The Ancient Native American Found 2.5 Miles Inside Mammoth Cave — And The Mystery Of Why His People Went So Deep Underground
The ancient miner who was found in 1935 — the man the CCC workers named Lost John — was doing ordinary work when he died.
He was not exceptional in his community’s eyes.
He was one of many people who went underground as part of an organized and valued activity.
He died doing what his people regularly did, in a place his people regularly went, for reasons that his community understood and that two thousand years have made invisible to ours.
He rests in the cave.
The cave is 54 degrees.
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