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Although Wikipedia states that the location of Nevada’s Lovelock Cave is “restricted,” it’s actually very easy to find: it’s situated south of the town of Lovelock, Pershing County. It’s a sizeable, shadowy cave—around 150 feet in length and thirty-five feet in width—and has a great deal of history and controversy attached to it—cryptozoological controversy, one might well say.
Excavations that began in the early twentieth century revealed that the cave was inhabited by local tribespeople for at least four thousand years—possibly even longer than that.
In 1911, a pair of miners—James Hart and David Pugh—hauled out from the cave tons of bat guano. Their actions revealed something amazing: a large number of ancient artifacts that had been buried for an untold number of millennia. In the years and decades that followed, a massive number of incredibly old items were discovered, studied, and cataloged. Those items included weapons, baskets, containers for storing food, slings, and even “duck decoys” for use in hunting operations.
Although archaeologists concluded that various tribes may have inhabited the caves over the years, certainly, the most documented presence is that concerning the Paiute people, who flourished in not just Nevada but also Arizona, California, Utah, Oregon, and Idaho. They continue to flourish. In addition to that, they have a most intriguing legend—one of monstrous proportions.
According to the Paiute, in times long, long gone, they waged war on a mysterious race of giant humanoids known as the Si-Te-Cah. They were massive, violent, rampaging humanoids that fed voraciously on human flesh.
Reportedly, the last of the Si-Te-Cah in Nevada were wiped out in the very heart of Lovelock Cave. They were forced into its depths by the Paiute, who filled the cave with bushes and then set them alight. The man-monsters reportedly died from the effects of fire and smoke. It was the end of a reign of terror that had plagued the Paiute for eons.
While rumors exist of at least some remains of the Si-Te-Cah being found in Lovelock Cave in the early twentieth century, such a thing has not been fully confirmed. Granted, a lot of stories are out there, but the skeletal remains of huge humanoids whose heights ranged from six and a half to twelve feet? Well, that very much depends on who you ask. While no remains of such monstrous goliaths are formally confirmed, stories certainly circulate to the effect that when the initial excavations began in 1912, the remains of a man who stood in excess of six feet and was covered in red hair were found—apparently in a mummified, preserved state, so the legend goes.
Of course, the reported physical appearance of the beasts—that they were humanoid, very tall, and covered in hair—has inevitably given rise to the possibility that, millennia ago, the Paiute waged war on a dangerous tribe of what they called Si-Te-Cah but that we, today, would refer to as Bigfoot. A battle to the death, deep in the heart of Lovelock Cave? That just might well have been the case. It’s no wonder, then, that the saga of Lovelock Cave intrigues and fascinates monster hunters and cryptozoologists. It may also attract
the attention of the Men in Black.
With the strange tale, and the even stranger history, of Nevada’s Lovelock Cave told, it’s now time to return to David Weatherly, who opened up about his very own odd experience at Lovelock Cave: “This would have been May of 2016. [Researcher and writer] Dave Spinks and I were doing a series of investigations across Nevada and we had driven out to Virginia City and a couple of other areas. While we were doing these investigations, we spoke to a Paiute elder at Pyramid Lake [Author’s note: which is approximately forty miles northeast of Reno] who told us the whole legend of the Paiute version of Bigfoot, the Si-Te-Cah. “Ironically, when Dave and I were driving back across Nevada, heading east, I happened to pull off the interstate and realized when we pulled off the exit that we were in Lovelock.
There was a little sign there with Lovelock on it. The Paiute elder had not mentioned the name of the town. When I saw it, I was like: ‘Oh my gosh, Dave, this is Lovelock. This is where the cave is.’ I thought, we’ve got to find it. So, we drove into the downtown area. We went to the local library and asked for directions. It’s almost twenty miles out of town and you literally turn off the pavement after about a mile, and you’re on dirt road. The librarian said there was an archaeological sign there to look out for. But, it’s in the middle of nowhere. She said: ‘Nobody ever goes out there.’ This was in the middle of the week; it was a Thursday. We were pretty sure there wasn’t going to be anybody out there. So, we start this drive.