The mystery of the Potternewton Park Toynbee Tile. A rare phenomenon exists melted into the tarmac of Avenue Hill next to Potternewton Park. Although its rather worn today, parts of a message can still be seen. Prepare to enter the Twilight Zone, because this is a mysterious Toynbee Tile This Toynbee tile is thought to be the only example of its kind in England, so having it in Leeds is extra special. The epicentre of the Toynbee tile is Philadelphia in the U.S.A. They first started to appear on the streets of Philadelphia in the late 1980s. They have been seen in many American Cities including Kansas, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C, San Francisco, New York City, and the South Americas. The Toynbee tiles have a cryptic message, there are variations to the message. But mostly it includes the lines Toynbee idea. Movie 2001. Resurrect the dead on planet Jupiter Other footnotes to the message include Murder every journalist and some had lengthy, paranoid diatribes about the news media, and the Mafia. The material used for making the tiles was long a mystery, but evidence has emerged that they may be primarily made of layers of linoleum and asphalt crack-filling compound. The tiles appear to be the work of a single person, initially thought to be James Morasco a carpenter from Philadelphia. Morasco would have been in his 70s when most of the tiles were laid. Morasco died in 2003, but new tiles have since been seen in Philadelphia. **Read all the comments below for the full story**
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