Gene+Savoy

= Gene Savoy  =

Douglas Eugene Savoy or Gene Savoy was born May 11, 1927 in Bellingham, Washington. Savoy, died on September 11, 2011 at the age of 80 while in Reno, Nevada. Savoy, was a religious leader, American explorer, and author. Savoy, at the age of 17 had enrolled in the United States Navy and served two (2) years and fought in World War ll. He is most known for supposedly discovering more than 40 lost cities in Peru. He has brought to light a number of Peru’s most important landmarks, which include Vilcabamba, and Gran Pajaten. He supposedly named numerous landmarks but did not discover all of landmarks he brought to light. Savoy went on to work as a journalist for the next ten (10) years, after he was discharged from the United States Navy, while he continued his studies of regional Indian Petroglyphs. Savoy spent much of his time studying literature, legends, and folklore of the North American Indians in the Pacific Northwest. Savoy was interested to find out if there may have been early contacts between North America and South America. Thought the 1960s Savoy carried out expeditions in Peru exploring and documenting pre-columbian archaeological landmarks. In 1964 he discovered Espiritu Pampa to be the legendary Vilcabamba, the last stronghold of The Incas during the Spanish Conquest.

By: Kayla Valluzzi