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[Josh] All right, here we go.
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[narrator] Previously on
"Blind Frog Ranch" --
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[James] It's [bleep] gold.
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-Just plain as day.
-[laughing]
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The keyhole chamber excavation
validated the team's hunt
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for riches in the Uintas.
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[Dick]
This was actually Aztec.
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Extremely unusual.
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[Ron]
The fact that we tested these
bars and the results came out
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as they did kind of proves that
it is Aztec gold.
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And while deciphering a coded
map from the Rhoades Journal,
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Ron and James believe
they found a location
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of more Aztec gold.
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Maybe this Golden Staircase
holds this treasure.
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But a specific line has
piqued James' interest.
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Big hands hold safe
the Golden Staircase.
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Now, Josh and Chili are on
a ground hunt to identify
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landmarks that match
the symbols
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on the Golden Staircase map.
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[Josh]
We're right about here.
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But the unfamiliar wilderness
northwest of the ranch
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has them questioning
the authenticity of the map...
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[Josh]
This isn't looking right.
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...and the future of
their hunt for gold.
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I thought we were really on
the right track, but now
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we're kind of lost.
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Where the hell do you
go with it?
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I just don't know, Alex.
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Legends of ancient treasures...
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It could go thousands of
years back.
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...and unexplained phenomena...
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Oh [bleep], I'm not messing
with that.
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...meet at a 160-acre property
in northeast Utah
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known as Blind Frog Ranch.
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For decades, teams have
searched the land for
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long-lost Aztec gold.
But the closer they get...
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[Eric] Look at that!
That's gold!
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...the harder the land
fights back.
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[Josh] Whoa!
What the hell's going on?
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Now, a prolific miner...
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We're standing on
a pile of gold.
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...and a legendary
treasure hunter...
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There must be another tunnel
entrance, something.
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-...armed with new evidence...
-[Chili] Look at this.
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-[Josh] What the hell is this?
-...and a fabled artifact...
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[Ron] There's a date
on that, 1912.
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...will take on
a 500-year-old curse...
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Fire in the hole!
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...and a land littered
with traps...
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[all] Whoa, whoa, whoa!
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...to find
a $3 billion treasure.
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Whoa!
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They won't stop until
they uncovered the mystery of
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what lurks below...
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-Guys, it's caving.
-[Josh] Oh [bleep], run!
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...at Blind Frog Ranch.
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[Josh] I mean, this just
looks like nothing.
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Like, I would think that
we'd have found more than this.
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Where the hell do you
go with it?
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Josh and Chili are following
clues left behind
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in a 19th-century treasure
hunter's enigmatic journal,
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hoping it leads them to
the Golden Staircase,
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a location the team believes
is one of seven chambers
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storing lost
Aztec treasure.
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Let's just keep on heading
down the mountain.
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Hopefully something
will pop up.
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But as they search
the Utah wilderness
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for the cryptic markers
on the map,
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it's unclear whether
they're chasing real leads...
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[Josh] I don't know
what else to do.
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...or dead ends.
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I mean, just keep your eyes
peeled for anything,
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any kind of,
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any kind of workings where
people have been before.
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We've learned a lot from
this journal and believe
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this Golden Staircase is exactly
where the treasure is,
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but there is still a ton of
information in there
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that we don't
fully understand.
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We have these symbols on
the map, and we don't know
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what they mean.
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So we're just looking for
anything that looks like what
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we're seeing on the map,
because every marker we find
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out here puts us on
Thomas Rhoades' trail.
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[Chili] Yo, check this out.
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Look at that.
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I think it's a sinkhole.
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But if you're describing
the area,
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ridgeline's behind us.
-[Chili] Yeah.
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We're right here
in this drainage.
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Here's that symbol right there
at the top of the drainage.
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And that's exactly
where we're at.
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I mean, and that's like
a bowl shape on here.
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I mean, I wish it would have
more, like, reference points
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where you could tell,
like, distances.
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I'll buy it.
