How did you Discover Underground Ozarks?

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How did you Discover Underground Ozarks?

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I discovered this site back in the summer of um, I think 06, when I decided to spent a whole summer Ghost Hunting.

I've never believed in Ghosts, but I figured if I spent an entire summer going to every location within reasonable diving range that is supposed to be haunted, and following up on every ghostly story I could, and still encountered nothing, then that would prove that either A: There are no ghosts, or B: I am ghost proof and don't have to worry anyway.

So I came across this site while trying to find the exact location of Albino Farm, which of course showed up in my research for haunted missouri locations.

I waited like, almost a year I think, to make an account and post anything.
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The library site sent me here when looking for info on the Albino Farm. FOREVER ago
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I found the site while trying to find more information on Garber, Mo. And that was, oh gosh, so long ago! Like, a month? Haha
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My mom read an article in the Eureka Springs newspaper about these explorers in the eureka tunnels that came up into the auditorium during a Willie Nelson concert. If I recall correctly.

Anyway my mom send me the article saying it sounds like the type of stuff I do. They plugged the website in the article. That was what? 2005?
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I'd been lurking for a year or two before I joined. I just checked and I registered the day my last girlfriend dumped me, and in doing so, I had a lot more free time to explore. Woohoo!

I found it by just researching places to check out and seeing if anyone had info on Allenton, the town that is no more. http://www.undergroundozarks.com/forum/ ... php?t=2875
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I met Chris and memory_machine on UER in '06. One of them told me about UO.
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It's all crazydrummerdude's fault.

We had always explored whatever buildings we knew about on our own, which was a fairly limited amount. Mostly houses. We were in full swing, pre-UO by the time we came across Allenton in 2006. I thought we were doing pretty well without it. But once he started showing me some of the places he found out about through UO, I figured I'd be stupid not to join. "Places like that actually exist?"

At first, I was opposed to the idea of public websites and posting any these places online. I thought there would be too much drama and cliquey bullshit and not enough exploring and information sharing. I eventually learned to appreciate the delicate balance of what gets posted here and what doesn't.

Eventually, we met WR and redox. Then WR met my mom... I think he became my new stepdad for a brief period of time in 2008.
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Been on here almost since the day the site came back online. I was researching Winoka Lodge at the time. That was back at the end of '04. Man that's been a long time ago. Oddly a friend had told me about the old site and about it having info about Winoka Lodge and some tunnels and stuff, but I didn't connect the two until WR revealed himself!
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Willard wrote:until WR revealed himself!
To your mom I take it?
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I'd always been aware of tunnels in Springfield, but for some reason never bothered to check any out until ShadowBearer told me about this awesome website "about the acid tunnel, and a bunch of other cool shit!", so I checked it out, realized that better info could probably be found on the forums, so I joined up. Been wasting time here ever since.
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A guy I used to work with went to the mines in Ark with a group that WR was in and he was telling me about it and the site. I don't think he's posted on here since then... I, obviously have... alot. His name was BrandoLuck or something like that.
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I googled peanut butter and analingus and found it.
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BROUSER wrote:I googled peanut butter and analingus and found it.
If cobcob was posting regularly at the time, I have no doubt this is true. :lol:
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Googing Urban Exploring Arkansas.
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Google searched "White Rabbit ozarks caves" after watching an episode of Jesse Ventura.
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