Skeptoid #637: Cueva de los Tayos and the Lost Metal Library: Part 1

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Skeptoid #637: Cueva de los Tayos and the Lost Metal Library: Part 1

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Aug 21, 2018

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Some people believe that this cave in Ecuador harbors an alien library etched on metallic plates.

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Aug 21, 2018

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Skeptoid #637: Cueva de los Tayos and the Lost Metal Library: Part 1

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