That Tuesday I found a weird bunker map in an old library book

I was digging through a thrifted atlas from 1973 last week and found a hand-drawn map tucked in the back pages of the Wyoming section. It had coordinates and a weird symbol I couldn't figure out. I spent the whole evening cross-referencing it with Google Earth and found what looked like a hidden bunker near a dry lakebed. Has anyone else stumbled on something like this in old books or am I just losing it?

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bettys5115d ago

Oh you're not losing it at all lol. I found something similar a couple years ago in a 1960s hiking guide for the Sierra Nevada. There was a folded up piece of notebook paper with a crude drawing of a trail leading to an old mine shaft marked with an X. I actually drove up there the next weekend with my brother and we found the shaft, totally caved in but the entrance was still there with some rusted tools scattered around. I think people used to stash all kinds of stuff in library books back before the internet was a thing. Maybe check the library book for any other markings on the map, sometimes they have initials or dates that can give you clues about who drew it.

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murray.spencer15d ago

Actually those Sierra Nevada hiking guides from the 60s are a goldmine for stuff like that. My dad had a whole collection and I remember finding a folded gas station receipt in one with directions to a hot spring that was totally off the grid. Only thing I'd correct you on is that 1960s guide you mentioned - most of those were published in the late 50s and early 60s, so yours might be a first edition. Check the copyright page, those earlier printings sometimes had hand-drawn maps by the authors themselves.