Page 159 of Andrew Tomas’s book, “ON THE SHORES OF ENDLESS WORLDS”, records the following account, which is perhaps a reference to the sub-city of XUBLAAN mentioned earlier:
“…The Jesuit Agnelio Oliva (1572-1642) recorded the words of an old Inca quipu reader to the effect that the real Tiahuanaco was a subterranean city exceeding the one above ground in the vastness. It was believed that the entrance to the underground apartments could be gained through four tunnels.
Last century one passage was evidently found as treasure hunters managed to get in, to look for gold, but only one came out. He brought out with him two gold bars but left behind his sanity. After this incident, the Peruvian government decided to wall up the cave entrance. How like the experience of the two Englishmen, treasure-hunting in Angkor…”
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The following accounts come from page 242 of “THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLK-LORE” – Vol-52:
“…The Cubeo Indians, a Tukano-speaking people, live at present along the Cuduiari, Querari, Pirabaton, and Vaupes rivers in southeastern Columbia. The region of these rivers is a hilly, heavily forested country, at an average elevation of some 750 feet. Some thirty gentes grouped into three exogamous unnamed phratries comprise the tribe. The Cubeo Indians refer to themselves as pamiwa – ‘first people.’
“…The Cubeo are a river people, and according to their traditions their ancestors first EMERGED from the rocks at river rapids; thereafter all the Cubeo lived along the rivers.”
Pages 248-249 of the same work contains the following information:
“The Caraja are an isolated people inhabiting a large territory slightly north of the geographical center of Brazil.
“…In the underworld, the original home of the Caraja, there was neither sickness nor death. As the emergence myth states, ‘More people kept being born. Nobody died. There wasn’t enough room. When a man got old, he sat there in one place without moving. Kaboi couldn’t add any more houses to the village. It was full. A new father was lying on the mat. It was time to eat honey.
He went off hunting, honey. While he was hunting he heard a ‘seriema’ (Portuguese name of a bird) sing. He scooped a hole toward it and came out. He found fruit at once and decided to return. When he got back he gave his folk the fruit to taste. They found it very good and wanted to come out. They invited others to come with them. Wobedu sent his folk out first and he went first among them. Kaboi came among the last. He got stuck in the hole. His belly was too big. He decided to go back. It was a dead leaf that he spied. He spoke to his wife, ‘Let’s go back. There is death there.’ They went back again…”
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The following passage appeared in an article titled “Subterranean Saucers – Global Network Of Underground UFO Bases”, by Raymond Bond, which appeared on page 58 of the 1980 issue of UFO ANNUAL:
“In the Tampico area of Mexico stands stately Sombrero Mountain, riddled with caves near the top. From these caves come incredible sounds which, according to the local people, resemble those made by hydroelectric generating equipment. There is no hydroelectric plant within Sombrero Mountain. But take note, witnesses often have said that the UFOs they sighted made buzzing noises like ‘electric machinery‘”
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The following two accounts can be found on pages 79-82 of Warren Smith’s book, “THIS HOLLOW EARTH”:
“In his book, ‘Mysteries of Ancient South America’ (The Citadel Press., New York., 1956), author Harold T. Wilkins related that in March 1942, a Mr. and Mrs. Lamb (no other identification) from California, were personal guests of President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House. The couple had reportedly discovered a tribe of uncivilized Indians in the Mexican state of Chiapas.
These Indians, possibly members of the Iancandones tribe, said they guarded an ancient, unknown Mayan city. The Lambs informed President Roosevelt that the old city included a temple with a subterranean vault. Inside the vault were gold plates, inscribed with a record of man’s history on earth. They also declared the gold plates had predicted the outbreak of World War II.
“The Lambs told the President that the gold sheets recorded history back beyond the great flood,’ reported Gunther Rosenberg. ‘The Indian tribesmen seldom visited the secret city, except to worship. Then they held ritualistic ceremonies in the Mayan temple and worshiped their ancient gods of the underworld,’
“This may be the same lost city mentioned by Abbe Charles Etienne Brasseur-deBourbourg, the scholarly, religious administrator of Chiapas, Mexico, in the early 1850s. The Abbe recorded his experience in a journal, mentioning rumors of a lost city along the edges of the Mexican frontier. He said that people FROM this hidden city frequently appeared in the pueblos and town to barter for supplies. They vanished as quickly as they appeared when they were questioned about their origin.’
“…J. Lloyd Stephens, an adventurer, traveler and a friend of Madame Blavatsky, was exploring the areas of western Guatemala in 1838-39. Later, in both London and New York, Stephens astonished newsmen with stories of unusual ruins near the pueblo of Chajol. Stephens said:
“ There are ruins beyond Santa Cruz del Quinche that are unknown to our explorers. I was traveling with a band of native Indians near the headwaters of the Rio Usumacinta. After many days of hard travel, we climbed to the summit of a large ridge along the Sierra Cordillera. At a height of 10,000 feet, I could look over an immense plain that extended to the south and down into the (Gulf?) of Mexico. From that vantage point, I saw a marvelous city that extended over a great area. There were high, white turrets that glistened in the sun.
“Stephens motioned for his porters to march toward the city. ‘I was extremely excited at the thought of finding a lost metropolis In this dense green jungle,’ he said later.
“ This is as far as a white man may go,” an elderly Indian Informed Stephens. “The people in that city know that white invaders have conquered this land. They murder any white man who enters the city.”
“How have they remained undiscovered for so many years?” asked Stephens. “They have no coins, no livestock, or domestic animals,” said the old Indian. “The buildings you see are not inhabited. They have left the city and moved underground to save themselves from the white invaders.”
“How do they live underground?” inquired Lloyd Stephens. “Without sunlight, they would surely die after a few weeks in a cave.”
“The old Indian looked at the explorer with amusement. “There are many secrets in this world,” he said. “These people have known the formula for the great light for thousands of years.”
“What great light?”
“The Indian pointed to the earth and up into the cloudy sky. “The great light is the secret of all things,” he said. “It was given to these people many years ago by the gods from beneath the earth.”
“Stephens argued with his Indian packers, but he was unable to convince them to enter the city. Frustrated, his curiosity at a fevered pitch, Lloyd Stephens reluctantly followed his guides down the Rio Usumacinta river. As he left the tortuous hilly jungles of western Guatemala Stephens wondered how many ancient races lived beneath the earth. These abandoned cities had once hummed with life. Now, he wondered if Cortez and his Conquistadors had seized the real treasure from the sallow-faced Aztec priests. Was the great light the real bonanza?’”.