We just came off the cliff.
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And it's right in
the general area.
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You're right.
And it lines right up
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the way you were saying.
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We assume that this symbol
matches up with this sinkhole,
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then we got to keep heading
down this direction.
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[Chili]
I'll follow you.
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[Josh]
We're right on the trail.
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Josh and Chili believe
they found the first marker
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on the map, a sinkhole
long grown over.
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So they set their sights
on the next...
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[Josh] See this symbol here?
Kind of looks like a big, old H.
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...which they believe could
mark the location
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of the Golden Staircase itself.
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[Chili] Should we spread out
a little bit, or...?
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[Josh] Maybe you should
check out this ravine.
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-[Chili] All right.
-And then I'll head off
this way.
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[Josh] We need to look in
every nook and cranny.
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H marks the spot.
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That looks like a structure.
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Well, hell yes it is.
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Look at this.
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Look at this!
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[yelling] Alex!
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I got something!
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Damn!
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[Josh] Look how old
this stuff is.
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Oh, this is from
the 1800s for sure.
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1850s, 1860s.
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Why would somebody build this
way out here
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in the middle of nowhere?
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I mean, it's not
a hunting cabin.
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-No.
-They didn't build cabins
like this to go hunting
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in the 1800s.
So there's none of that.
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And I don't see
any evidence of mining.
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But think about it.
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Somebody spent a lot of effort
building this thing.
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They were doing something
important here.
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This...
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What if that symbol is
this cabin right here?
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The symbol is the cabin.
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Think about it.
We're in the middle of nowhere.
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This is the only man-made
structure we've seen, right?
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And look at that.
Look at that.
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We came down this drainage,
boom, and there's a freaking
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structure here.
That's no coincidence, man.
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There's that big H symbol.
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I think it's this cabin
right here.
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Look, we're in the middle of
nowhere, and finding this cabin
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tells me that somebody was
here long-term.
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If I were drawing a map to tell
somebody where to go, I would
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put a symbol on the map
for this cabin.
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I can definitely
see that.
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I mean, there's a big effort
done here to build this.
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So now if this matches
the way you say,
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where does that lead us next?
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That's what I don't know.
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I'm not seeing
a cave entrance.
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I'm not seeing
any rock formations,
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carvings, artifacts,
anything that...
-Markings.
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...we might find.
There's nothing else.
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I have no idea how
this whole thing relates to
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the Golden Staircase.
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But if Rhoades built a cabin
here, then that means that this
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is an area that he was
extensively searching.
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My question is, what were
they actually trying to find?
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What the hell is it for?
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We need to figure out exactly
what that connection is.
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The H is the last symbol
on the map.
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I want to bring this to my dad
and see if there's
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any other clues the journal
can give us.
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[western music plays]
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Chili and I had
a good trip out there.
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We followed the map.
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Back from his expedition
with Chili,
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Josh meets with
his father, Ron,
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to try to figure out
the meaning of
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the cabin and what it means
for their gold hunt.
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So we got out there,
and sure enough, we come across
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this big sinkhole.
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Maybe that symbol was showing
this depression here?
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It's very prominent.
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It's a dominant-looking feature
out there in the forest.
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But there's not
a whole lot to it.
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No caves, no evidence
of mining.
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And that kind of gave us
an idea of scale, like from
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the ridge to this sinkhole,
probably a third of a mile.
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See, this is
about equidistance,
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this next symbol here.
-[Ron] This next symbol.
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[Josh] And that got me excited
because I'm thinking,
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all right, the next
symbol down,
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I'm hoping it's
the Golden Staircase.
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And we hiked about
another third of a mile,
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and in the forest, there is
this really large cabin.
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Look at this.
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Old cabin.
We're talking 1800s for sure.
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Why the hell would somebody
build this out here?
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And I mean, they went
to a lot of work
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to make this thing happen.
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You got to understand,
we're in the middle of nowhere.
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There's no roads.
There's no trails.
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There's nothing in there.
