South Carolina’s Underground
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Location: Columbia South Carolina
Functions: Unknown
Levels: Unknown
Tunnels to: Unknown
Notes: The alleged discovery of an underground tunnel by a family picnicking in the suburban town of Irmo, 4 miles NW of Columbia, Irmo having been suspected in the past of harboring U.N. fugitives. John Don Cooper and his son Wayne Dwayne discovered the opening while out foraging for branches for their makeshift lean-to. The passage led to a man-made cave.
According to police spokesman Ralph Hightower, the tunnel was located in a wooded area next to the parking lot of the Irmo K-Mart, which was not heavily visited due to competition from a nearby Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club. Cooper immediately called (-1-1 and the Irmo SWAT Team responded by storming K-Mart and the tunnel. Caught by surprise, the U.N. infiltrators lost the battle, which lasted about 4 hours, however, it was found that the tunnel branched out to many different and still unknown locations.
The tunnel at the town limits of Irmo was sealed by the SWAT Team. Hightower said:
“…I don’t think they’ll be back ’cause we kicked their butts real good.”
Source: local newspaper article from Columbia, S.C., Nov. 23, 1997
Location: Gaffney South Carolina
Functions: Unknown
Levels: Unknown
Tunnels to: Unknown
Notes: In the mid-1960s, a woman in Gaffney complained to the local police that someone was digging tunnels under her house, as she was plagued by eerie hums and strange mechanical sounds emanating from under her house.
Source: THE 8TH TOWER, by John A. Keel
Location: South Carolina
Functions: Unknown
Levels: Unknown
Tunnels to: Unknown
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