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     “He says previous owners have come forward to tell him about their experiences with the pit.

     "’One woman... said her family filled the hole with marble and all kinds of stuff,’ he related. ‘I don't- know if I believe this, but she told me that the hole ‘erupted’... Spewed stuff all over. They got out of there shortly after that.

    "’The original owner of the house and his dad came to see me, too. He tells me that his dad lowered him into the hole on a 20-foot rope. That was in the 1920's. He said he carried this coal oil lamp into the hole. And that then -– this is kind of impossible to believe -– something just sucked that lamp right out of his hand.

    “‘He started screaming and his dad pulled him up. After that, all the kids in the neighborhood stayed away from the hole.’

 

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The following unusual letter appeared on page 44 of the Fall, 1978 issue of SEARCH magazine:

 

"Dear Editor:

     “I thought the last several issues containing the articles on the Hollow Earth were great. More in depth articles are needed to continue on the research into this lost world.

     “It is imperative that more research be done on the Hollow and Inner Earth, and direct contact with them.      “Our group is deeply involved in such matters along with other flying saucer contact from our own Earth and other worlds. Many of us who are Rh-negative blood types, of which research with the Venus Venous Research Corporation of California -- a non-profit group -- has proven that this blood type is descended from the space people, and those who call themselves the ‘Arianni' (Aryans), from the Hollow Earth.