Welcome to the New Home of The Missouri Mystery Mound
by
BJ Pemberton
For years I had been experiencing a reoccurring dream. I would see myself walking through a wood, desperately trying to find something! I would suddenly find a square shaft and upon looking down into the shaft, I would see a ladder. I would climb down the metal ladder into a dark space, that would lead me to a tunnel. Sometimes I would have to crawl on my stomach in order to pass and sometimes I would have to step over debris. I would finally emerge into a dark cave-like space, that held dusty objects. The room would be measured at about five feet in height by about six feet across. I would then see an opening in one wall of this cave and to my great surprise, there would be light! Upon moving debris I would emerge into a great Hall, with a podium in the center. There were at least two halls in front of me, when I stood at the podium, as I could not see behind me. There would be a glow that came from the walls, without any visible means of lighting, and the space looked as if it was covered in marble, floor to ceiling, and on down the halls. As I would stand at the podium, I could not see down the Halls, but something told me that the entire place was full of ancient records, of past civilizations! Sometimes I would have two women and two men with me, five of us in all. Each couple would start down two halls, and I would know that they were looking at hundreds of display cases, sealed for all time! In theses display cases were ancient records, some objects were unknown to us, and others seemed to be everyday farming tools. Other displays held scrolls and sometimes even books. Others held objects made of gold and adorned with every type of jewel. The halls went on and on, and then I would wake up with a start!
Over and over, through my lifetime, I would have this dream! Was it an actual place? Was someone trying to tell me something? Was this something I saw in a movie or read in a book? Why would I keep having this same dream, over and over again? More importantly; Who were the two men and two women, that had followed me into this ancient hall of records?