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gnukid
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I visited the house and the family this year and got this story from the relatives of the family who built the house there, which is written and
posted in the neighboring home next to a photo of the family.
In the 1900's the patriarch and matriarch who lived there who had 10 daughters. The father searched for oysters and sold the perls which were
considered the best. One day he found a very very large perl about 40 carats(? I think) and he jumped on a passing shipping boat and went to la paz
and sold it for about $5000 which was a great deal of money then.
He returned and began to build his home which became a center for oyster divers who each hoped to find another large perl. The patriarch vowed to find
a larger perl and one day found a larger perl nearly 50 carats (? not sure) which he sold in la paz as well, these two perls are among the two largest
to have been found in north america. Many of the daughters married americans. As to the location; south of loreto about 30 miles.
Thanks to Carlos Means for introducing the family.
http://vps.ooto.com/032706/pages/PICT0043.html
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bajajudy
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Welcome gnu!
And thank you for filing in the gaps. What a wonderful story. Did anyone indicate how the building materials got to this far end of the world? By
boat from La Paz?
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motoged
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Anybody Been Here Lately???
Nomads,
Timbabiche is a rarely seen jewel of Baja. The best info I have come across was written by the late Sr. Divertido (Roy Baldwin) in one of his quad
adventure reports...
http://www.rancholeonero.com/memorial4roy.html
My sister first told me of it in the late 80's as she was a kayak guide (Ocean Womyn) based out of Seattle/Loreto, and had paddled from Loreto to La
Paz one time....
It's on my To Do List....
Ged
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toneart
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Well, I got here too late to see the photos. I am assuming that Judy took them down after a cranky old Nomad has reappeared here to take the thread
south.
What was the point of that cranky post? The three page thread looked interesting and now it has been denigrated. It appeared to me like Nomads were
doing what they do best; sharing their love of Baja and posting items of interest. If the point to bring it down was to lament the sharing of a remote
location, I think there is no threat to it by posting here. Reasons:
It is not accessible without duress to most vehicles.
Most Nomads reading the post would never go there. Several are armchair Nomads who don't or won't even cross the border anymore.
Those who may venture there would not be destroyers. They would go to see it because of its remoteness and its beauty. I said in an earlier thread on
Agua Verde that I would go there in my boat next spring. I also asked if anyone knows the legend of The Glowing Man.
Nobody answered. Nobody knows. So I doubt if the pristine area will be trampled by tourists. Any nomad who would venture there would certainly be
stewards of the land and sea, and we would all benefit vicariously. Where's the harm?  
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bajajudy
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Nope, I had nothing to do with the disappearance of the photos.
If anyone is interested, I can see if I still have them but I had a computer melt down since I took those and dont know if they bit the dust.
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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
Nope, I had nothing to do with the disappearance of the photos.
If anyone is interested, I can see if I still have them but I had a computer melt down since I took those and dont know if they bit the dust.
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OK, thanks, Judy.
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Lindalou
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I got here too late to see the pictures and I would love to see them.
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motoged
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| Quote: | Originally posted by toneart
.....I also asked if anyone knows the legend of The Glowing Man.
Nobody answered. Nobody knows. ( |
TA,
I think there is some reference to the Glowing Man in Roy's report. If I am mistaken, I have read a few different missives regarding that mystery but
did not record the links...have you tried to Google it?
See:
http://www.mexfish.com/baja/baja/af011215/af011215.htm
I hope you aren't referring to me as the cranky Nomad this time
Don't believe everything you think....
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by RichnLinda
I got here too late to see the pictures and I would love to see them. |
What pictures ............
If you could post them from photobucket they would still be there.
CaboRon
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Osprey
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A few years ago a stranger showed up at my house in La Ribera with an old customer of mine from Las Vegas. Don't remember the strangers name but he
claimed the he had bought all the ejido land at Tambibiche and wanted to develope it with my old client's money. My customer owned a small casino on
Fremont street in Las Vegas and was a gem of a guy. They wanted me to accompany them to the place -- we were to drive to La Paz, hire a boat, run up
to the area for a look see. The aledged owner said he had bought the whole beach for about $8,500 dollars, had every living soul sign off on it -- he
had plans to turn it into a huge resort with my old client's money. I begged off, didn't trust the hustler. They hired the boat, made the trip in very
bad weather, toured the site, my friend lost interest. End of story.
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toneart
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Motoged,
Yes, I had read the Glowing Man story after an explorer/friend had heard the legend first-hand, then found this article and emailed it to me.
No, you are not "the cranky Nomad". You may be The Glowing Man though. 
Besides myself, I was referring to someone else. While not always successful, I try to restrain myself from calling out people by name.  
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motoged
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Glowing Man
TA,
I really didn't think I was "That Guy" this time....other times, perhaps...
There is a large rock painting of a "Glowing Man" that is done with fluorescent paint around San Evaristo that I have seen pictures of on the net, but
don't have the link...it is on a rock face and is relatively recent....
Don't believe everything you think....
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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
TA,
I really didn't think I was "That Guy" this time....other times, perhaps...
There is a large rock painting of a "Glowing Man" that is done with fluorescent paint around San Evaristo that I have seen pictures of on the net, but
don't have the link...it is on a rock face and is relatively recent.... |
Yeah, it was posted here after I mentioned it in another string. It is really cool! I just did a search under "Agua Verde". Three recent strings came
up but not the one with the florescent painting you just talked about.
Does any one else remember where that appeared and who posted it?
It was within this couple of weeks.
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Diver
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http://community-2.webtv.net/boojum1/Glowman/
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David K
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Thanks Diver... I was getting close to ending that web page... figured the Glowing Green Man was either faded or grown over, since nobody has
mentioned him in awhile...
Here's one of the photos that was emailed to me from the late 'Tucker' ...
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motoged
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Thanks, folks....
That's some real "Ooga Booga" stuff...
Ged
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