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I'm thinking, why would
somebody go through
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so much work to build
such a large cabin out here?
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I remember something here.
Let me see in the journal.
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It's...
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Here.
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So look at this packing list.
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Saddle bags
and groceries and equipment.
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There's shopping lists like
this throughout the journal.
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This is just one of them.
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Well, where do you think
this is going?
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I think possibly Rhoades,
Thomas Rhoades,
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built that to work out from,
and he used this as his base.
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And look at the date here.
April 1853.
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That's just about Rhoades'
time out there.
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[Josh] This can't just
be a coincidence.
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The map in the journal takes us
to this cabin.
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Right.
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So why would he draw the map
to the cabin?
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[Josh] Well, that might have
been as far as he got.
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I mean, the fact that this map
takes you to the cabin tells me
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he never found
the Golden Staircase.
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It's still laying
there untouched.
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And this is where
he last searched for it.
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Rhoades built his cabin here,
because he felt like he was
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close to finding
the Golden Staircase.
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So he did believe that
it was somewhere close.
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[Josh] Exactly.
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[Ron] That's why he built
the cabin right there.
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Let's get with the guys,
kind of decide on a plan, OK?
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But if Rhoades thought this was
an important place, then maybe
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we should, too.
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You know, in the beginning,
when we saw this marker,
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we thought it was kind of
the end of
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the Golden Staircase, but in
reality, it's the beginning.
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The cabin indicates that this
is the beginning of their hunt.
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We might be close to where
Rhoades left off in his search.
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Let's finish the job.
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[Josh]
I mean, the fact that this map
takes you to the cabin tells me
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he never found
the Golden Staircase.
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It's still laying
there untouched.
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And this is where
he last searched for it.
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The team is following a map
to a location they believe
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may hold more Aztec gold,
a place known as
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the Golden Staircase.
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But their search on the ground
has led them to
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the mysterious ruins
of a cabin...
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What the hell is it for?
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...one they believe may have
served as a base camp
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for Thomas Rhoades.
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[Ron] If Rhoades thought this
was an important place,
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then maybe we should, too.
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Meanwhile, James has been
doing research into a theory
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he thinks could help them
find the gold.
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[James] This is fantastic.
That's interesting.
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A theory that was triggered
by a line written
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in the Golden Staircase map.
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Big hands hold safe
the Golden Staircase.
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[James] When Dr. Blomquist was
reading the translation,
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big hands hold safe
to the Golden Staircase,
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that really hit me pretty hard
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because a lot of the information
in my data collection
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has been about these
past cultures that have lived
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up here in this area of Utah.
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Every single one seems to
have this story,
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this oral tradition, this
information about these people
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of great stature...
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Giants,
right where we are today,
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up in the Uinta Mountains
and in the Uinta Basin.
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For generations,
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Indigenous history has told of
the Si-Te-Cah, a fierce tribe
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of red-haired giants said to
have clashed with local tribes
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across what is now Utah
and Nevada before vanishing
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into history.
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According to legend,
they were drawn to the land
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for its resources,
including gold.
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Centuries later, as prospectors
tore through the same land,
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they encountered ancient cave
systems and unusual remains
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that blurred the line
between folklore and fact.
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[James]
The giants of legend in this
region are just larger people,
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and it makes me wonder,
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could the native lore of
this area have been part of
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the journal's clues?
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Maybe it's going to lead us
to the Golden Staircase.
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I appreciate you coming out.
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James has sought out
Don Mitchell,
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a local Shoshone tribe member
and Native historian to
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learn more about the mythology
of giants in the Utah region.
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-[Don] Petroglyphs have been
part of creation myths of...
-[James] Right.
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...of Native Americans
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for many, many a tribe for over
the thousands of years.
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Don has taken James to see
archaeological evidence
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of the myths up close.
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[James]
When you look at the height of
these anthropomorphic figures,
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you can't help but get
your imagination going.
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Tell me, you know,
what I'm looking at here.
