Elon Musk isn't the only one interested in the underground

I've always been fascinated with tunnels. As a young girl I went spelunking on a school field trip through several caves in the Ozark Mountains. I couldn't tell you where exactly but I vividly remember one cave that we had to go down through a small opening down into a huge cavern where we camped inside for the night. It was as big as a football field. Another cave we had to wade through red clay almost knee deep. As an adult I visited Montana and we went into a small narrow cave just tall enough to walk upright and narrow enough to be able to touch both sides of the cave with my hands. Probably to the annoyance of my companions, I couldn't help but to sing as we walked because the sound was so amazing in there. Cave resonance I learned recently is a real thing and can be very powerful at healing and accessing our third eye spirituality. If you study religion at all, you know that many mystics and spiritual leaders received inspiration and messages from beyond while spending time inside caves. 

Where I live, downtown Tacoma there are legends about tunnels but you won't find any confirmation from the city about them. They officially do not exist despite evidence to the contrary.  A lot has been written about the legendary "Downtown Tacoma Tunnels" which you can easily find with a quick google search. One night back in 2012 I hosted a tour of some of the underground spaces that were still accessible. You can read about that on the Tacoma Stories website. 

I think you can see now that this interest in tunnels is something that has been with me for a long time. Maybe even for generations ..... 

What I didn't realize until recently was that my ancestors were also interested in what's going on below the surface of the earth. There is a scientific theory that we carry in our DNA memories from our ancestors. Maybe my interest in places deep inside the earth come from deep inside of my own body. As above, so below.  

There is a part of the book I am writing about Hotel Olympus that deals with tunnels under the building. I can't know for sure if they exist so this is part of the possibly fictional part of my historical fiction tale. But I can tell you that there are metal plates that have not been moved in decades that cover parts of the floor in the basement where the concrete is missing. 

I wanted to look into the lore of underground spaces so I have been researching. This led me to something called "Agartha," a fascinating mythical city that supposedly exists underground. Sometimes its referred to as Shambala. While learning about this, I came across the real life accounts about subterranean areas from several respected people who turned out to be my relatives. I'm not even surprised anymore. (Have you been reading previous entries to this blog? If so, you're probably not either).

For something that is supposed to be fictional, there certainly are a long list of credible and well connected witnesses.

1. Rear Admiral Richard Byrd Jr

Rear Admiral Richard Byrd Jr. claimed to have found the entrance to Agartha while on a government mission in the Antarctica.  There is a book about this on Amazon. I haven't read it yet but I think I will just for fun. 

"The great explorer's "missing journal" describing his mysterious voyage inside the earth which was never revealed to the public. Supposedly, Byrd say a great land beyond the pole that was NOT covered in ice and he met beings of a super nature."  


Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr. USN is my 13th cousin.
Me  → Carl Jossy
your father → Inez Isadora Imus
his mother → Jiles Herbert Imus
her father → Hiram M. Imus
his father → Charles Lemuel Imus
his father → Lucy Imus
his mother → Ann Buck
her mother → Abigail Gould
her mother → Thomas Disbrow
her father → Margaret Walton
his mother → Robert Cromwell of Huntingdon
her father → Sir Henry Williams, alias Cromwell, MP
his father → Frances Cromwell
his mother → Mary Judde
her sister → Alice Smythe
her daughter → Lady Katherine Scott, Lady
her daughter → Mary St. Leger
her daughter → Ursula St. Leger
her daughter → Col. Warham St. Ledger Horsmanden
her son → Maria Byrd
his daughter → William Byrd, II, "The Black Swan" of Westover
her son → Colonel William Evelyn Byrd, III
his son → Evelyn Taylor Harrison
his daughter → Anne Byrd
her daughter → Col. William Byrd
her son → Richard E. Byrd
his son → Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr. USN
his son

2. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes

Admiral Byrd's associate in this turned out to be my cousin on my mothers side: 

Charles Evans Hughes, 11th Chief Justice of the US is my 7th cousin four times removed.

