# into the Underworld - Link: https://mywalkabout.net/into-the-underworld/ - Published: 2013-06-02T05:45:00-07:00 - Author: My Walkabout In the 1960’s, a Texas farmer found a massive sinkhole on his property. He called the authorities, who in turned had a couple local scientists come out to explore. Drilling a hole down into the earth led to the eventual discovery of [Natural Bridge Caverns](http://www.naturalbridgecaverns.com/(S(mu4qkh55m5x4wz2bcnnlt5rm))/Index.aspx), outside of San Antonio, Texas.   [[ I ventured onto both the Discovery & the Hidden Passages tours. Both go down nine stories into our underworld. With all of the recent rains, it was a symphony of nature’s music as water droplets fell from the otherworldly stalactites, the water pooling and rushing at our feet down into Hades depths. [[ There are only two places in the entire world where humans can experience total darkness : the bottom of the ocean and immersed one hundred and eighty feet down inside a cave. I experience the latter, and with eyesight temporarily removed my other senses are heightened, akin to a bat and the other creatures that have found a way to survive in this existence. [[ The tangled and twisted formations play with your mind, bending reality into science fiction. Objects become more than just sediment building over a millennia. A living force grows before you. [[ I trip through the light fantastic as one’s imagination creates in the Underworld of the caverns. ### Share this: * [ Email ](https://mywalkabout.net/into-the-underworld/?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20into%20the%20Underworld&body=https%3A%2F%2Fmywalkabout.net%2Finto-the-underworld%2F&share=email) * [Post](https://x.com/share) * [Share on Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/share) * [ WhatsApp ](https://mywalkabout.net/into-the-underworld/?share=jetpack-whatsapp) * [ Nextdoor ](https://mywalkabout.net/into-the-underworld/?share=nextdoor) * [ Threads ](https://mywalkabout.net/into-the-underworld/?share=threads) * [[ * [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) * [ Reddit ](https://mywalkabout.net/into-the-underworld/?share=reddit) ### Like this: Like Loading…