Sculpture Garden

Above is a 360 view from a drone flying above the cave. You can see the cell phone towers and much more. This was done by Brandon Shaw in 2018.

Brontosaurus

When he was a lad Scott was fascinated with dinosaurs and aliens, as so many kids are. Some have said that Scott never grew up.  

In any case, now that he has reached adulthood he is able to indulge his interests and has created a sculpture garden for your appreciation.

He has filled it with dinosaurs, aliens, machinery and more.  Some he has collected, some he has commissioned, and others he has made himself.

Most are for sale for the right price.

Triceratops
Hand made dragon.
Gargoyle
Gargoyle
Dragon Shadow
Hippogriff
Baby Dragon
One of several flying saucers.
Dinosaurs guard the natural entrance.
A tiny T-rex attacked the gnomes.
T-rex has been captured
We are protected from Aliens.
Attack of the red ants.
Frog
Horned Lizard
Kangaroos
Penguin
Rhinoceros

 

This spider was welded by Scott and made from a tractor gas tank, hay rake tines and other miscellaneous items.

Waiting for customers.
Death Star Jr.
Velociraptor
Looking for love at the cave.
Ready for action.
Archaeology exhibit

Maps of two of the 16 caves on Prewitt's Knob.

Little Niagara
One of the many caves.
Rookie Drop
RoadCut
Road Cut rescue

Every once in a while the cave shows up in the media.

Early in 2018, Gwen was watching Jeopardy and she saw this answer come up. Fortunately, the Jeopardy web site archives all of their games, and I was able to retrieve it.
Here is an excerpt from a fictional book that I stumbled upon by Googling "Crystal Onyx Cave." I lost both the name of the book and author when this site was hacked and destroyed. The cave does not have velvet ropes, they would be all moldy. Also, the bones are no longer on display.

Cave Creatures

Orb weaver spider
Orb weaver spider
Walking stick
Walking stick
Daddy long legs
Daddy long legs
Tiny snake 6"
Tiny snake 6"
Blue tailed skink
Blue tailed skink
Millipede in web
Millipede in web
JD the cave cat
JD the cave cat
Frog and katydid
Frog and katydid
caterpillar
caterpillar
Dead "marshmallow" cave cricket
Dead "marshmallow" cave cricket
Scott shows off a Praying Mantis
Scott shows off a Praying Mantis
Fang, their pet salamander
Fang, their pet salamander
Cave salamander
Cave salamander
Cardinal, the state bird
Cardinal, the state bird
Walking sticks
Walking sticks
Snake
Snake
JD the cave cat.
JD the cave cat.
box turtle
box turtle
Alien room
Alien room

Rebuilding the cave

Scott on the new steps
Scott on the new steps
Primitive trail before
Primitive trail before
Working on the primitive trail
Working on the primitive trail
Imagination room workspace
Imagination room workspace
Pouring steps late into the night
Pouring steps late into the night
putting wire in a tight spot
putting wire in a tight spot
Pulling wire through conduit
Pulling wire through conduit
Barb and Gwen moving mud
Barb and Gwen moving mud
65 lb buckets (each) of concrete for steps in the cave.
65 lb buckets (each) of concrete for steps in the cave.
Sara mixing concrete
Sara mixing concrete
Sara painting rails.
Sara painting rails.