GUATEMALA'S
UNDERGROUND
ALTA
VERAPAZ , GUATEMALA
Functions:
Unknown
Levels: Unknown
Tunnels to: Unknown
Notes: In or near the town of Languin in the departamento of
Alta Verapaz, and 30 miles NE of Coban, a group of young men
walked through a cave/tunnel entrance and 8 days later emerge
into a large cavern illuminated by a volcanic cone far above
[possibly SW corner of Izabal departamento - Sierra De Los Minas
range?], where they see a fish laden subterranean river, beyond
which the passage continued NW, some suspect to the Silpino
Cave area near the town of Cayuga!?
source:
Penny Harper
CAYUGA
, GUATEMALA
Functions:
Unknown
Levels: Unknown
Tunnels to: Unknown
Notes: Cayuga-#1 or Silpini cave is reached by leaving Guatemala
City going NE on Highway CA9 en route to Port Barrios on the
Caribbean coast, passing on the way the town of Morales and
continuing to Cayuga village before the Tenedores turn off is
reached. A few yards NE on highway CA9 from Cayuga village,
on the west side of the road, is the entrance to Silpino Cave,
which was discovered by highway construction crews while carving
out a hillside, although locals later built a stone doorway
set with an iron gate which at last word usually remains unlocked.
A
narrow passage continues north from the main room which then
turns west. One report stated that a man from nearby Morales
followed the passage, which later widens, SW for 15 days, after
which he turned around. After 30 days in the cave his body was
swollen, he was sick and had to stay in a hospital for 2 years!
Locals say that the tunnel was excavated by the Mayas [or at
least parts of it extended by the Mayas!?], and that "stone
idols" can be seen in some section.
source:
Penny Harper
Cayuga-#2
cave is located one kilometer NE of Silpino [Cayuga-#1] cave,
and is another cave/tunnel that is entered on a skirt of a hill
far in from the highway, although the valley it is in CAN be
seen from the highway. Several men entered the tunnel and walked
for 6 hours. It is said to be part of the Silpino cave system
[NE branch?] and has MANY branching tunnels, "stone statues
of owls", a "river with fish and a light cold wind
[that] blows... there was a place where their watches stopped
dead and all of their flashlights went out... once a "Gringo"
went into that tunnel and never came out again" [at least
not out of THAT entrance].
source:
Penny Harper
Santa Cruz del Quiche, Guatemala
Functions:
Unknown
Levels: Unknown
Tunnels to: Unknown
Notes: Near the town of Chajul, in the state or departamento
of Quiche, locals tell of a nearby cave, in the second level
of which is a seemingly bottomless shaft. In the lower room
is a huge goblet carved [by Mayas?] out of solid stone. No comment
as to whether the shaft is natural or artificial was offered.
source:
Penny Harper
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