Kitum Cave is a lava tubecave in Mount Elgon National Park in Kenya. The cave extends about 200m into the side of the mountain. The walls contain a large amount of salt, and animals such as elephants have gone deep into the cave for centuries in search of salt. The walls are scratched and furrowed from the removal of salt. Lava tubes are natural conduits through which lava travels beneath the surface of a lava flow. ... Alternate meanings: Cave (disambiguation) The outside world viewed from a cave A cave is a natural underground void large enough for an adult human to enter. ... Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Proboscidea is an order including only one extant family, Elephantidae or the elephants, with three species: the Savannah Elephant and Forest Elephant (which were collectively known as the African Elephant), and the Asian Elephant (formerly known as the Indian...
In the 1980's two different visitors to the cave contracted Marburg virus. In 1980, a French man died from the virus, and in 1987 a Danish teenager got sick and died after visiting the cave. The Marburg virus is the causative agent of Marburg hemorrhagic fever. ...
One theory is that the Marburg virus lives in a cave in Kenya, KitumCave in Mount Elgon National Park, a cave that is frequented by many animals because there is salt in the cave.
KitumCave in Kenya is on the side of an extinct volcano, Mount Elgon (14,178 feet, 4321 Meters high, coordinates 1 degree 8 minutes North, 34 degrees 33 minutes East).
Perhaps KitumCave with Marburg in it, is an entrance to the "Gates of Hell", since it is on a volcano.
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