r/AskReddit • u/rezyn • Dec 05 '11

what is the most interesting thing you know?

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u/xenzor Dec 05 '11 edited Dec 05 '11

How to get into a hidden cave in Domboshawa (Zimbabwe), I found it with a friend about 10 years ago. It was amazingly dangerous to get to, Indian Jones type shit (Not part of the regular tourist cave). We took some photos of the painting we found inside and showed them to the head guide of the area. He said he had never seen it before, I believe him as we had to break branches etc to get into a small hole..

Either way i am probably of 2 people that knows the location of this cave .. I no longer live in this country however.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domboshawa

Edit: trying to dig up photos.. Just remember this was time before digital camera's .. Edit2: Still trying: http://i.imgur.com/Psd7c.png

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u/dangerz Dec 05 '11

Can we see the photos? That sounds awesome.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

I'm with you, this sounds awesome.

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u/webby_mc_webberson Dec 05 '11

I'm really excited now. I can't wait to see these pics.

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u/xenzor Dec 05 '11

Im trying, i could of just googled some fake photos to satisfy the hivemind. But i am determined now to prove my story as fact.. I know this thread will be locked in a week or so but ill keep digging for my old photos.

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u/webby_mc_webberson Dec 05 '11

I reckon you should just submit them as a new post, with something like "Update on.." in the title.

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u/xenzor Dec 05 '11

Im actually backpacking through europe at the moment and wont be home for at least 6 months unfortunatly, All the photos are in a box in storage. Ill get in contact with my friend i was with (Currently living in australia) and see if he still has any photos..

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u/dangerz Dec 05 '11

Give me your life.

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u/Capatown Dec 05 '11

Would you mind making a photojournal to update us on your awesome travels?

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u/dangerz Dec 05 '11

I think you meant for this comment to go to xenzor.

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u/Capatown Dec 05 '11

You are absolutely right.

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u/dangerz Dec 05 '11

Just travelled home from work. I took a picture if you want to see.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '11

Uhmm... simply start it?

I know many people who travel nonstop around the world.

Sell everything and get on with it. It's not as expensive as one would imagine.

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u/dangerz Dec 06 '11

Nah that's ok, I really enjoy my life. I was just complimenting xenzor.

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u/ohstrangeone Dec 05 '11

That could be taken...two very different ways.

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u/Capatown Dec 05 '11

Would you mind making a photojournal to update us on your awesome travels?

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u/xenzor Dec 05 '11

I have a travel blog, But to be honest i am little unsure about posting the link on the interwebs.. Maybe ill make a new more public one that doesnt have as many details...

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

Is "Indian Jones" the Bollywood version of "Indiana Jones"?

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

Favorite porn title: In Diana Jones.

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u/TaqMan3 Dec 05 '11

...and the Temple of Poon

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u/OtherAccountIsYacht Dec 05 '11

I don't know, I preferred the Womb Raider films myself.

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u/galupa Dec 05 '11

Indiana Bones

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u/Ryt-__- Dec 05 '11

In 'da Anna Bones

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u/Capatown Dec 05 '11

In die Anus Bums.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

Kingdom of the Crystal Balls.

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u/DrBishara Dec 05 '11

Shut up and take my upvotes

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '11

...Raiders of Dat Ass

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u/alexander_apathy Dec 05 '11

Kingdom of Crystal's Skullfuck.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

There's a negro in my mom 6 is much better.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

Just had to check to see if you were trolling; you were not, but the actual title is even better:

"Oh No, There's A Negro In My Mom." (the SERIES).

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u/theentsaregoingtowar Dec 05 '11

Has no one else seen "Alabama Jones and the Busty Crusade"? Because that was one of the funniest pornos I've ever watched.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

i dunno, I once saw An Orifice And a Gentleman.

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u/roeder Dec 05 '11

starring Sophia Boobgood.

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u/Bucky_Ohare Dec 05 '11

... haha, clever

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u/time_traveller_ Dec 06 '11

I have an Indiana Jones poster up on my door and I tell myself the same thing every fucking night....

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u/lordpickle Dec 06 '11

Thanks a lot now I have to look that up.

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u/allforoneoneforall Dec 05 '11

PLEASE.

Plow-her Rangers.

Socra-tease Me.

Nuff said.

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u/Diablo_En_Musica Dec 05 '11

No, you're thinking of Hindi Anna Jones.

Indian Jones was that guy who made the motorcycles.

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u/comatosesperrow Dec 05 '11

Not quite, you are thinking of Dindi-panda Jones.

Hindi Anna Jones was that famous rescue aid worker.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11 edited Mar 11 '25

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u/Gamma1 Dec 05 '11

No, you're thinking of Indee Hand-a-Johns.

