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slope
more steeply downward, and at times they had an eery feeling that they were
being watched, at times even sensing a strange musty animal odor. The darkness
began to become less dense and far ahead they began to see a faiht blue glow.
As they came nearer, they found the passage suddenly open upon a strange
landscape. There was grass growing, and in the distance they could faintly see
some kind of buildings. The musty animal odor grew stronger so they approached
the nearest building. It seemed to be some kind of a temple for there were
rough hewn benches, and altar vessels of pure gold. Suddenly there was a
commotion outside the temple. Upon looking outside they saw a group of tall
strange Indian-like people and also several strange repulsive looking animals
which gave off the musty animal odor. These weird beasts had pinkish-white,
hairless, skin and walked on all fours - like a dog would.
“The Indian people were rather ‘normal’ in
appearance except that they had rather long heads which extended high above the
ears.
“The spokesman for the group then stepped
forward and in pure Castilleian Spanish said: ‘Welcome to the blue litten
“The aged papers continued with the
following weird account supplied by one of those lost souls:
"’We were allotted comfortable houses
to live in and women for our wives. My wife was named Teen. She was a pleasant
and loving mate, and for a time I was contented and happy in my life deep
underground. But gradually I began to yearn for the outside world. I longed to
see the sun again, and feel the rain, and walk in the beautiful moonlight. I
spent many monotonous hours telling Teen of the