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   "That thing wasn't of this world," Walters told him.

   "WE SAT silently, reflecting on our fate." Barger said. "I swear, I expected some slimy thing to drag the both of us away."

   Hours later, rescuers broke through to save them. Never again did Glenn Barger set foot underground.

   But rumors of the strange flesh-eating subterranean creatures continue today. No trace ever was found of the other missing miners.

 

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#30 --- There have been rumors of a large stash of ancient records, engraven on metal plates, hidden within an underground room or cave in a hill called Commorah, located near Manchester, Ontario county, New York. Supposedly left by a race of Hebrew descendants who migrated to the Americas in ancient times. Some have claimed that this story may be a fabrication based on the author's creative imagination, as well as the lack of substantial evidence of his claims.  Whatever the case may be, the future should tell. - From: The JOURNAL OF DISCOURSES., Vol. 19., page 38.

 

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#31 --- Clay Perry, in his book "UNDERGROUND EMPIRE" (pages 199-201), relates the following:

   "...Out of the clear sky of Utah, in June 1947 came a strange inquiry about reputed caverns near Syracuse, N.Y ...  Miss Opal Kemp of 220 Canyon Road, Salt Lake City, made the inquiry, first to the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, then to the Secretary of state at Albany, and finally to me, through the circulation of one of her letters

to officials of the State Museum and the