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 Pino Turolla  was an explorer, inventor, author, and psychic. Born in the village of Bacchia, Istria in 1922, he died of a heart attack in 1984 at age 62. He was the author of a book of his archeological expeditions in South America, entitled Beyond the Andes; My Search for the Origins of Pre-Inca Civilization (1980, Harper & Row).

Turolla with Jivaroan tribesman

Early life
He inherited the title of a European Count, but did not use his title. He attended a military academie in Gorgia in northeastern Italy beginning at age 12, in 1934. Beyond, p. 5.

Military Service During World War II
As a teenager, he became a soldier in the Second Regiment of the Julia Division of the Italian Army (link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Alpini_Regiment). Beyond, p. 6. In 1940, he was deployed with his Regiment to Albania and fought in the ill-fated Italian assault on Greece. Id. He was wounded in combant, but recouperated, and again rejoined the Julia Division, where he fought briefly on the Russian front before being reassigned to a newly formed special force specializing in parachuting and scuba diving operations. Beyond, p. 9. He flew missions in which saboteurs were positioned behind enemy lines. After the fall of Italy in July 1943, Turolla was assigned to a squadron of Italian special forces soldiers under the direct command of the British 13th Corps. Beyond, p. 11. Turolla fought alongside the British and American troops in many operations during the Italian campaign. Id.

Immigration to Canada
After World War II, he emigrated to Canada where he worked as a journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's International Service. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he published three parachute patents. His invention, known as the Turolla Control-Descent Parachute, was used by the United States Government.

Archaeological Expeditions
He moved to Miami, Florida in 1965. In 1966, he began expeditions to Ecuador to find and bring back native substances from the Amazon for medical research, and to search for evidence of pre-Inca civilizations. He encountered the Jivarao peoples (link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jíbaro_(Peru)) in the Amazon jungle of Ecuador, who provided him with herbal medicines which were later tested as anti-cancer agents with positive results. Turolla was increasingly attracted to the search for pre-Columbian cultures that might supply understanding of a posited common heritage of most indigenous peoples. In his travels, he accumulated various artifacts of probable antiquity. Pino Turolla worked closely with indigenous Amazonian peoples in studying the use of flora and fauna in medical applications. Turolla was a leading pioneer explorer of the upper Amazon who studied the cultural teachings of the various tribes. In talking to tribal medicine men he was one of the first to understand the tremendous resources of the flora and fauna in the Amazon, which are thought to hold the key to pharmaceutical breakthroughs in the twenty-first century.

Turolla and especially the cultures he identified from which he extracted carved stone Elephants estimated to be about 3000 BC, that are mastodons like, (Davis pp. 170–171) and are of great interest. Erickson, Einar C., DNA AND THE BOOK OF MORMON -http://www.einarerickson.com/content/view/106/38/

Metal Library
On one of his trips to Equador, Turolla met a man named Petronio Jaramillo who claimed knowledge of a series of subterranean caves that was said to lie beneath much of Equador and Peru. Jaramillo told Turolla that he had seen a library containing ancient books made of metal and crystal inside these caverns. Turolla searched for the so-called Metal Library in the Cueva de los Tayos (link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cueva_de_los_Tayos) area, but did not locate the fabled library.

Mono Grande
Turolla's expeditions included a 1968 trip to Marirupa Falls, Venezuela, where he heard from a native guide that three mono grande had attacked and killed his son with branches. Turolla became interested in mono grande, and explored the valley where the guide's son was killed. Turolla caught sight of two large, apelike bipeds momentarily. In 1971, Turolla reported to have had another mono grande sighting in Ecuador.

Bimini Road
In the late 1960s, Turolla - an early practitioner of SCUBA diving - went to Bimini with fellow divers Robert Ferro, Michael Grumley, and Peter Thompkins   J. Manson Valentine, a curator of the Science Museum of Miami, who was later joined by Dimitri Rebikoff. At Bimini, Turolla and his companions found underwater formations that appeared to be ruins of an ancient wall and pillars. Turolla took photographs of the pillars, which were supposed by some to be remnants of the lost city of Atlantis, while others thought the formations to be organic in origin.

Psychic Experiences
As a youth serving in the Italian infantry during World War II, Turolla was shot with machine gun bullets at short range by a Greek soldier at Mali Bechisthit. Beyond, p. 7. The bullets struck his left arm. Turolla described the bullets cracking into his bones, then hearing the curious sound of musical notes, as if from a harp. He said he experienced visions of sparkling, rainbow colored patterns in the air as he was falling to the ground. Beyond, p. 7. He said that it was as if part of him had been touched by an experience from some other world. Beyond, p. 8. After recouperation, he regained most of the strength in his arm.

