GNOMES, ELVES, TOMMYKNOCKERS & THE LITTLE PEOPLE WITH JOHN VANDEVENTER

On this episode of “A Glitch in the Matrix,’ Jessica discusses the Little People, Gnomes, and Tommyknockers with Relics author John Vandeventer! This show originally aired on November 22, 2023. Tommyknockers are said to be little gnomes who live deep within caves and mines and are mysterious creatures of the underworld. Miners have seen them but more often felt their presence or heard them, tapping, knocking on the walls of the mines, warning the miners of danger, telling them to get out. You don’t ignore a Tommyknocker, not if you want to live. They can be your best friend or your worst nightmare.

The legend of the Tommyknockers has been around for thousands of years, beginning in the tin mines in the days of the Roman Empire. If you sit quietly and listen near the entrance of an old, abandoned mine, you can still hear the Tommyknockers at work. You can hear the tapping of their picks as they mine the gold that was left behind. John Vandeventer is originally from Plano Texas. He is a sixteen-year veteran of the United States Air Force. His lifelong love of military aviation history and his interest in UFOs has always made him an avid reader.

His other hobbies include target shooting and more recently writing has become an enjoyable pastime for him. The author’s first novel RELICS was first published in 2017 after he spent a little over two years writing the novel and researching the topic of Sasquatch as he wrote. In 2018 the author and his wife moved to Honobia Oklahoma in the heart of Oklahoma Sasquatch Country. John has been a guest on several Bigfoot and Paranormal Podcasts. He was also a guest speaker at The Honobia Bigfoot Festival in 2018, he also served as MC for the 2021 Honobia Bigfoot Festival and will return to MC again in 2022. In 2021 John became an active writer again, after meeting and signing with Empire Publishing.

He has now completed two complete series; RELICS Fiction adult series and THE SHADOW CHASERS Young Adult Fiction Series. John decided to retire and devote himself to being a full-time author. John is now working on a new book that may evolve into his next series.