La Cresta , California by Ken Lafler

                                         

The Rock Castle - Perris , California

                                     By  
                                      Kenneth  Lafler


  Ken  would  like  to gratefully thank  the  Perris Fire Department  for  their  assistance  in  the filming  of  this  project.  This production would not have been possible without their help and unfailing cooperation.  


                 


   

Looking  more  like  a Medieval  Fortress  the Rock  Castle  is  located in  Perris, California  off  of  Hwy  74 which would be central street in Lake Elsinore .  It is  situated  across the  street  from  the  Chamber of  Commerce. To view the Castle take the 15 freeway to Central and turn  right going towards Perris.  It is about a 20 minute drive from there.

      


Built just before the Stock Market Collapse in 1929 and the great depression of the 1930's the house was constructed  by  the  Ragsdale  Family. The  Castle  has  six  foot  walls  of  solid  rock,  which  were hand  quarried  from  the  White  Water  area near  Palm Springs and  transported to  the  site. 

  

It  took  Three  Hundred  Tons  of  rock  to  construct  the  castle.  Some of the boulders  are  situated  on the entire  property.  .


  Built  by  Ada  and John Lewis  Ragsdale  the  house  cost  Seventy Five  Thousand  dollars  to  build  in 1928-29 . The  house  actually sold for  Sixty  Five  Thousand  during the  Great  Depression of the  1930's.

            
  

 Originally  called  Maitral  Hill  the house is  Four  Thousand  Square  Feet and  has  a  huge  Wine  Cellar, probably  underground.  There  are  rumors  that  there was  gold  activity  at  the  site  and  supposedly an old  mine on the property.

     
There  are  rumors  also  that Vincent  Price  lived here  at one time.  Paranormal  Activity  at  the  site  has  been  observed  although  there is  very little  to  research on this  subject.

 









  

 








 










     

    
   











Photography  and Video
                                          by  
   
                                            Ken  Lafler and Martin Tramill
               
                        
  

  Research , Photography and Video  by  

                Kenneth  Lafler  and  Martin Tramil. 

                  Also  Ken  would like to  thank the  Perris  Chamber of  Commerce  for their  assistance  on this  research for this  project.  

  Special  Thanks  to  Martin  for his  Technical and Photographic Assistance  on the  filming  and  production of this   project .

The Nazca Plain

The Nazca Plain  is located in South America
in the country of Peru. It is situated on a coastal  plain, and is    about  400km south  of  Lima .

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The  Nazca  Plain  contains  what are  called 
Geo-glyphs . These  are  lines  on  the ground  representing birds ,  plants  and  human  figures  , fish  ,monkeys and llamas

  














   The  lines  were  created  by the Nazca culture  between 400 and  650  A. D. There  are  literally  hundreds  of  figures  at the  site . 


  

   


The  area  where the  Nazca  Plain is  situated  has  a  very  dry  and  windless  climate  .  Because of  this  the  lines  have  been almost perfectly  persevered .

  The  myth  that the lines  were  first  spoted by the  air  is false.  They  were  first sited in 1927  by  the  Peruvian  archaeologist  Toribio  Xesspe  while  walking  in the  near by  foothills .



  The  first to  study  the  lines at  Nazca  was  Paul   Kosok  in 1940- 41.



  The person  really  credited  with  studying  the  site  was  Maria  Riche  a  German  Mathematician.   Riche  felt  that the  lines  were  drawn  to  mark  the  solstice and  the Equinox  . This  was for the  harvest  season . 

  The interesting thing  about the  Nazca lines  are  that  there have  been  other  sites  discovered that  are  almost  identical  to  Nazca .  

 Another point of interest  about Nazca  is the  fact that  the  Geo-glyphs  had  to  be  laided out  by some  type of  air  support .  It would  only be  logical to  assume  that the  Nazca culture  had  some  understanding  of  flight , probably  hot air  balloons . 

 Along with  Easter Island   , Machu Pichu  and  other  sites  , the  Nazca  lines are   another  unexplained  phenomena 

  By  
              Kenneth  Lafler