Today is part two of our two-part episode about the Quevadelo Stios, an amazing cave in Ecuador

set to be filled with golden wonders and alien marvels.

TV programs have led expeditions to discover these treasures, so you know it must be real,

right?

Well in today's show, we're going to lay out more of the very dubious history that led

to these obviously false beliefs.

And we're doing that right now on Skeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid.

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

Quevadelo Stios and the Lost Metal Library, part two.

Last week in part one, we discussed the history of the explorers and authors who believe

that an ancient advanced civilization, possibly alien, constructed an elaborate high-tech library

of metal plates and laser beams inside a cave in Ecuador filled with golden wonders.

They've never found it, but the input from authors like Eric Vondaniken of Cheriots

of the Gods and Golden Artifacts said to have come from the cave, keep interest alive

and keep the television networks producing documentaries promoting the library as

actually existing.

Today, we're going to go through all that evidence and see whether even a modest amount of genuine

research could have spared some of these hopefuls immense amounts of time and money.

To recap, early evidence from Quevadelo Stios started with an oral history from Ecuadorian

Army officer Petronio Harameo, who said he swam into the treasure room when he was a

boy and thus knew its location.

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