Me  → Verla Rae Jossy
your mother → Helen King Wilson
her father → Orville William King
his father → Eliza King
his mother → Charles Fox
her father → Henry Fox
his father → Susannah Fox
his mother → Capt. Silvanus Griswold
her father → Esther Griswold
his mother → Abigail Gaylord
her mother → Abigail Sanders
her mother → Elizabeth Case
her sister → Mary Barber
her daughter → Daniel Barber, Sr
her son → Naomi Connelly
his daughter → William Connelly
her son → William Connelly
his son → Mary Catherine Hughes
his daughter → Charles Evans Hughes, 11th Chief Justice of the US
her son

It seems that Admiral Byrd named a mountain range after Hughes: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Range_(Antarctica)

Could this be the location of the infamous hole in the earth? 

3. Sir Edmond Halley II

Sir Edmond Halley II, discoverer of Halley's Comet, was married to my cousin. He called his theory "Hollow Earth" which became a profound influence on science fiction literature.   

Sir Edmond Halley II, FRS is my 6th cousin 11 times removed's husband.
Me → Verla Rae Jossy
your mother → Helen King Wilson
her father → Orville William King
his father → Eliza King
his mother → Charles Fox
her father → Henry Fox
his father → Susannah Fox
his mother → Capt. Silvanus Griswold
her father → Capt. Benjamin Griswold, II
his father → Elizabeth Griswold
his mother → Elizabeth Drake
her mother → Capt. Daniel Clark
her father → Elizabeth Clark
his mother → Rev. Valentine Overton, Archdeacon of Derby
her father → Margaret Overton
his mother → Bishop of Chichester William Barlow
her father → Christian Barley, of Albury Hall
his mother → Thomas Barley
her brother → Robert Barlye Barley, of Bibsworth
his son → Alice Tooke
his daughter → William Tooke, II
her son → James Tooke, Esquire
his son → Christopher Tooke, Gentleman
his son → Mary Tooke
his daughter → Sir Edmond Halley II, FRS
her husband

Halley had an extremely interesting career and was supported tremendously by another cousin of mine, King Charles II of England.  

King Charles II of England is your 7th cousin 12 times removed.
Me  → Carl Jossy
your father → Inez Isadora Imus
his mother → Jiles Herbert Imus
her father → Hiram M. Imus
his father → Lucinda Imus
his mother → Wanton Burlingame
her father → Ephriam P. Burlingame, Sr.
his father → Phebe Alice Burlingame
his mother → Judge Philip Greene
her father → Major Job Greene
his father → Major John Greene, II
his father → Joan Greene
his mother → Margaret Tattershall (Fox)
her mother → Margaret Alice Fox
her mother → John Astle
her father → Mary Astley
his mother → Anne Talbot
her mother → Lady Anne Beaufort
her mother → Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
her father → Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots
his sister → John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl
her son → Elizabeth Stewart
his daughter → Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox
her son → Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley
his son → James VI King of Scots, James I King of England & Ireland
his son → Charles I, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
his son → Charles II of England
his son

King Charles II provided a letter asking the East India Company to take Halley and a colleague to St Helena (the southern-most territory under British rule). Other important men also supported the venture, including Brouncker who was president of the Royal Society and Jonas Moore who had been a major influence in the founding of the Royal Observatory. 

Halley became a graduate of the University of Oxford on 3 December 1678 without taking the degree examinations, the degree being conferred on the command of King Charles II. He was also elected a member of the Royal Society on 30 November 1678 becoming, at the age of 22, one of its youngest ever Fellows. 

His intellect, discoveries and powerful friends made Halley a very influential character. His hollow earth theories were largely debunked however he was not wrong about underground cities as archeologists are constantly uncovering evidence throughout the globe. 

4. Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton was a science fiction author and high ranking member of secret societies. He was the original author who wrote, "It was a dark and stormy night ..." I found this very interesting because my father used to use that phrase all the time. Whenever I wanted him to tell me a story, he would say this, "It was a dark and stormy night in the Ozark Mountains and the Captain said, 'Antonio tell us a story!' and this is the story he told: It was a dark and stormy night in the Ozark Mountains ..." 

Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote books that people in his time took very seriously. The book, "The Coming Race" inspired followers who called themselves The Vril Society. The book talks about a classless Utopia underground occupied by Angel-like beings. 

Sir Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton is my 11th cousin thrice removed.
Me → Carl Jossy
your father → Inez Isadora Imus
his mother → Jiles Herbert Imus
her father → Hiram M. Imus
his father → Charles Lemuel Imus
his father → Lucy Imus
his mother → Ann Buck
her mother → Abigail Gould
her mother → Thomas Disbrow
her father → Margaret Walton
his mother → Robert Cromwell of Huntingdon
her father → Sir Henry Williams, alias Cromwell, MP
his father → Richard Williams, alias Cromwell
his father → Katherine Williams
his mother → Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex
her brother → Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell of Oakham Castle
his son → Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell
his son → Katherine Tollemache
his daughter → Mary Castell
her daughter → Tallemache Castell
her son → Austin Castell, of Raveningham
his son → Eleanor Earle
his daughter → Augustine Earle
her son → Mary Bulwer
his daughter → Gen. William Earle Bulwer
her son → Sir Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton
his son


5. Richard Sharpe Shaver

Another person promoting the theory of underground worlds was Richard Sharpe Shaver, and yep you guessed it, we are related too. Richard Sharpe Shaver is my 23rd cousin thrice removed.

Me  → Carl Jossy
your father → Inez Isadora Imus
his mother → Jiles Herbert Imus
her father → Hiram M. Imus
his father → Charles Lemuel Imus
his father → Lucy Imus
his mother → Ann Buck
her mother → Abigail Gould
her mother → Thomas Disbrow
her father → Margaret Walton
his mother → Robert Cromwell of Huntingdon
her father → Sir Henry Williams, alias Cromwell, MP
his father → Frances Cromwell
his mother → Sir Thomas Mirfyn, Lord Mayor of London
her father → George Mervin, of Cambridgeshire
his father → Joan Mervyn
his mother → Katherine Hungerford
her mother → Sir Thomas Peverell, Kt., of Park Hamitilly
her father → Sir Hugh Peverell, Kt.
his father → Margaret Peverell
his mother → Walter de Cornwall
her father → Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
his father → John I "Lackland", King of England
his father → Eleanor d'Aquitaine, Queen Consort Of England
his mother → Alice de France, Comtesse de Blois
her daughter → Marguerite de Blois, comtesse de Blois et de Chartres
her daughter → Marie d´Avesnes, comtesse de Blois
her daughter → Catherine de Châtillon, dame de Saint Martin
her daughter → Jeanne de Longueval, dame d'Averdoing
her daughter → Jean de Bazentin, seigneur d'Averdoing
her son → Renaud de Bazentin, seigneur d'Averdoing
his son → Renaud de Bazentin, seigneur d'Hervilly
his son → Jean, seigneur d'Hervilly et de Bazentin
his son → Jean d'Hervilly, seigneur de Malapert
his son → Jean de Malapert d'Hervilly
his son → Jean de Malapert, seigneur de Bazentin
his son → Marie de Malapert
his daughter → Isabeau du Fosset
her daughter → Catherine de Forrest
her daughter → Jean de Forrest
her son → Jessé de Forest
his son → Rachel de Forest
his daughter → Jean Johannes Monier de la Montagne, II
her son → Abram de la Montagne
his son → Joseph Montanye
his son → Lt. John Montanye
his son → Isaac Montanye
his son → Eunice Anderson (Montanye)
his daughter → Rhoda Margaret Shaver
her daughter → Ziba Rice Shaver
her son → Richard Sharpe Shaver
his son

"Richard Sharpe Shaver (October 8, 1907 Berwick, Pennsylvania – November 5, 1975 Summit, Arkansas) was an American writer and artist.

