Gorman P. Ellis

Gorman P. Ellis (died 19 April 2003) was a retired American miner who served as a foreman and investigator in the B.G. Hoadley Mining Group. Ellis was one of the Hoadley men during the quakes at the Lemon Quarry in 1944, witnessing the men being trapped behind rubble and a burning entity that crawled out. 
He later participated in the cleanup of the Lemon Quarry, noticing strange things while at the site. Ellis later retired from Hoadley, before being interviewed after 1998 by Agent Young of the SCP Foundation regarding the Lemon Quarry.
==Biography==
===Early life===
Gorman P. Ellis was born in the early 20th century in Indiana to a family of miners, with his father working as a foreman in the B.G. Hoadley Mining Group and his uncle, James Ellis, was an associate of Garrison Hoadley and Peter Hedgewater. Ellis was hired at United Limestone, Hedgewater's company, where he eventually transferred to Hoadley when his father retired. He was put in charge of two sites near Springville and Orleans, respectively. Ellis also worked at the Lemon Quarry outside Guthrie for a time before the earthquakes in 1944.Entry Page: 2951
=== Lemon Quarry===
On 23 August 1944, Ellis was part of the teams assigned to clear a strange tunnel found in Lemon Quarry that was presumably cut out prior to Hoadley's acquisition of the site. He noted how strange the tunnel was, how it did not appear to be dug out by tools and how smooth it was. Afterwards, the tunnel collapsed, trapping twenty-three Hoadley employees behind the rubble. Despite Hoadley efforts, the blockage was unable to be removed, and the employees presumably died. After escaping the quarry, a burning entity crawled up from the shaft, screaming about "ten thousand years in the fire." Ellis was the one to shove the entity back down, as it "wasn't right."
A few days after the quakes that collapsed parts of Lemon Quarry, Ellis was one of dozens of Hoadley workers to assist in the clean-up of the mine. There, he noticed there were also a dozen men from Kervier International and another five or six Hoadley men helping them; Ellis later noted it was the quietest job he ever worked, as none of the Kervier or other Hoadley men said anything to Ellis' group the entire time.
===Later life===
Ellis wrote a letter to a contact named Kim, speaking about his experience during the 1944 quake and the strange tunnel he found before the quakes, as well as his belief that Hell was below them. He also wrote a letter to J. Howard Barnes, talking about the entity that crawled up the shaft and the words he spoke before he was thrown back down. He was then assigned to a large site west of Mitchell, working at the site until his retirement in the late 20th century. 
After 1998 and before 2003, Agent Young of the SCP Foundation interviewed Ellis at his home. He recounted most of the events at the site and redirected Young to J. Howard Barnes, though, he excluded his personal account of the event; this was likely due to the traumatic experience he had there. Ellis later died on 19 April 2003, likely from old age; in the aftermath, Foundation personnel found the letter to Kim.
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===Appearances===
*Entry Page: 2951
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