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		Together with the fauna and flora, the park is endowed with a variety of cliffs, caves, waterfalls, and hot springs.
		Kitum Cave is a huge physical feature into the side of the mountain measuring about 200 metres long from the entrance.
		The cave, being a pass leading to Uganda, is a possible route earlier used by travellers.
	www.nationaudio.com /News/DailyNation/Supplements/weekend/06072001/story3.htm (970 words)

	Ebola and Marburg Virus Diseases - A New Age / Bible Prophecy / King James Bible Code Analysis
		One theory is that the Marburg virus lives in a cave in Kenya, Kitum Cave in Mount Elgon National Park, a cave that is frequented by many animals because there is salt in the cave.
		Kitum Cave in Kenya is on the side of an extinct volcano, Mount Elgon (14,178 feet, 4321 Meters high, coordinates 1 degree 8 minutes North, 34 degrees 33 minutes East).
		Perhaps Kitum Cave with Marburg in it, is an entrance to the "Gates of Hell", since it is on a volcano.
	www.revelation13.net /Ebola.html (2217 words)

	Deadly Virus in Uganda Volcano? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Kitum Cave is huge, and it is cut into soft volcanic ash and other rocks.
		Salt is necessary for animal diets, and Kitum is one of the few places on Mount Elgon to find it.
		The two people who were quickly killed by the ebola virus had both visited Kitum Cave.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/vw_news/uganda_virus.html (633 words)

	Kenya: Elephants of Mount Elgon - Travel Africa Magazine
		They were building a tourist path to Kitum Cave so that human visitors would not have to enter the cave by the same route as the elephant and buffaloes.
		We also monitored the cave for animal traffic and my imagination was fired by the thrill of crouching on a star-lit rock in the cave mouth, sensing elephant feeling their way into the flness of Kitum's entrance chamber.
		In times of war, the caves were used for women and children to take refuge in (along with their beloved cattle), and at least one cave outside the national park was still inhabited quite recently.
	www.travelafricamag.com /content/view/246/56 (1462 words)

	Mount Elgon National Park
		Together with the fauna and flora, the park is endowed with variety and breathtaking scenery of cliffs, caves, waterfalls, gorges, mesas, calderas, hot springs, and the mountain peaks.
		The most popular areas are the four explorable, vast caves where frequent night visitors such as elephants and buffaloes come to lick the natural salt found on the cave walls.
		Kitum cave, with overhanging crystalline walls, enters 200 m into the side of Mt. Elgon.
	www.kws.org /mt-elgon.html (577 words)

	SuperClimb
		Such activities are mostly nocturnal, with caves Kitum, Chepnyali and Mackingeny in the Kenyan national park being the most likely for such unusual visitations by the large mammals.
		Further examples of such caves outside the park such as Kibalo, Cheptoton, Lolwot and Chesikwa are also frequented by elephants and cattle alike, their saltlicks providing much needed minerals for the animals.
		The cave is about 160 metres deep with a huge roof overhead and some interlinking channels which take about half an hour to explore.
	www.superclimb.co.za /?id=167753&des=article&scat=superclimb/treking (403 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Articles - The salt-mining elephants of Kenya
		The elephants' behaviour has developed over thousands of years, and by leading their young into the caves, their knowledge is passed on through the generations.
		Eventually, reports came that elephants were travelling towards the cave in single file and were not stopping to feed.
		The matriarch suddenly became very vocal as she gathered her herd together and they all piled out of the cave and disappeared into the forest, leaving a trail of dust behind them.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/animals/features/314feature1.shtml (514 words)

	Kenya Parks and Reserves: Mount Elgon
		A major attraction is a series of four caves: Kitum, Makingeni, Chepnyalil and Ngwarisha, all of which are explorable.
		Kitum is the largest, extending horizontally for 200 m.
		Three short nature trails lead to Kitum Cave, Makingeni Cave and the Elephant Bluff.
	www.kilimanjaro.com /kenya/mtelgon.htm (450 words)

	Caves of Kenia: Kitum Cave
		At the slopes of Mount Elgon lie some caves, which are probably the most unique caves on Earth.
		Today only short pieces of the caves remain, erosion destroyed large parts of the caves and transformed the volcanic rock, producing numerous salts and minerals.
		However, they know the path to the salt, find the walls in the total darkness of both night and cave, and then break off some salty rocks with their tusks.
	www.showcaves.com /english/misc/caves/Kitum.html (315 words)

