Unravelling the Mystery Behind the East Bay Walls: Who Really Made Them and Why?

In the hills around East Bay and elsewhere near San Francisco, there is a series of stone walls that extend discontinuously for miles. The walls are about 3-4 feet high in most places and are not enclosed. There is also no record of them being built or who might have built them. Some interested investigators have suggested exotic explanations for them such as that they were built by the Chinese, the Mongolians, or even refugees from Mu or Lemuria. Others have suggested that they were built by Native Americans or early European settlers with the help of Native American or foreign laborers. Recent analysis of the evidence, however, shows that these mystery walls might not be so mysterious after all.

Ancient Construction Speculations

The first scholar to mention the walls was University of California Berkeley professor John Fryer in 1904. Fryer suggested that the walls were built by Mongolians or the ancient Chinese based on his belief that “the Chinese would naturally wall themselves in.” The Chinese are a popular choice among some because of the popularity of the idea among fringe theorists that the Chinese admiral Zheng He made it to California and may have established a settlement.  Another more extraordinary suggestion is that it was built either by Lemurians or refugees from Mu.

Philip Lutley Sclater, portrait and signature (Public Domain)