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From the High Desert

A Cultural History of Art Bell

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March 27, 1998: Rocky Mountain Discoveries - Robert Ghost Wolf

Mar 27, 1998
3h 9m
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Art Bell presents what he calls a paradigm-shattering program as Robert Ghost Wolf reveals discoveries from a month-long expedition into the Rocky Mountains. Ghost Wolf, a Native American researcher of mixed blood, was guided to a remote site at 14,000 feet by indigenous elders who knew of its existence through oral traditions passed down from the Ute Indians. The site required daily climbs of 2,000 feet through deep snow and rapidly decomposing granite.

Ghost Wolf describes finding over 70 distinct formations, including two massive griffins standing approximately 70 feet tall on either side of a canyon entrance. Most stunning is a sphinx he estimates at 100 feet in height, complete with headdress and facial features virtually identical to the Egyptian Sphinx. Carvings of human faces appear at its base. Using GPS coordinates, he mapped the major formations and discovered their positions correspond to the constellation Orion, a pattern found at sacred sites worldwide from Giza to Stonehenge to Machu Picchu.

Richard C. Hoagland calls in and compares the find to similar ruins at Marcawasi in Peru. He suggests the formations could be hundreds of thousands of years old and urges Ghost Wolf to overlay his GPS data on Carl Munck's global grid. Art reads faxes from stunned listeners who confirm the photographs speak for themselves.

Key Moments

  1. Eight ancient sites between the Rockies and South America: Asked to describe what he found, Ghost Wolf states this is one of eight similar sites he knows of stretching from the Rockies to South America, and that his next year will be spent documenting their existence as evidence that human civilization is far older than mainstream archaeology accepts.

  2. Two 70-foot griffin guardians flank the canyon: Ghost Wolf describes the first major formations of the Stargate Expedition: two 70-foot griffin or gargoyle figures carved on opposite peaks of the canyon, about 400 feet apart, each pointing in specific directions and acting as guardians of the site he later identifies as a sphinx complex.

  3. Sphinx discovery in the Rockies: Climbing past the griffins, Ghost Wolf reveals the central find of the expedition: a Sphinx - head, chest, and remnants of feet, complete with headdress and carved faces around its base - symmetrical and unmistakable. Art Bell, who has visited the Egyptian Sphinx in person, confirms on-air it is virtually identical.

  4. Sphinx dimensions: 100 feet tall, 60 feet wide, at 14,000 ft elevation: Ghost Wolf gives concrete measurements: the Rocky Mountain Sphinx stands at least 100 feet high and roughly 60 feet wide, carved into and emerging from the mountain at a 14,000-foot remote site. He notes carvings of faces around the base and confirms GPS coordinates were taken with a global-positioning unit.