<story><title>How to drill your own water well</title><url>https://drillyourownwell.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>zigzaggy</author><text>My grandfather was a &amp;quot;well witcher&amp;quot; (Appalachian roots here). Many believe that&amp;#x27;s woo woo or some kind of super power. The man was incredibly intelligent and resourceful and he had a reputation for finding water every single time he dropped the drill into the ground.&lt;p&gt;When I was a kid I used to go to sleep listening to stories of my dad and his dad driving around on a 2 ton truck with a 3 ton drill and how the brakes always went out. Somehow they always lived to tell the tale.&lt;p&gt;Haven&amp;#x27;t thought about this in a long time. Good memories.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>presidentender</author><text>My dad drilled water wells in the US after spending many years working on oil wells overseas. His clients would often hire witchers (water witches, water witchers, well witches - I think the distance from Appalachia to Montana clouded the specific vocabulary). You&amp;#x27;d have this very old man dodder around the property with a pair of sticks, and when the sticks magically chose to pull together and cross, that&amp;#x27;s where you&amp;#x27;d dig the well.&lt;p&gt;I do not recall whether the magical approach was any more successful than the traditional approach.</text></comment>
<story><title>How to drill your own water well</title><url>https://drillyourownwell.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>zigzaggy</author><text>My grandfather was a &amp;quot;well witcher&amp;quot; (Appalachian roots here). Many believe that&amp;#x27;s woo woo or some kind of super power. The man was incredibly intelligent and resourceful and he had a reputation for finding water every single time he dropped the drill into the ground.&lt;p&gt;When I was a kid I used to go to sleep listening to stories of my dad and his dad driving around on a 2 ton truck with a 3 ton drill and how the brakes always went out. Somehow they always lived to tell the tale.&lt;p&gt;Haven&amp;#x27;t thought about this in a long time. Good memories.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>benoliver999</author><text>In &lt;i&gt;The Traveller&amp;#x27;s Tree&lt;/i&gt; by Patrick Leigh Fermor, a travelogue from the Caribbean, he gives an account of water divination. He initially sees it as some voodoo myth, and is taken aback when they repeatedly find water.</text></comment>