In the late 80s, Dobbs purchased a plot of land in Burma (now Myangmar), near a river, and had an imitation Stonehenge/Dobbs Jungle Temple built out of the cheapest concrete and mud. He flew in a few discarded Las Vegas show props to jazz up the "cult temple" effect. He did not, however, use it for cultish purposes at any point. In fact, only a handful of SubGeniuses ever saw the temple. As soon as it was built, Dobbshad the river dammed so that a lake would form -- OVER THE TEMPLE! He sat patiently, cross-legged, alone, on the huge carved throne, smoking happily, as the water surged and rose up around him. He was soon washed off the throne and, as the new lake filled up, floated randomly around the submerged temple, bubbles constantly spewing from his unextinguished Pipe.

Eventually he surfaced and swam to shore, where he told astonished SubGenius workers, "Anybody know where I can get a drink?" He then vanished in his white limousine.

His final cryptic question to the SubGeniuses lends an especially ironic aspect to the wine glass that can be seen floating in the lower right of this photo.

The diver who took this picture, Rev. Manklin Byehappy, was killed by a huge jungle python, less than half an hour after taking the picture! Dobbs had just driven off into the jungle when the 30 foot long snake dropped from a tree and devoured the hapless shutterbug/skindiver.

Nor does any sign of the underwater temple remain. Being made practically of papier-mache, it dissolved in the artificial lake within a day. The fiberglass statues may still be there.

But Burma is not a good place for SubGeniuses, anymore.

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