Is There an Underground City Below Cades Cove?

Alot of rumors have been passed from generation to generation as to where and if there is an underground city below Cades Cove.

On Monday, March 27th, 2017, the National Park Service performed maintenance on the John Oliver Cabin. The cabin was one of the first cabins to ever have been built inside of the cove.

A crew member by the name of Brian Crimmins was cleaning the cabin’s fireplace when suddenly the floorboards where he standing began to buckle under his weight.

While giving an interview with the local media outlets, Crimmins explained what he just happened.

“I’m a pretty big guy, so I don’t think the old wood floors were accustomed to supporting someone with my build. When I knelt down to start cleaning the fireplace, I started to hear a cracking sound, and before I knew it, I had fallen through the boards. I was pretty embarrassed at the time, but now I’m really happy that it happened.”

After Crimmins was safely removed from below the floor, crew members were shocked to find a tunnel under the broken boards. This discovery prompted the National Park Service to bring in the help of Dr. Dennis Poliferno, a noted archaeologist and historian from the University of Tennessee. Under Dr. Poliferno’s direction, a series of expeditions were made in the tunnel from March 28th to March 31st.

Some believe that the mile long tunnel beneath the cabin leads to a large underground city that was inhabited by the Cherokee tribe.

Now this story sounds very convincing. There’s only one issue this news which was first published by experiencecadescove.com and the story is indeed just an April 1st joke.

No one ever has reported nor discovered an underground city if there is one, but I bet a lot of you now are like me and are really wondering if there is an underground city and if so, where is the city’s location?

For now, it is just a joke but who knows what the future holds! There’s always new Cades Cove history discovered!