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Clearly bats, but entertaining so: the people who believe that another civilization exists under the surface of the earth<\/a>, usually reached by holes at one or the other of the poles. It has a long if not exactly glorious history, including the\u00a0Astronomer Royal Edmond Halley (the comet guy).<\/span>\u00a0One modern proponent is a Rodney M. Cluff,\u00a0who put his money where his mouth is:<\/p>\n

So convinced was Cluff that, in 1981, he flew his wife and five children from New Mexico to a new life in Alaska. \u201cI thought, \u2018Why don\u2019t we see if we can find the way to the Hollow Earth?\u2019<\/p>\n

And was his wife keen? \u201cShe wanted to go back home. She thought I was crazy. But we did it anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Alaska, Cluff met a small group of people who had travelled to the icy state with the same idea. Soon they were ready to embark upon their mission. \u201cWe started on the road up to Point Barrow,\u201d he says. \u201cWe saw a sign, at one point, saying \u2018This Is A Private Road: Don\u2019t Go Any Further\u2019. So we didn\u2019t go any further.\u201d<\/p>\n

How long did he drive before he reached the sign and aborted the mission? \u201cAbout an hour,\u201d he says. There\u2019s a silence while I process this information. \u201cLess than\u2026\u201d Soon afterwards, the Cluff family moved back south.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"