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long, sharp hanging rocks (stalactites) of the cavern ceiling!. Then it began to dim, and the robed figures started a chant, and one behind the other, descended into the depths of the cavern.

   “Shaken by the experience, the traders made a hasty departure, not only from the cavern, but from the entire, forlorn area. They stopped only briefly at the post for some provisions for their journey to unknown places, and to babble out the bizarre story.

   “What was the strange crystal? Who were the robed ones? Why did they descend into the depths of the cavern? Questions that may never have answers, for it is like most of the legends of the past. No one remains to give locations and details and the ones who may remember feel it is better forgotten".

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#44 --- Page 54 of David H. Lewis' book "THE INCREDIBLE CITIES OF INNER EARTH", carries the following paragraph’s:

   "In an area northwest of Danbury, Connecticut, between Stone Point and Poughkeepsie, there is, on a plateau, a piece of privately owned real estate that has revealed a strange hole, tunnel and inward caverns. This hole, hidden by overgrowth and rock at the base of a mountain, was discovered back in the early 1800's, but quickly forgotten due to its strangeness. Its diameter, at first discovery, measured only several feet and with the thicket of brush, went un-noticed these many centuries. There are no records indicating the age of this particular opening but legends and folklore carry back before the Iroquois and Algonquins who were known to have their kingdom in this particular area. In the days of the Iroquois, this hole was called ‘The Great Ghost Hole’ and ‘The Passageway