The noah story was created to fit the ship found at the base of the mountain as described in the Bible at the proper location and all the locals have always KNOWN of this ship and its anchors and the christians have done all they can to hide this ship from the world.
Noah is a parable, like most all of the Bible. Odds are the ship survived the last big shake up of this earth and this earned it the story we today know as Noah and the animals.
The noah story was added after it became popular in England and at the same time the story of OG was removed. The entire Bible has been selective reading and resulted in wars since it was written.
I have a dvd that shows you Noah's ark, it is the same one used in the Bible, at the proper place, etc. The achor stones are huge and the ship is petrified wood. The Noah story is a parable, not a true life story.