Folsom, CA -- It sounds like a whole lot of nonsense but a California man is almost ready to prove there's a giant hole connecting the North and South Poles.

Next May, Hollow Earth researcher Dallas Thompson is planning to travel from the Arctic to the Antarctic by way of the hole.

So far, Thompson says he's received $100 grand in donations -- enough to buy a mini-helicopter that can zip through the hole at 100 miles per hour.

Thompson still needs another $15 grand to pay for the "hole" experience, which he says will include a side trip to a "crystal city" under the Earth and encounters with real-life dinosaurs.

Think that Thompson has holes in his head? Well, he says science backs up his theories and claims monks from all over the world travel through the holes in order to visit a Tibetan village called "Sham-bala."

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