Exactly. But why mess up a perfectly good tourist trap with a boring scientific explanation? Everybody knows ET’s are fascinated by anal probes (a pipe of sorts), cattle mutilations and other strange pursuits that bring them here from across the galaxy. Why not leave some mysterious “pipes” in the ground? It makes perfect sense...doesn’t it?
Travel in the Ancient WorldA gifted faker name Alexander founded an oracle in a backwater on the south shore of the Black Sea. Here, for stiff prices, a talking serpent he had rigged up answered questions for the local hayseeds... (p 135)
by Lionel Casson