#4 — The following letter appeared in Feb. 1948 issue of AMAZING STORIES magazine, on pages 164-165. This letter by Mr. Rhoden appeared right after Mr. (L. Taylor) Hansen’s: “My dear Mr. Star: In answer to your letter published in the December issue of AMAZING STORIES, I wish to answer the statements you make concerning my facts. You seem to think that I am not telling the truth, even though you graciously admit that I tell ‘lies with ability.’ […] Read More
Category: More Cave and Tunnel Entrances of the America’s
#3 — Pages 1-6 of Erich Von Daniken’s book, “THE GOLD OF THE GODS”, tells of the remarkable discovery of a vast system of tunnels under Ecuador and Peru, which have only been little explored and which contain ancient treasures of a long-vanished civilization: “…To me, this is the most incredible, fantastic story of the century. It could easily have come straight from the realms of Science Fiction if I had not seen and photographed the incredible truth in […] Read More
#2 — Pages 90-91 of Harold T. Wilkins’ book, “SECRET CITIES OF OLD SOUTH AMERICA”, carries a story of a strange underground city beneath northern Brazil: “The dead cities of gold and mystery lie, as one has said, round the littoral of the old Maranon-Amazon basin, and on the uplands of proto-South America. Many of the expeditions to one region of the unknown, both European and American… and including that of the lost explorer Irwin have been to the little […] Read More
Compiled by B. Alan Walton #1 — Page 119 of Harold Osborne’s book “SOUTH AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY”, tells of one of the legends of the Tupari Indians, who live up the Rio Branco (or Parima) river. This river eventually merges with the Rio Negro and is to be found in the upper Mato Grosso region of Brazil. A young Swiss ethnologist, Franz Casper, learned of the following Tuparian tradition when he visited the tribe in 1948: “…Long ago there were […] Read More