The Crestone
"San Luis Valley"
Skull

( by Joshua Shapiro,
January 17th, 1996)



In October of last year (1995), I had just returned home from New York City, ( where I had participated with crystal skull caretaker Jane Doherty, to give a lecture about the Crystal Skulls at the Whole Life Expo) and my wife told me that I had received a call from Chris LaFontaine of Minneapolis (MN) while I was gone, something about a new skull. So of course I phoned Chris right away.

Chris told me that while he and his partner Michele had been in Colorado, they had experienced a different skull. He saw from our Internet Site that we were interested in different skulls, and was curious if I had heard about this one. He called it the Crestone Skull and gave me the address and phone of Light Reflections in Moffat, Colorado, where this skull was currently being kept. Chris also gave me a description of the skull (see pictures above, these photos were taken by UFO Researcher Tom Dongo of Sedona, AZ and Light Reflections sells copies). I promised him I will check on it and let him know if I found anything out and thanked him for taking the time to share with us.

About an hour after I concluded my conversation with Chris, I received another phone called from Darlene Bruns, who is the director of Sacred Journeys in Connecticut. I had just met Darlene at the Whole Life Expo and see had a strong connection with the crystal skulls and attended a private workshop I did after the Expo. So can you guess why Darlene called me? It was to tell me that she had just spoken to a friend who saw the Crestone Skull! So I thought to myself, is the universe conspiring again to point me in a certain direction. I better call Light Reflections right away.

So the next day, after receiving these phone calls, I called Light Reflections, and spoke to Alta, who works with her parents as the manager of their store. In conversation with Alta, here is what I learned about this skull:

A woman who owns a local ranch (they are keeping her name anonymous for now) was walking on her property and one day she saw just lying on the ground, this strange looking object. It sort of looked like a skull, or as some people described, half of the face is somewhat human like and the other half seems to be melted. Apparently she was friends with Alta's parents, and wasn't sure what to do with the skull, so she permitted the skull to be kept at Light Reflections.

Word got out about the skull and some people would just come to the store just to see the skull. Many people reported feeling an energy connected with the skull. Sometime last year (1995), they had a group meditation with the skull in the center and over one hundred people came. I also asked her what material is the skull made from and she said they are not sure. It looks like glass or quartz crystal but it is not. As we mentioned Tom Dongo from Sedona came to take a look and took over 60 pictures of the skull from various angles.

As far as what sensitives have picked up about the skull, some people felt the skull was very young or newly created. Other people felt that it was a projection of some spiritual entity into our world which might explain why its form is so strange ... others felt that the shape was solidified from some type of a liquid and then others felt the skull had a connection with the Inner Earth. Another surprise I learned was that our friend Steve Mehler, who we interviewed in our crystal skull book (Mysteries of the Crystal Skulls Revealed) and lived in Colorado Springs, not far, had also had a chance to work with this skull. So I tracked Steve down and he pretty much confirmed all the things I have shared so far.

At the end of last year in December, I received a call from Alta, as I was trying to obtain permission to share some images of the skull and tell its story. Alta had just returned from the UFO Congress, held in Mesquite, NV, where she had brought the skull to share with others. Many people were quite fascinated by the skull and Alta received invitations to travel to other places so more people could experience the Crestone Skull. In addition, Alta told me that the woman who had found the skull was having some financial problems to keep her property and so she wanted to travel with the skull to receive financial donations which she would give to the owner to help her in her situation. She asked me for advice on how to go about doing such a tour. I was hoping by now to receive more information from Alta directly, about the Crestone Skull, as this page is composed from notes I took in all of my phone conversations and what I remember being said. I hope in the future that Alta will be able to send to us a more direct report.


CONTACT INFORMATION
(Listed on this Page)


THE CRESTONE/SAN LUIS VALLEY SKULL
c/o Light Reflections, Attn: Alta, P.O. Box 422, Moffat, CO 81143; (719)256-4827

Chris LaFontaine, St. Paul, MN; (612)292-0346
email: nakigaia@aol.com
web site: http://www.lightspeed.com/light

Sacred Journeys, Darlene Bruns, 54 Danbury Rd., Suite 279,

Ridgefield, CT 06877; (203)938-9217





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