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In 1931, a renowned archaeologist found himself himself lost deep inside an unexplored cave in the Yucatan Jungle. When he had given up hope of survival, a blind Mayan Priest claiming to be a thousand years old emerged from the caverns and led him back to the surface before disappearing. Sound like a fantastic adventure novel? Believe it or not, it’s a newspaper report.
The strange encounter with the Loltun Cave Hermit was covered in great detail by the Modesto News-Herald in a January 3, 1931 article titled “Mystery of the Loltun Cave Hermit”, written by Edna Robb Webster. The article made liberal use of the archeologist’s own hand-written notes and original photographs of the expedition....
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