The Pit - 09-30-1977
Begin: I was at the bottom of a vast pit with a male companion, having previously observed this pit from above, then from one of the excavating machines, now from the floor. We were not at the lowest point and were looking downward from a sloping alluvial fan. Before us was the deepest point, then the towering wall of the far side, perhaps a mile away. So high as to go nearly out of sight, this wall loomed over us even from such a distance. A totally awesome sight. We were not actually involved in the digging, but were there as observers.
I knew this mammoth excavation was a joint project of two opposing governments, carried on in an atmosphere of wariness, as would be between the USA and the USSR. Each side had a gigantic excavating machine of similar size. The project was to dig, starting in fairly deep water and using removed material to build a great sea wall, to pump the water out, and continue until the smooth bedrock was exposed. On this bedrock wa supposed to be found important information about the formation of the world. The exact nature of this information I do not know.
The flat stone floor was now before us, covered only with a thin layer of mud and a couple feet of water, and fully exposed in one small area. Suddenly a great sheet of water came pouring down the far wall. Leading my companion, I ran up the slope to a place behind a huge rock, knowing it was futile because the pit was about to fill and the rock would be washed away like a pebble.
In actuality, this did not happen. The water was only a small amount, perhaps about the amount behind Boulder Dam. It crashed down on the mud flat, bringing debris with it. It splashed high at the bottom and poured toward us, but quickly lost its momentum. It did sweep past us a ways, but the rock protected us.
The stone floor was now buried under many feet of water and the debris it had swept with it. This could, of course, have been caused by a tidal wave breaking over the sea wall, but for some reason I was sure it was done on purpose by those who had dug the pit. Apparently finding something disturbing, they found it necessary to cover it, but did not wish to destroy the work entirely. Hidden now, the bottom was still accssible if they wished to resume the work.
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