@california.history: 🏙️🔎🤔💫 In January 1934, the Los Angeles Times published a remarkable story about a man who believed an ancient underground city was hidden beneath Los Angeles. His name was G. Warren Shufelt. And he wasn't just telling stories. He was digging.🤔💫 Using a device he claimed could detect underground structures, Shufelt announced that he had mapped an elaborate network of tunnels and chambers beneath the city.🤔💫 He connected his discovery to a legend about an ancient civilization of lizard people supposedly living below Los Angeles.🤔💫 On January 29, 1934, the Los Angeles Times reported his extraordinary claims. Shufelt even obtained permission to conduct exploratory excavation near downtown Los Angeles. But there was one enormous problem. No underground civilization was ever verified. The excavation failed to produce credible archaeological evidence of the tunnels, chambers or ancient city he described. Eventually, the project disappeared from public attention. Nearly a century later, the newspaper story remains a fascinating example of how archaeology, folklore and sensational claims could collide in early Los Angeles. Was Shufelt mistaken? Was his mysterious detection device unreliable? Or was he simply chasing a story too extraordinary to prove? The evidence supports a failed excavation, not a confirmed hidden civilization. 🏙️ But the fact that Los Angeles once permitted someone to dig for a legendary underground city is remarkable enough. #CaliforniaBuriedHistory #LosAngelesHistory #GWWarrenShufelt #HiddenLosAngeles #CaliforniaMysteries

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