Re: histroy of the cave /tunnel
[=Oroblanco
Trying to prove up a rather far-fetched theory is a bit reminiscient of Don Quixote of La Mancha, tilting at windmills...
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Real de Tayopa wrote:
Watch it ya buscador! It's My mentor that you are downgrading. Also I tilt windmills in the form of conceited or over extended ego's.
HOLA mi amigo! Apologies if anything I posted was perceived as downgrading one of my personal heroes, Don Quixote! I meant NO disrespect to the honorable Man of La Mancha.
I may have given the impression to our readers here that I personally am a sort of "Doubting Thomas" when in fact I am quite the opposite. I have even indulged in the art of tilting at the windmills of Historical Academia, though in quite a different matter from what we have been discussing here. I seek the truth, and most legends and myths are based on fact (truth) not fantasy, but in hunting down myths and legends we must sort out the false from the true. The true "Doubting Thomas" types believe there are
no lost mines nor buried treasures, especially such a thing as the Lost Dutchman mine - when a little research would have shown them that such a person as Jacob Waltz did not only exist but shipped out over a quarter million dollars in gold ore, ore that was distinctively different from any other known source. Unfortunately for the modern treasure hunter, a vast amount of BS lore has been layered on top of a true story, adding on such exciting and romantic characters as Peraltas, Jesuits, even Aztecs and Nazi war criminals - all of which only lead to a lot of disappointment for a treasure hunter when they learn so much is false. A lot of the discouraged make the leap to include the original TRUE story of Waltz in with the BS that was added on by treasure-hunter-writers. (Yes I write lost treasure stories too, but I DO make the effort NOT to add on layers of BS to what can be proven, something that I wish Storm and Bicknell would have made the same efforts for.)
Real de Tayopa also wrote:
Incidentally why are you so lax in posting lately my friend?
Thank you for the kind words buddy!
I have been 'absent' here due to having spent some time in Sinaloa, hunting for gold nuggets the size and color of oranges.... you may have heard of this place, El Naranjal?
JUST KIDDING! The truth is I took a job 6 days a week, to get money together to move. Real estate developers have bought up ALL of the land on all sides of our home here, and even drove into the yard to make an offer to buy us out, so we are moving - going to SD Black Hills, probably for a year, while we sell this place and hunt for a new hide-out. I am now no longer at the job, just busy packing up and sorting things out to "run away" and get away from the %*#&#! developers as soon as possible. The monsoon rains have caused us some headaches in packing and keep the 'road' almost impassible even to get out to pavement, so...hopefully we will be out of here soon. I did say "hopefully" as the weather has not been cooperative, at least so far.
If things go as planned (and hoped-for) by winter I will have the free time to give T-net more attention, and aggravate more of the fine folks here with my long-winded posts!
Joe wrote:
Bowman left the level of "Don Quixote" far behind him, around the time of his first post.
Greetings friend Joe, I have to agree - our friend Blindbowman now has a theory that is nearly monumental to try to prove up. I find his posts and theories interesting and entertaining (almost always anyway) even if I cannot agree with his conclusions. I think he could actually make quite a profit on his theory, even if it is utterly wrong or mistaken, if he simply were to publish his theory and adventures in a book. The public LOVE such theories and eat up books like this in the millions - look at how many copies of the Da Vinci Code sold, even though it is FICTION. If I were a betting man (and I am) I would bet a dollar to a donut that Blindbowman's theory will prove up wrong, however if he can prove it true, I hope to be among the first to congratulate him and will happily 'eat my words' in public, for all my doubts and misgivings about his theories. I would sure be glad to buy his book, should he decide to publish one, of his theory and adventures, even if he does not find a treasure at the end.
It is funny you should mention UFOs...ever read through some of the sighting reports, and take note of how many sightings were witnessed by prospectors and treasure hunters? You will find that they are a leading group of witnesses - and the same holds true in Bigfoot sightings. I think this is due to the fact that prospectors and treasure hunters spend a great deal of time "in the tall tules" as they say - far from the madding crowd and far from the beaten track. It is odd how many UFO sightings occur in known gold regions, which may or may not be related to the presence of quartz veins (at least by one theory of the phenomenon.). I will say this to any newbie - if you spend enough time out in the tall tules, far from cable TV, the internet and fast food, you WILL witness some things which are not currently explained by science. Whether you believe in them or not!
Even some who claim NOT to believe in such things as UFOs,
in private will admit to having seen and heard some very strange things.
Sorry for yet another long-winded post, I hope you all find the treasures that you seek.
your friend,
Roy ~ Oroblanco
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