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Earth: the first, more than 20,000 years ago; the second in 1014 Thete were only two remaining problems. The date on the AD. During the 1014 AD visit, a few spaceships crashed; the sur- _stone discs, 12,000 years ago, did not coincide with the statements vivors were unable to leave Earth. He said that the Dzopa are the of the religious leader: 20,000 years ago and 1014 BC. direct descendants of those people. Furthermore, the discs appeared to contain statements by non- Among the estate of Robin-Evans was a most remarkable photo- Dropa tribesmen describing the Dropa, but the stone discs were graph: the royal: couple Hueypah-La and Veez-La. They mea- apparently written by the Dropa. Did some locals intermingle sured 1.2 and 1.07 metres! Not only was their height small; their with the Dropa? Or was the information somewhat garbled? entire appearance could only be described as strange. Though Hausdorf, Krassa and Robin-Evans have been unable to The important question was whether the "Dropa” and the explain these contradictions, more research in the future might “Dzopa” were one and the same tribes or different tribes. But — shed new light on that aspect of this intriguing case. Robin-Evans had apparently been aware of some controversy Hartwig Hausdorf hopes he will receive permission to enter the regarding that subject. Though “Dropa” was the correct spelling, © Baian-Kara-Ula mountain range to search for the Dzopa tribespeo- "Dzopa" or, rather, Tsopa" was closer to the correct pronuncia- _ ple, should they still exist. But since the tribe was still in exis- tion of the word. He felt it would be better to write "Dzopa", as , tence in 1947, there are probably living descendants today— that was closer to the correct pronunciation (see Agamon [ed.], except if the order of 1965 to "do away with all traces of the stone Sungods in Exile). discs" has ended the tribe's existence. Hausdorf looked into the latest, 1982 list of recognised national minorities in China and learnt that the Dzopa are not recognised as a minority in their home province, Qinghai. Might they therefore no longer exist? The list does specify that 880,000 people are not recognised as ethnic minori- ties. They make up 25 tribes. Hence they might not be recognised, or they might be listed under a different name, as the Hanyu- Pinyin transcription ‘translated’ certain names completely differently from what ‘they were before. Another mystery with which Hausdorf battled was the name of Tsum Um Nei, a name that wasn’t Chinese. This fact had led to rumours that the man had never existed and was a figment of someone's imagina- tion. But an Asian friend of Hausdorf told him that "Tsum Um Nei" was a mixture of Chinese and Japanese. The Japanese pro- nunciation of the name had been written down in Chinese, just like any German named "Schmidt" would be named “Smith” in America. "Obviously the guy was Japanese," Hausdorf realised, which would explain why the professor was able to return to Japan to retire. Hartwig Hausdorf was able to prove that the stone discs and the Dzopa tribe really existed. His next task is to find out whether their legend has come down accurately— and whether it might be true. a Attention Net Surfers! If you found this story of interest, visit the author's web page on: http://intouch.info.nl/FSF/new ssite.htm or http://www.glo.be/globe/users /tsffilco/index.html A rare photograph of the royal couple at Baian-Kara-Ula. They measured about 1.2 metres (4 feet) tall, and believed themselves to be descendents of extraterrestrial beings. 62 « NEXUS DECEMBER 1995 - JANUARY 1996