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5 Underground Tunnels Nobody Can Explain

#4. The fogous of Cornwall

Dr Sachin pandit

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Some farmhouse kitchens in Bavaria have holes in the floor that lead nowhere useful. You have to crawl on your hands and knees. They get narrower to a passage you can only get through by shoving in one shoulder at a time.

They open to a hollow chamber.

1. The erdstall tunnels of Bavaria and Austria

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There are about 2,000 known erdstall tunnels in Europe. Of these, approximately 700 are in Bavaria. As for Austria, there are between 300 and 500, depending on who you ask. A few more have been discovered in France and England.

The word erdstall is German, and means “a place under the earth.” Common not-so-nice names for them are Schrazelloch (meaning goblin hole) and Alraunenhöhle (meaning a cave of mandrakes).…