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Paxton C. Hayes (Paxson Hayes) was an American ethologist who reported finding a lost city in the Sonora region of Mexico.

Ethnology

In 1930, he did work tracing the origins of pictographs of snakes in the black petrified forest, near the Petrified Forest National Park. [1]

In 1931, he approached Laurence M. Klauber for his help in establishing a snake reserve. Klauber turned him down. [2]

In 1932, Paxton and others explored Mexico in search of flying snakes. [3]

In 1937, he visited Washington DC with a colleague to present President Roosevelt with a small collection of Mexican snakes. The snakes were accepted, but moved to the Washington Zoo. [4]

Discoveries

In 1935, he made claims that he had discovered a 'lost Indian city' in the Sonora region. [5] He referred to this city as the 'Lost City of Tall Men', as the remains of the inhabitants were of uncommonly large stature. [6] He brought back samples of preserved Indian corn, although the corn refused to sprout. [7] He also brought back a burial shroud and a head. [8]

He also made sensational claims that the inhabitants of the city were ethnically Mongolian in origin, [9] and had "migrated to America from a continent now sunk beneath the Pacific, possibly 12,000 years ago." [10]

Photos showed the city to be a cliff dwelling, with unique architecture, located "in caves in Sonora, 400 miles from Hermosillo City". [11] Another article identified the caves as being located in the Copper Canyon region. [12]

Later life

He was associated with Herbert C. Holdridge during his political career. [13]

References

  1. ^ "Scientists Trace Habit of Snake In Pictograph". The Gallup Independent. Gallup, New Mexico. 17 Oct 1930. p. 5. Retrieved 17 December 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Field Notes Laurence M. Klauber -- Wednesday December 23, 1931". FromThePage. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Coast Boys Will Hunt Mexican Flying Snakes". Belvidere Daily Republican. Belvidere, Illinois. 12 Apr 1932. p. 12. Retrieved 17 December 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Smithsonian Amazed at Discovery of 6 1/2-Foot Mummies in Caves.; Race May Date to 10,000 B.C." Washington Post. July 22, 1937 – via Your Daily Giant.
  5. ^ "Scientist Finds Lost Indian City". The Salt Lake Tribune. 27 Jan 1935. p. 49. Retrieved 17 December 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Archaeologist Returns To 'Lost City of Tall Men'". The Stanford Daily. 30 January 1935. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Corn, 12,000 Years Old, Won't Sprout!". The Courier-Gazette. McKinney, Texas. 3 Dec 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 17 December 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Paxson Hayes, explorer is pictured with the head of one of the 7 ½..." Getty Images. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Mongols In America". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Bluefield, West Virginia. 1 Nov 1933. p. 6. Retrieved 17 December 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Cave Clippings" (PDF). Journal of Spelean History. 39 (127): 34. January–June 2005.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format ( link)
  11. ^ "Ruins Yield Mummies of Pygmies and Giants". Spokane Daily Chronicle. January 9, 1936. p. 3 – via Google News Archive.
  12. ^ "Blond Giant Remains Found". Kentucky New Era. Jan 2, 1951. p. 8. Retrieved 17 December 2016 – via Google News Archive.
  13. ^ Scully, Frank; Sean Casteel (1950). Behind the flying saucers (PDF). New York: Holt.


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