Grant said Several examples are given of serious scholars who believe that YG existed There are others I would like to see some quotes from those other serious scholars who believe that Yamashitas gold existed To date everything in the article has come out of the Seagraves novels with other historians and various accounts tacked on for emphasis   A dubious source could be like the Richard Hoyt novel Old Soldiers Sometimes Lie Mr Hoyt is known as a fictionmystery writer and has like  something novels to his credit I do not have his novel on hand but it would be nice to see whom he used as a reference source in his notes I am not a betting man but I would lay odds that some of those references would sound very familiar Maybe one of the other editors has a copy and can elaborate   Did Chalmers Johnson hurt the Seagraves historianserious scholar image in his book review when he said The Seagraves narrative is comprehensive but they are not fully reliable as historians They have a tendency to overreach exaggerating the roles of Japanese gangsters and exmilitary American bitplayers when the bankers politicians and CIA operatives are scary enough They know the Philippines well but are unreliable on Japan and do not read Japanese The book is full of errors that could easily be corrected by a secondyear student of the language  the ship they repeatedly call the Huzi is accurately romanised Fuji the important Japan Sea port is Maizuru not Maisaru tairiki is not a Japanese word they mean tairiku ronin a Continental adventurer or a China carpetbagger and their mysterious Lord Ichivara is an absurdity  no one was ever called Lord in postwar Japan and Ichivara is an impossible name it is surely Ishihara I guess that falls under the WP policy Articles should rely on reliable thirdparty published sources with a reputation for factchecking and accuracy Sources should be appropriate to the claims made