Lighter wrote:

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John, that's one hell of a flaw ! Is there not even a footnote somewhere ? (E.g., "John Garst has suggested the Oak Mountain tunnel in Alabama as the scene of.... He presents this hypothesis in....)

That's how it can be done when you need to acknowledge the work of someone you disagree with but you have no energy left to try to refute it.
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I have yet to find a mention of my work in any form. In his 2005 paper on the subject, Nelson cites my paper in a footnote in such a manner that no one could guess how strong the case for Alabama presented there might be. He does not address the Alabama evidence in either publication.

John