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ll LOST LAND OF THE LIZARD believed that by tuning into the individ- to be a well-planned underground PEOPLE ual frequency of a particular material, labyrinth with large rooms located at acwld Gacetn aletias mamies fT | ma minta and Ananalen al aannannt LOST LAND OF THE LIZARD believed that by tuning into the individ- PEOPLE ual frequency of a particular material, he could locate similar matter. He by Robert Stanley believed that the emanational and gravi- n the summer and fall of 1933, a Los tational factors of matter influenced the Angeles mining engineer named G. pendulum and that, in principle, no two Warren Shufclt was surveying the separate things were exactly alike. L.A. area for deposits of oil, gold and Shufelt was extremely puzzled when other valuable materials, using anew one day, while taking readings near device which he had invented. Shufelt downtown Los had designed and built a radio-directed Angeles, his apparatus which he claimed was ableto instruments locate gold and other precious resources showed him what at great depths. He believed that the seemed to be a radio device worked on a newly discov- pattern of tunnels ered principle involving electrical simi- which led from larities ofglatter which had the same _ what is now the chemical, physical and vibrational char- Public Library in acter. His device appeared to consist of the heart of L.A. a large pendulum suspended in acylin- to the top of drical glass case which washousedina M o u on t black box with compasses on it. The Washington and pendulum would trace a line directly the Southwest from a piece of ore broken from a vein Museum to the to the: vein it was originally taken from. north in Hair taken from a test subject would Pasadena. He lead investigators to the person who had proceeded to donated the hair sample. It was saidto draw a map and have worked even at a distance of many had it copyright- miles. Although he would not tell ed. What he dis- exactly what was in the box, Shufelt covered appeared to be a well-planned underground labyrinth with large rooms located at various points, and deposits of apparent- ly man-made gold in the chambers and passageways. Some of the tunnels ran west for 20 miles under the Santa Monica Bay, which he believed were only used for ventilation. Unfortunately, Shufelt had no idea that by Robert Stanley NEXUS¢59 APRIv - MAY 1994 a EEE