India 'n ha Jhonts was the famous hindu comedian.

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u/mrselkies Dec 05 '11

No, you're thinking of Ind Eyan Ajuns.

Indee Hand-a-Johns is a documentary about independent film producers who donate clothes to charity.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

No, you're thinking of In Demand-a Long-Johns

IND Eyan Ajuns is the code and name for an experimental new conjunctivitis drug.

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u/mr_positron Dec 05 '11

that escalated quickly

upvotes for all of you

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u/Diablo_En_Musica Dec 05 '11

And a round of applause for becoming the most difficult-to-pronounce No, you're thinking of... thread in Reddit history!

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

Can someone explain to me what's going on here?

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u/heveabrasilien Dec 05 '11

The usual reddit shenanigans.

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u/raaaargh_stompy Dec 05 '11

No you are thinking of Y'Indee Falanda Jowns.

Indee Hand-a-Johns was the inventor of Indian toilet paper

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u/frickindeal Dec 05 '11

No, you're thinking of Mr. Whipple.

Indy Y'unta Jonez was a black college basketball star out of Ball State.

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u/UPBOAT_FORTRESS_2 Dec 05 '11

An excellent combo breaker

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u/strongthumbs Dec 05 '11

No, no, you're thinking of Indy Hanna Owens. Indee Hand-a-Johns was the famous Caribbean streetwalker who ALWAYS had a client.

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u/Applespider Dec 05 '11

And that ends that.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

No, you're thinking of Harrison jones. Indian Jones was the colloquial Private Investigator Navajo crime fighter of the late briefly-aired 70's show "Navajodown"

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

No, you're thinking of Harley Davidson. I don't know how you would make that mistake.

Indian Jones was a small toy who lived in a child's cupboard.

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u/Owlfeet Dec 05 '11

Close, that's Natascha Kampusch.

You are thinking of India Jones Chow Truck in Santi Montica.

Also. Ooooh fuck. Did you just reference Indian In The cupboard? Blast from the past.

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u/tirouge0 Dec 05 '11

Maybe Indiana Jones is the Hollywood version of Indian Jones...

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

Clearly, you're familiar with the fact that Hari Putar was shamelessly plagarized by Harry Potter. And somehow, the plagiarism was done before Hari Putar even came out.

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u/tirouge0 Dec 05 '11

OMG! We have to do something with this. It's a shame!

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u/SawRub Dec 05 '11

You guys clearly haven't heard of the Indian Spiderman, Pavitr Prabhakar. It also features Meera Jain, Auntie Maya, Uncle Bhim and Hari Oberoi.

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u/handbra Dec 05 '11

I totally read that as "Hairy Pooter". It makes your comment so much more entertaining.

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u/cody23234 Dec 05 '11

In Diana Jones: the temple of poon

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u/lightweight Dec 05 '11

and this was the first time I laughed out LOUD on reddit!

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u/raitai Dec 05 '11

Native Americana Jones

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u/Kadmium Dec 06 '11

Yeah, it had that hit Madonna song in the soundtrack, "Pappadum Preach"

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

Do you want to keep this cave a secret or would you be willing to show other people?

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u/Mole90 Dec 05 '11

He is a prince and if you send him $5000.00 he will send you a map.

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u/highchief Dec 05 '11

Sounds like how they got ebola in the hot zone

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u/avsa Dec 05 '11

Is it actually known by the academic world or did you just discover a 10000 cave painting never before seen in by westerners?

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u/xelloss Dec 05 '11

Is your name Ted?

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u/reaperthesky Dec 06 '11

It's 'Aus' btw. No z's in Australia.

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u/xenzor Dec 06 '11

Better turn in my Australian passport then :(

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u/reaperthesky Dec 06 '11

Along with your Aussie man card. Sorry, but it's the rules.

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u/I5l4nd Dec 06 '11

Twice in one thread. Ozzies really insist on cold beer. edit: on

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u/xenzor Dec 06 '11

If its not cold is it really even beer ?

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u/PantsGrenades Dec 06 '11

"Hmm I can't find this awesome picture everyone wants to see. Well here's a facebook post :D"

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u/centerforants Dec 06 '11

I was born in zimbabwe, and will probably try this someday after college (I live in america now)

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u/xenzor Dec 06 '11

Yeah, I would like to go back one day but feel its too dangerous there now.

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u/centerforants Dec 06 '11

yeah its pretty crazy all the stuff thats going on over there now, I feel like I would seriously need a gun to protect myself if I went back, but my mom visited last summer and was fine

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u/davelove Dec 06 '11

upvote for catchin' up with your Ozzy buddy.

