As recently as 1934, sophisticated American citizens still had the capacity to believe in something as marvelous as…

“(S)ecret caves, a lost civilisation and above all, a treasure trove of gold in unimaginable quantities. And all this in the ground below the present-day metropolis of Los Angeles.”

The full article (originally published in the LA Times) detailing the lizard man find is worth a read. The maps of the tunnels are fun, too. Please do note there are no lizard people in Northern Arcadia. There are, of course, toad people. And caves. Also, possibly, cities hidden in the ground long before the arrival of the men from the East.