore it is believed that the remaining stones on the rock were thrown by the kids.

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