Shaver's stories continued to appear in Amazing after Howard Browne replaced Ray Palmer as editor


He achieved notoriety in the years following World War II as the author of controversial stories that were printed in science fiction magazines (primarily Amazing Stories), in which he claimed that he had had personal experience of a sinister ancient civilization that harbored fantastic technology in caverns under the earth. The controversy stemmed from the claim by Shaver, and his editor and publisher Ray Palmer, that Shaver's writings, while presented in the guise of fiction, were fundamentally true. Shaver's stories were promoted by Ray Palmer as "The Shaver Mystery".

During the last decades of his life, Shaver devoted himself to "rock books"—stones that he believed had been created by the advanced ancient races and embedded with legible pictures and texts. He produced paintings allegedly based on the rocks' images and photographed the rock books extensively, as well as writing about them. Posthumously, Shaver has gained a reputation as an artist and his paintings and photos have been exhibited in Los Angeles, New York and elsewhere. " - wikipedia



6. Captain John Cleves Symmes Jr.


There was also Captain John Cleves Symmes Jr. 

Captain John Cleves Symmes Jr. (November 5, 1780– May 28, 1829) was an American Army officer, trader, and lecturer. Symmes is best known for his 1818 variant of the Hollow Earth theory, which introduced the concept of openings to the inner world at the poles where the earths crust is said to be thinner due to earths ellipsoid shape. Did you know it isn't exactly round? 
















Learn more about his story here: https://discover.hubpages.com/education/The-Strange-Tale-of-Symmes-Hole-and-the-Hollow-Earth-Theory

John Cleves Symmes, Jr. is my 7th cousin 8 times removed.

Me  → Verla Rae Jossy
your mother → Helen King Wilson
her father → Orville William King
his father → Eliza King
his mother → Charles Fox
her father → Henry Fox
his father → Susannah Fox
his mother → Mary "Molly" Griswold
her mother → Susanna Collins
her mother → Stephen Peck
her father → Eleazer Peck
his father → Joanna Peck
his mother → James “Blacksmith” Allen, of Kempston
her father → Christiana Allen, of Kempston
his mother → Alice Knight
her mother → William Symes, of Poundisford
her brother → Rev. William Symmes
his son → Rev. Zechariah Symmes
his son → Capt. William Symmes
his son → Timothy Symmes, Sr.
his son → Reverend Timothy Symmes, Jr.
his son → Timothy Symmes, Jr.
his son → John Cleves Symmes, Jr. (expounded "Hollow Earth theory")
his son


7. Nicholas Roerich

Nicholas Roerich is a famous painter and mystic who went on a US Government funded expedition to Tibet to find the underground city of Shambala. He disappeared for many months and returned with paintings he made refkecting what he said he found there. His genealogy is incomplete so I can't know for sure if he and I are related. You may have heard his name in association with Dan Akroyd's film "GhostBusters." He had an art gallery in a famous building downtown New York and influenced American politics and was said to be the reason we have the Eye of Horace on our money. 

His story is a fascinating one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR8RqM0bAmM

Shambala painting by Nicholas Roerich

"Roerich was a mystic said to be in possession of part the “Chintamani Stone” or what some people call, “The Holy Grail.” Another piece of this fabled stone is supposedly encased at the Kabaa in Mecca. It’s powers are said to confer upon the possessor of the stone the ability to see clearly into both the past and the future while accelerating one’s spiritual development for beyond the lackluster rate of the average person. In short, it contained magical properties that could turn the average human into a supra-human.