He eventually became interested in the work and life of Edgar Cayce, and other pioneers of paranormal psychology.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Turolla was acquainted with Peter Tompkins, Andrija Puharich, Phyllis Schlemmer, and others interested in paranormal phenomena in the 1970s.

Turolla's expeditions included a 1968 trip to Marirupa Falls, Venezuela, where he heard from a native guide that three mono grande had attacked and killed his son with branches. Turolla became interested in mono grande, and explored the valley where the guide's son was killed. Turolla caught sight of two large, apelike bipeds momentarily. In 1971, Turolla reported to have had another mono grande sighting in Ecuador.

In the late 1960s, Turolla - an early practitioner of SCUBA diving (link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_underwater_technology#World_War_II) - went to Bimini (link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimini) with fellow divers Robert Ferro and Michael Grumley. Also, Peter Thompkins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tompkins) At Bimini, Turolla and his companions found underwater formations that appeared to be ruins of an ancient wall and pillars. Turolla took photographs of the pillars, which were supposed by some to be remnants of the lost city of Atlantis (link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis), while others thought the formations to be organic in origin.

Publications: Turolla, Pino, Beyond the Andes; My Search for the Origins of Pre-Inca Civilization (1980, Harper & Row)

References: Childress, David Hatcher; Lost Cities of North & Central America (Adventures Unlimited Press,1992) p. 421 ISBN 0932813097, 9780932813091 Coppens, Phillip, "The Quest for the Metal Library" Nexus Magazine, Vol 13. No. 4 (Walterboro, South Carolina, June–July 2006) http://www.philipcoppens.com/metal_libr.html Coleman, Loren, "Peter Thompkins Dies", Cryptomundo, January 24, 2007, http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/tompkins-obit/ Tompkins, Peter, "Are Spies Superfluous?", The Secret War: The Office of Strategic Services in World War II, Chalou, George C., ed. (Natl. Archives and Records Admin., Washington, D.C., 1995). Ferro, Robert; Grumley, Michael; Atlantis: Autobiography of a Search (Doubleday,1970) ISBN 9997554698; ISBN 978-9997554697 Grumley, Michael; There are Giants in the Earth (New York: Doubleday, 1974), pp. 25–36 ISBN 0385075839; ISBN 978-0385075831 Hall, Stan; Tayos Gold: The Archives of Atlantis (Adventures Unlimited Press, 2007) ISBN 1931882673; ISBN 978-1931882675 Obituary, New York Times, published September 19, 1984. http://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/19/obituaries/pino-turolla-andes-explorer-dies-at-62-of-a-heart-attack.html Picknett, Lynn; Prince, Clive; The Stargate Conspiracy (Little, Brown,1999) pp. 173–175 ISBN 0316648612; ISBN 978-0316648615 Simon, Zoltan, Atlantis: The Seven Seals (Robinson Crusoe Enterprises, 1984) 9780969149415, 0969149417 Steeves, H. Peter, "The Things Themselves: Phenomenology and the Return to the Everyday" (SUNY Press, 2006) pp. 35–37 ISBN 0791468534, 9780791468531 Story, Ronald Story, "Cueva de Los Tayos", Inquirer Skeptical (Autumn/Winter 1977)

Hurtak, J.J., Academy for Future Science, Los Gatos, California, "The Social Implications of Advanced Technology for Preserving the Environment and Culture", Presented to A Convocation of World Leaders, “Dialogue and Harmony Among Civilizations: The Family, Universal Values and World Peace, January 26–30, 2001

"In Search Of Atlantis" originally aired on May 22, 1977, and the narrator Leonard Nimoy.

Patents
Quick Release Fastener US Patent number: 3141215 Filing date: Jun 1, 1962 Issue date: Jul 1964 Inventor: Pino G. Turolla

Parachute Construction US Patent number: 2973928 Filing date: Sep 15, 1958 Issue date: Mar 7, 1961 Inventor: P. G. TUROLLA

Quick Release for Parachutes US Patent number: 3237264 Filing date: Nov 12, 196319 Issue date: Mar 1966 Inventor: Pino G. Turolla

External Links: http://www.philipcoppens.com/metal_libr.html http://knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Atlantis/ http://www.theopendoorway.org/peterbrown.html