Dyar told the Washington Star that the urge started when he dug a flowerbed for his wife around 1906. "When I was down perhaps 6 or 7 feet, surrounded only by the damp brown walls of old Mother Earth, I was seized by an undeniable fancy to keep on going."
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Category: Animals, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Regionalism, Sports, North America, Twentieth Century
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Category: Buildings and Other Structures, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Religion, Outsider Art, North America, Twentieth Century
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Category: Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, North America, Nineteenth Century
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b'Mudflats Living', b'Robert' b'Fresco' & b'Kris' b'Paterson', provided by the National Film Board of Canada
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Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Unauthorized Dwellings, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s, North America
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Category: Cryptozoology, Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Lakes, Ponds, Rivers, Streams, Swamps and Other Bodies of Fresh Water, Fish, 1930s, North America
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