No joking - according to my 2005 calendar - The First Descent of Golondrinas was on April 2nd 1967. Too bad they didn't do it a day earlier.
-Don C On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Logan McNatt <[email protected]> wrote: > The following is from the Museum of Hoaxes Top 100 April Fool's Day > Hoaxes of All Time. No fooling! > Logan > > http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/ > > *#76: Great Cave Sell* > On one undetermined April 1 in the 1840s a story appeared in the *Boston > Post* announcing that a cave full of treasure had been discovered beneath > Boston Common. It had supposedly been uncovered by workmen as they removed a > tree from the Common. As the tree fell, it revealed a stone trap-door with a > large iron ring set in it. Beneath the door was a stone stairway that led to > an underground cave. In this cave lay piles of jewels, old coins, and > weapons with jeweled handles. As word of the discovery spread throughout > Boston, parties of excited curiosity-seekers began marching out across the > Common to view the treasure. A witness later described the scene: "It was > rainy, that 1st of April, the Legislature was in session, and it was an > animated scene that the Common presented, roofed with umbrellas, sheltering > pilgrims on their way to the new-found sell. A procession of grave > legislators marched solemnly down under their green gingham, while > philosophers, archaeologists, numismatists, antiquarians of all qualities, > and the public generally paid tribute to the Post's ingenuity." Of course, > the Common was empty of all jewel-bearing caverns, as the crowd of treasure > seekers eventually discovered to its disappointment. > > >
