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Richard Shaver

Richard Shaver was a man who lived a long time ago, kind of like your great-grandpa. He believed in things that most people don't believe in, like aliens and hidden cities underneath the Earth. He wrote stories about these things and he called them "The Shaver Mystery."

Now, some people thought that Richard Shaver was just making up these stories, but other people believed him. They even started a fan club and they called themselves "shavertronics." They would write letters to Richard Shaver and talk about his stories and ideas.

Even though some people didn't believe him, Richard Shaver kept writing and telling his stories. Some people even think that he helped start the science fiction genre that we have today. So, even though Richard Shaver isn't very well-known, he's still an important part of history for the strange and interesting things he believed in and wrote about.