	Animal Planet :: Cave Elephants :: From the Field
		One generation teaches the next the secrets of the cave, despite the horrific memory of poachers who attacked their ancestors at the very mouth of this sacred place, reducing their herd from over 1,000 to just over 100.
		One scientist has made it his mission to help the cave elephants regain their trust and help humans understand the beauty of these majestic and extremely endangered creatures.
		Following in the footsteps of former colleague Dian Fossey, Ian Redmond hopes to do for the cave elephants of Mount Elgon what Fossey was able to do for the mountain gorillas of Rwanda: by raising the profile of these unique animals he hopes to save them.
	animal.discovery.com /fansites/wildkingdom/cave_elephants/field/field.html (475 words)

	Kitale Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		These caves are formed in the mountains by the action of water on the ancient volcanic ash.
		The caves of Elgon are in fact a natural source of salt for the herbivores in the forest, not only for the elephants, but also for the buffalo´s, bushbucks, waterbucks and duikers.
		From the Kitum cave we had a nice view at the forest at the slopes of the Mount Elgon.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Africa/Kenya/Rift_Valley_Province/Kitale-2052022/Things_To_Do-Kitale-BR-1.html (748 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The Hot Zone at Epinions.com
		While walking through the Elgon rain forest in his vicinity, he stumbles across Kitum cave, the depths of which he discovers to be blanketed with a “velvety mass of bats”.
		Clues emerge that some of the sufferers have been to see Kitum cave and it is decided that the cave will be quarantined and checked out.
		The reader is ominously brought back to Kitum cave at the conclusion of the book – it is a grim reminder that viruses lie lurking, ready to awaken in a mutated form and attempt a foray on humanity.
	www.epinions.com /content_142035095172 (1187 words)

	Richard Preston
		Photos and maps of Kitum Cave used with permission and courtesy of Dr. Ian Redmond.
		Elephant using tusks to scrape salt-filled rocks from wall of Kitum Cave.
		The Trans-Africa Highway, in Eldoret, Kenya, on the road to Kitum Cave.
	www.richardpreston.net /guide/hz/download.html (211 words)

	HOT ZONE by Richard Preston
		He and his friend drove up to Mount Elgon, which stradles the border between Uganda and Kenya and is not far from Sudan.
		No one knows what in the cave carries the lethal virus, but after the trip, he soon became ill. On the seventh day after the visit to Kitum Cave—January 8, 1980—he had a headache and a throbbing pain behind his eyeballs.
		No one knows just where the virus lies and hides for a host, but I think that Kitum Cave plays a major role in the virus’s livelihood.
	www.drwhitey.com /Ecology/BookReports/TheHotZone-BB.htm (858 words)

	BUHS Book Review - Book Review Detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		This book starts with a white man that lives in Africa taking his lover to a place called kitum cave.
		They say he obtained marburg from kitum cave.
		Then a young child died of the same virus and it was believed that he to got the strain from kitum cave in Africa.
	www.buhs.k12.ca.us /bookreview/viewdetail.cfm?id=648 (411 words)

	KENYA - NATIONAL PARKS & RESERVES: WESTERN KENYA
		Kitum is the largest, extending horizontally for 200m into the heart of the mountain.
		The caves are favourite gathering places for elephants.
		Every night, long convoys venture deep into the caves to feed on the salt rich deposits.
	www.safariweb.com /kwild/western.htm (1114 words)

	Viruses May Destroy Humanity - Pravda.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Dutch boy Peter Kardinal descended in the Kitum cave (on the border between Kenya and Uganda).
		Scientists assumed human ancestors were living in Kitum cave millions of years ago.
		Apparently, there was something living at the depth of the cave that produced the new deadly viruses.
	english.pravda.ru /science/tech/3635-1 (623 words)

	Tim and Lara Beth's Kenya Page - Mt. Elgon
		Inhabited at one time and used as stock pens, the caves are now empty.
		Elephants have entered Kitum Cave for hundreds of years, and using their tusks to gouge the walls and knock loose the salty rock.
		In front of Kitum Cave is a pool which was also used by the elephants.
	www.blissites.com /kenya/places/mt_elgon.html (267 words)

	Time page 3
		The silent life taker has been hidden on Mount Elgon in Kitum Cave, which straddles the border of Uganda and Kenya, for years.
		It may have surfaced from the green slime that consists of vegetable matter that is excreted by the fruit bats.
		All that is known that in the year 2099, the Ebola virus resurfaced and destroyed the entire population just by the opening of one time capsule created by a lone Virginia Tech student.
	filebox.vt.edu /users/jumarsh2/time3.html (1337 words)

	Kenya Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		This cave is 50 M wide and 160 M deep.The saline loving elephants often visit this cave from dusk till midnight.
		It's dark inside the large cave, so it's usefull to bring a torch and be carefull, the salt cristals at the ceiling are very sharp, so you can easily hurt your hands.
		Mount Elgon is on the border of Kenya and Uganda.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Africa/Kenya/Things_To_Do-Kenya-R-29.html (773 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		When reading "Outbreak" and the cave was being discussed (Kitum Cave?
		Has it ocurred to anyone, that the fact that two of the infected persons actually went into Kitum Cave could be nothing but a coincidence?
		Kitum Cave is apparently a very popular sight in Kenya, i have a friend, who actually went to visit it (he didn't catch Ebola, though).
	www.mcb.uct.ac.za /ebola/ebohosts.html (496 words)