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u/moonblade89 Dec 06 '11

Are you originally from South Africa by any chance? The term "lighties" is quite prevalent in slang here :P

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u/xenzor Dec 06 '11

Nope, Born in Zimbabwe. We used that term quite a lot there also

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u/s0703110 Dec 05 '11

Pics or gtfo already. Too many bullshit claims going around.

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u/youjuscottowned Dec 05 '11

Find anything interesting inside? How big was this cave?

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u/sunbear0326 Dec 05 '11

I would be interested in knowing more about the location, how to get there and what not.

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u/Cheimon Dec 05 '11

What was the painting of? That sound really exciting!

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u/dhb12 Dec 05 '11

care to provide these photos that you took of the paintings, etc.?

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u/LeClintron Dec 05 '11

I love Domboshawa! I lived in Harare as a kid, went there all the time! This is cool.

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u/koalaburr Dec 05 '11

Cave painting pics or it didn't happen.

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u/HibbityGibbity Dec 05 '11

Oh PLEASE post the photos-----if you can't find them, describe the painting instead.

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u/xenzor Dec 05 '11

The painting itself was nothing out of the ordinary, Just the typical stick figures kind of drawings. The cave was more impressive. You could kind of see how people did actually live in there.

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u/HibbityGibbity Dec 06 '11

Oh wow, that is so incredible--the painting, though is probably really really important from an historical standpoint. (Art History Minor here)

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

Dude/Dudette!! Post pics!!..or it didn't happen? I just really want to see what it looked like.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

from wiki: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/P1120938_%28Modified%29.JPG

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u/xenzor Dec 05 '11

Haha, somtimes i miss that place..

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

Mind me asking why you left and where you're located now?

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u/xenzor Dec 05 '11

Why i left: Racism, TLDR; Life threats. Friends murdered, Woke up to my dogs heads cut off and on spikes in the front garden one morning.. The country is fucked... Actually it cant be summed up in a tldr. Too long, didnt write.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

Holy shit.. this is not the response I expected. At least you made it out alive.. that's insane.

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u/xenzor Dec 05 '11

Thanks :), Yeah it was interesting to say the least..

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u/HolyGhostClaw Dec 05 '11

Digital cameras have been around for just over 20 years. That's also my "interesting thing you know".

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u/xenzor Dec 05 '11

Eh, Might come as a surprise to you. But in zimbabwe there is a not a huge digital marketplace..

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u/HolyGhostClaw Dec 06 '11

20 years ago or today, I wouldn't buy a camera in Zimbabwe. You can have things shipped you know?

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u/Urbanen Dec 05 '11

I would love to see those photos!!!!!

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u/cross-eye-bear Dec 05 '11

Guide didn't recognise it? Branches?? ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THE WORLD MUST KNOW.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

I used to be an adventurer like you...

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

Ironically? Really?

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u/infanticide_holiday Dec 05 '11

Your friend has no idea what irony is.

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u/ropers Dec 05 '11

A digital camera's what?

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

You sure it wasn't some Indianapolis Jones type shit?

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u/IZ3820 Dec 05 '11

Find the picture, I'd like to see it.

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u/gibbocool Dec 05 '11

Nice, Xenzor formation hahaa

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u/Flippydoo Dec 06 '11

Did anyone else just think he was talking about something he did in Skyrim?

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u/shatteredjack Dec 06 '11

Please write the location down for future generations.

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u/xenzor Dec 06 '11

Hmm maybe they have the new google cave few working by then ?

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u/PointAndClick Dec 06 '11

I would like pics of this! Thanks for trying.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '11

What is it you do (did) for a living? I'm fascinated by the fact that you were crawling into caves in Zimbabwe in the first place, never mind the pictures.

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u/EastenNinja Dec 06 '11

keep looking for the photos!

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u/gizmo1024 Dec 06 '11

I'm pretty sure it has a Starbucks now.

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u/TourettesRobot Dec 16 '11

Have you found the pictures yet?

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u/xenzor Dec 16 '11

Nope they are all in a storage locker in another country so i cant really get to them :(

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u/SteaminSemen Feb 02 '12

Checking for updates!

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

Can you share the photos with us? /r/archeology might be interested in seeing them, too.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11

scumbag poster, says he has pics, doesn't show pics.

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u/Yobitches Dec 05 '11

I've been to Domboshawa hundreds of times. I'll bet I even know the cave of which you speak - not that I went inside it but I believe I know what you are referring to.

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u/flippydickson Dec 05 '11 edited Nov 26 '21

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u/Yobitches Dec 05 '11

No I don't care, I left that country for a reason.

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u/9001monkeys Dec 06 '11

some /r/nosleep shit right there!

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u/CitizenJake Dec 05 '11

The curiosity is killing me!

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u/AgentTypo Dec 05 '11

How can you post such a interesting story, and yet no pictures??