Complex sentence: A strange event takes place at night allowing the Hero to view the people's stories, in time they find that a small boy named Joseph turned to stone in a secluded place, was not weathered by the years of petrification.
Split into simpler sentences: A strange event takes place at night, allowing the Hero to view the people's stories. In time, they find that a small boy named Joseph turned to stone in a secluded place, and he was not weathered by the years of petrification.