Nicholas Roerich used to carry it around in a little coffin-like-box, with a cloth from Tibet, shrouding the coffin itself. Roerich’s tales of meeting with supermen in Tibet, the Chintamani Stone and his elite Russian network of artists, which included the likes of Stravinsky, Balanchine and Kandinsky gave him an almost unprecedented set of credentials to access the highest corridors of power under the Roosevelt administration through Roosevelt’s vice-president, Henry Wallace." - Robert Phoenix

8. Ancient Cultures

There are also cultures all over the earth who claim they have ancestors who came from underground. The Hopi Indians from the Grand Canyon area of North America have a very detailed origin story about this: http://atlanteangardens.blogspot.com/2016/04/hopi-indians-claim-that-their-ancestors.html

9. The Boring Company

Elon Musk is creating tunnels for transportation. It's not as talked about as Tesla or Space X (he refers to it as The Boring Company) but in one interview he said that they could be boring new tunnels under you right now and you wouldn't feel it.

More info on Musk's tunnels: 


Perhaps there are a lot more projects like this that are considered classified information. 

Here in Tacoma we are very close to Joint Base Lewis McChord which was a major player in the nuclear war scare of the 70s and 80s. My father was Lt. Col. retired from McChord and he once took me to NORAD as a child. Doesn't it make all the sense in the world that the military would have tunnels from their base to the Port of Tacoma? 

A friend of a friend told me that she remembers being a child visiting Old City Hall where her father was a security guard and she said there used to be a tunnel leading to a building underground that went underneath Half Moon Yard and even underneath the sea floor in Thea Foss Waterway. 

Also, in case you were wondering, Elon Musk is also related to me. 

Elon Reeve Musk is my 14th cousin.
Me → Carl Jossy
your father → Inez Isadora Imus
his mother → Jiles Herbert Imus
her father → Hiram M. Imus
his father → Lucinda Imus
his mother → Wanton Burlingame
her father → Ephriam P. Burlingame, Sr.
his father → Phebe Alice Burlingame
his mother → Judge Philip Greene
her father → Major Job Greene
his father → Anne Greene
his mother → William Almy, of Portsmouth
her father → Anne Almy
his mother → Thomas Clarke, of Finningham
her father → John Clarke, of Finningham & Westhorpe
his brother → Joane Peake
his daughter → Christopher Peake
her son → Jonathan Peake
his son → Jonathan Peake, Jr.
his son → Dorcas Sanger
his daughter → Dorcas Green
her daughter → Uzziah Green
her son → Susannah Densmore
his daughter → William Densmore
her son → Almeda Melissa Norman
his daughter → Almeda Jane Haldeman
her daughter → Joshua Norman Haldeman
her son → Maye Musk
his daughter → Elon Reeve Musk
her son

10. Digging Deeper

There is a lot more where this came from but I think you get my point. 

If you are interested in going down this rabbit hole which is truly the MOTHER OF ALL RABBIT HOLES, fasten your seatbelts because it goes deep. Google and Youtube have all the dirt on tunnels and subterranean spaces for you. 

Here are some more links: 

https://www.jstor.org/stable/20718317





Have fun and happy digging! 

Comments

  1. Duchess of Downtown TacomaDecember 28, 2021 at 2:43 PM

    Article about Tacoma Tunnels:

    https://www.knkx.org/other-news/2015-10-31/tacomas-underground-tunnels-not-your-typical-urban-legend

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  2. Duchess of Downtown TacomaDecember 28, 2021 at 2:44 PM

    Article about Tacoma Tunnels:

    http://www.southsoundtalk.com/2017/04/25/stories-of-chinese-tunnels-in-tacoma-continue-to-this-day/

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  3. Duchess of Downtown TacomaDecember 28, 2021 at 2:45 PM

    Article about Tacoma Tunnels:

    https://www.southsoundmag.com/arts-entertainment/fact-or-fiction/article_5def252a-4865-565b-9d34-ad11be872c50.html

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  4. Duchess of Downtown TacomaDecember 29, 2021 at 12:47 PM

    Sir Edmond Halley's Hollow Earth theories were "debunked" however there is a scientific station on Antarctica named after him:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley_Research_Station

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