	Hot Zone - Section 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		At the time of the expedition, what is the elephant population on the mountain, and what is the reason for its large change?
		Describe the Level 4 space suit that Preston uses for his trip into the cave.
		Why did other members of the excursion find this dress odd, and what were the reactions of the group to the suit?
	staff.wssd.k12.pa.us /mhartman/section4.html (127 words)

	Miscellaneous Countries: Africa
		The low development of most countries is a reason for the lack of inland tourism and also a lack of foreign tourism, often combined with an instable political situation, make it very unlikely that show caves or mines are developed.
		Other states have some caves, often in a very low state of development.
		Most important are cultural caves which were used as hideouts or to build cave houses.
	www.showcaves.com /english/misc/region/Africa.html (224 words)

	CIA USES VIRUSES FOR MASS EXTERMINATION
		Ebola, he claimed, came from the deep dark Kitum Cave near the West Nile region of Central Africa.
		Kitum Cave, according to repressed National Cancer Institute (NCI) documents, is Preston’s metaphor for Litton Bionetics’s research lab.
		Therefore, it is no wonder, regarding the 1999 West Nile virus outbreak, Richard Preston concluded, “This valley in New Jersey reminded me in a strange way of Kitum Cave,.
	talkaboutgovernment.com /group/alt.politics.usa/messages/518038.html (2837 words)

	The Hot Zone : A Terrifying True Story : RICHARD PRESTON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		I didn't mind the redundancy about which others have complained; the repetition of some of the information about viral functions prompted retention, along with stirring the imagination as to the effects of a killer virus.
		After reading the book, I performed some web searches an found several sites advertising hiking excursions to Mt. Elgon's Kitum Cave in Africa, which is believed to be he home of the Ebola/Marburg strains, though it's presently unknown which animal is the natural host.
		Let me tell you, if you are sufficiently insane to visit Kitum Cave after reading The Hot Zone, then you are living proof of Darwin In Action.
	www.bookreviewsandsummaries.com /books/0385479565.htm (269 words)

	Africa In Nile Origin Virus West (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Kitum Cave, according to repressed National Origin of the "West
		Cave, according to repressed National Origin of the West Nile Virus
		Kitum Cave near the West Nile virus: Out of Africa Or out of a virus
	www.greatest-special-creation.be /Africa-In-Nile-Origin-Virus-West.php (3635 words)

	Known Cases and Outbreaks of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever, in Chronological Order \| CDC Special Pathogens Branch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The man died, but both women were given vigorous supportive treatment and eventually recovered.
		Recent travel history included a visit to Kitum Cave in Kenya's Mount Elgon National Park.
		Nine days prior to symptom onset, he had visited Kitum Cave in Mount Elgon National Park.
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/marburg/marburgtable.htm (260 words)

	Moopuna: Term Papers on Ebola And Marburg Viruses
		earth, and that was inside Kitum Cave." (pg.
		So Kitum Cave is where the search for the deadly virus begins.
		Kitum Cave is still the only logical place where the virus thrives.
	www.moopuna.com /a2066.htm (364 words)

	Join us for a live chat with Peter Gros-Post here! - Topic Powered by eve community
		My main questions are: Have these elephants actually adapted to the caves as a new environment?
		02-15-04 08:25 PM I first heard of Kitum Cave while reading "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston.
		According to his book, some experts are of the belief that Kitum Cave or the slopes of Mt. Elgon are an incubator for Hot Virus' (such as Marburg or Ebola) which burn through populations in and around Kenya periodically, taking numerous human lives.
	community.discovery.com /groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/8231905395/m/8441992856/inc/-1 (657 words)

	Page Title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Imagine going camping in the wilds of the Amazon of Africa.
		Imagine discovering a cave such as Kitum Cave in Kenya, Africa.
		Imagine cutting your hand on a rock, being bitten by an insect or stepping in a pile of guano.
	www.traknet.com /phoenix/page10.html (194 words)

	Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival - Films (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Driven by desperate salt cravings, these mountain forest elephants are forced to make the dangerous journey to a cave.
		Humans too have been drawn to Kitum Cave for thousands of years — originally to harvest salt, but more recently to slaughter elephants.
		Now local rangers have been assigned to protect the survivors.
	www.flagstaffmountainfilms.com /modules/films/article.php?articleid=64 (113 words)

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