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EPISODE · Apr 14, 2026 · 29 MIN

Elon Musk's Grandfather and the Kalahari Myth

from Unlocking the Unknown · host Atlas Gray

The legend of the Lost City of the Kalahari began in 1885 when the showman William Leonard Hunt, also known as The Great Farini, claimed to have found massive stone ruins in the desert. This sensational report inspired decades of searches, including aerial expeditions by Joshua N. Haldeman, yet nearly thirty different groups failed to verify the existence of a hidden metropolis. By 1964, researcher A. J. Clement concluded that the "ruins" were actually natural formations of dolerite rock that had eroded into regular, block-like shapes mimicking man-made masonry

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