Secrets of the cavern revealed!
For years, outsiders whispered about what might be inside a cavern on a hillside overlooking the polygamous community of Hildale, Utah.
Of course, nobody in the town, home to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was talking.
So rumor took over. Tucked away behind two fake silos, the cave was said to hold a cache of weapons. Assault rifles and such.
Bruce Wisan decided to find out.
Wisan is the court-appointed special fiduciary overseeing the United Effort Plan Trust, which holds virtually all property in Hildale and the adjoining town of Colorado City, Ariz.
Last week, Wisan visited the cavern and asked an officer with the Colorado City/Hildale town marshall's office to unlock the gate to the cave. He brought along several Washington County Sheriff's deputies, including a bomb expert.
Just in case.
Deputy Helaman Barlow believed Wisan needed a court order and refused to let him and the others enter the cavern.
A "conversation" ensued and went back and forth, on and on, for about an hour. Just as Wisan's bunch was about to bust the lock off the gate, Barlow relented.
So what was inside?
Some commercial grade dynamite, all properly stored and tagged by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
A couple bathrooms with running water.
A lot of bulk food storage.
And shelves of dusty jars of bottled fruit.
"It was pretty Plain Jane," Wisan said. "There is really nothing in the caverns."
The dynamite belongs to a local contractor and is perfectly proper, Wisan said.
"It got the 'Good Housekeeping' seal of approval," he said.
One mystery solved and one message sent about Wisan's right to see whatever he wants to see.
Of course, nobody in the town, home to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was talking.
So rumor took over. Tucked away behind two fake silos, the cave was said to hold a cache of weapons. Assault rifles and such.
Bruce Wisan decided to find out.
Wisan is the court-appointed special fiduciary overseeing the United Effort Plan Trust, which holds virtually all property in Hildale and the adjoining town of Colorado City, Ariz.
Last week, Wisan visited the cavern and asked an officer with the Colorado City/Hildale town marshall's office to unlock the gate to the cave. He brought along several Washington County Sheriff's deputies, including a bomb expert.
Just in case.
Deputy Helaman Barlow believed Wisan needed a court order and refused to let him and the others enter the cavern.
A "conversation" ensued and went back and forth, on and on, for about an hour. Just as Wisan's bunch was about to bust the lock off the gate, Barlow relented.
So what was inside?
Some commercial grade dynamite, all properly stored and tagged by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
A couple bathrooms with running water.
A lot of bulk food storage.
And shelves of dusty jars of bottled fruit.
"It was pretty Plain Jane," Wisan said. "There is really nothing in the caverns."
The dynamite belongs to a local contractor and is perfectly proper, Wisan said.
"It got the 'Good Housekeeping' seal of approval," he said.
One mystery solved and one message sent about Wisan's right to see whatever he wants to see.
2 Comments:
Why does anyone think that freak Warren Jeffs would have left any of those guns in the caves??
Colorado City isn't the Chosen Sacred ground anymore. Bruce Wisan will never find the guns in CC
it all started when there were high tech wires leading into the cavern and fresh cement on the outside...suspicious considering there is only bottled fruit in the cavern. We think it was supposed to be a new command post for Warren, only we busted them before they could finish the job.
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