As a new member, I told you I would e-mail my
story, so here it is. First, I want to apologize for
any misspelled words or bad grammar...I have a habit
of not putting everything down as I type. Because I am
still in shock and "zone out" as I try to type and
think every detail to you. Second, I saw this, my
friend saw this and it was real. No one will ever tell
me different. So, if you want to "hammer,trash,bash 
or otherwise ridicule" me...it will not change the
fact that this happened.

     This past Sunday...the 7th. A friend and I were
riding two ATVs in a place called, "The Underground"
it is a public and private storage facility in
Carthage, Mo. What makes this place such a desirable
storage facility is that it is all underground...hence
the name. They are constantly expanding this place and
there are miles and miles of carved out caves in
there...and it goes pretty deep. This facility stores
thousands and thousands of food containers, all
dehydrated for the Navy...I have seen them and it is
public knowledge around here. It is also a fall out
shelter able to hold some 40,000 to 50,000 people. I
tell you this to give some sense of the vastness of
the place. I worked there as a sub-contractor some 9
years ago...I helped build the office spaces up on
top. I started to explore then...about once a month
and did so all the way until this past Sunday.
However, I never went as far or as deep before either.

     It was fun to take the ATVs and cruise
underground...no rain or weather problems...ever. We
were approx 8 miles in and I'd say maybe 500 feet deep
when we took a turn down an area that was marked
"Naval Authoritative Zone" I remember making a comment
about the Navy getting a ship down there and said that
was an easy posting. The walls became more defined as
in: polished or finished and this was striking because
this was supposed to be a newly blasted area...totally
backward I would think...still thinking nothing was
wrong we kept going, actually increasing speed because
the floor was paved now and we could go faster. We
came up on an unusual painted pattern on the floor and
I thought, "cool graffiti...kids have been down
here...we're safe...won't get into any trouble." The
road dipped down and then it took a 90' turn to the
left...we had no warning and we were going too fast. I
knew we were going to hit the wall. BUT we DIDN'T...we
passed through some kind of projection of the cave
siding...although I don't know how it was done...it
was real looking. We passed into a whole new road
system...this one was large, and much older than where
we came from. We started to smell an
odor...musty,damp, growing stronger as we went deeper
on smell. The lighting decreased as well probably 60%
less than the other area's...we turned on our
headlights. We continued on at about 5 to 7 miles and
hour for about 5 min and we noticed it was getting
cooler...which was to me, very strange...since once
inside a cave a certain distance...the temp says the
same. We made a right turn and started to come up on
what I thought was a rest area on the side...about 40
feet away. I thought it looked like a pair of
fountains until they moved. We both stopped
immediately.
We were approx. 30' feet away now and what we saw were
two creatures, one was very tall at least 7' feet
maybe more and very powerfully built...reddish in
color and the other was smaller about 6' feet but it
was not red in color but pale, like an albino and it
was not as powerfully built as the other. They looked
like REPTILES...living, walking, intelligent
beings...not human...not warm blooded. Reptiles! I
know it sounds crazy but it is true. They said nothing
but I did get a strong sense from the big one. A
malevolence,evil presence of some kind. My friend
screamed and we turned around...a power turn. We
started to go back out when my friend said, "the big
one" was after us. I looked back and it was following
us. I had the overwhelming feeling that if it caught
us that harm would come to us. We passed through the
wall projection and I looked back and saw the thing
raise it's arm and it had a weapon of some sorts. It
fired and hit the ATV my friend was on. The engine
died and he stopped. I told him to jump on...and he
did. I gunned it and then my friend said, "STOP!" I
slowed down and he said, "LOOK!". I looked back and
the thing had stopped at the graffiti on the cave
floor/road. The ATV was on it's side of the
graffiti/symbol. It was obvious the thing would not
cross the marking. I slowed more...we were now about
75' feet away. I stopped and the three of us...Me, my
friend and the creature/reptile/man thing just looked
at each other...for about 15 sec. And let me tell
you...that is a long time. Then I started to
leave...It stayed there waiting and not moving until
we were out of sight. As soon as we cleared the cave I
got on my cell phone and called the Sheriff's Dept. I
was told that they would not come out and that
"Underground Security" would handle it. Then they hung
up! By law they are not to do that...We can hang up on
anyone...but a government office, be it City or
Federal can not hang up on you. Anyway, I was shocked
and scared and we took off across the outside of the
underground over to my truck and sure
enough...Underground Security was waiting for us. We
were told to leave, not to tell anybody about
this...that if I come back...The Navy would press
charges. I was also told that I had 10 min to leave or
I would be taken in. What can I say...we left. It has
been 3 days since this has happened and I am still
shaken. I am a powerful person, 6'4" and 265 lbs and I
have never in my life been afraid for my life...until
this past Sunday. I lost one of my two ATV's... As 
far as I know...it is still
down there. My friend will not talk about it and I
have not heard anything from anyone about it. I did
call the Sheriff's Dept. and they said they never got
a call from me.
     Well, that is my story...I have never had
anything strange happen in my life and I am very very
concerned about this. I can tell you this...I had an
urge to kill the things I saw down there...I don't
know if that is a natural reaction as most people have
a natural revulsion towards reptiles or because of my
faith and the feeling of evil I had...or what. All I
know is that they are real...and I wish I could do
something...anything to combat or help against these
things. Take care all and thank you again for letting
me write this and share this experience.

Your new friend and partner,

Pat Garrett