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Are we looking at giants?
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We are.
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The Omahas, the Tuscaroras,
the Iroquois, they have legends
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and stories of the "bias,"
which is "big."
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What we would call giants.
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Some of the stories are,
well, these giants were able to
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pick up boulders the size of
men and build structures
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in their instruction.
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That's always been known in
Native American culture that
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us as the people
ain't the only ones.
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Everyone that came in the late
1600s into the late 1800s
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spoke of giants.
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[James] Wow!
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[Don] What is very interesting
is, if you look at some of
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the other petroglyphs,
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the circle there
and the spiral,
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they've said that
that's the circle of life.
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He is touching that.
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But the other thing that
the figure is touching,
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what is the meaning of that?
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I think that you all
need to study that.
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[James]
Seeing these petroglyphs up
close got me kind of thinking,
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big hands hold
the treasure safe.
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And we see these petroglyphs.
What do you see?
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Giants.
Gods.
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Maybe that's what he meant
by big hands.
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So what is the other symbol?
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Just seems to be
like this missing aspect
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that may be able to help us.
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We followed along this area
here, and that brought us into
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an old cabin.
So, not the Golden Staircase.
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But obviously, Rhoades is
marking that on this map.
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So it's important to him.
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The next morning, Josh gathers
the team to discuss the cabin
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discovery and its connection
to the Golden Staircase.
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But James believes he's made
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a breakthrough that could
lead them to the gold.
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[James] So I was thinking
about when Dr. Blomquist
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translated that passage,
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big hands or these large hands
protect the treasure.
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You know, a lot of what
I've been looking at in
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my data collection has been
about these past cultures
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that have lived up here,
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where we're at
in the Uinta Basin
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and the Uinta Mountains.
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The Timpanogos, the Ute,
the Paiute, every single one
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seems to have this story,
this oral tradition
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about giants.
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And I always hate
to use the word or this term
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because people jump to
conclusions when I say giants.
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I'm talking about people
of large stature.
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I'm not talking about
20-foot people.
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I'm talking about people that
were seven feet tall, you know?
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So, James, how does it connect
to Thomas Rhoades?
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Well, when Dr. Blomquist
translated that passage,
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big hands hold safe
to the Golden Staircase,
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I thought, well, what if Rhoades
really meant it in literal terms
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of great, big, large hands?
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What if it was a clue
to the map?
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It got me to thinking about,
you know, some of
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the petroglyphs in the area,
and I contacted Don Mitchell,
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who's a Native American
medicine man,
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and he took me out to
McKee Spring Petroglyphs.
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There was this long gallery
of rock art that went on for
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hundreds and hundreds of feet.
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There was one specific
petroglyph, and it looked like
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a tree, just this single tree.
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And one figure was
holding it in its hand.
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Big hands hold safe
at the Golden Staircase.
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What if that's what Rhoades
was referring to?
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In the journal, this.
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The standalone tree on the map.
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[Josh] I mean, if what you're
saying is true, and that there's
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this symbolism with these
large people and large hands,
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and it's around these trees.
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That's the exact type
of secret code
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a treasure hunter
would leave on a map.
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We found these trees up here.
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That's how we orientated
ourselves to
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the other landmarks.
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But we never really
thought twice
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about that tree
down there.
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When you're treasure hunting,
you gotta be rational.
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You gotta be methodical.
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But I have to consider
every crazy idea
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you can possibly imagine.
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Hell, James could be right.
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And if he is, it could lead us
in a direction that we have
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never been before.
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And that is what
excites me the most.
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I suddenly thought about
the fact that what do we have
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on some of the cliffs here
at Blind Frog Ranch?
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What's the first thing that
you usually see
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when you come up
over the hillside?
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-[Ron] Trees.
-[James] The trees.
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-[Josh] Lone pines that are
across the land.
-[James] Exactly.
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We have these majestic-looking
trees that just stand out.
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Yeah, lone pines have been
growing on those cliffs for
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thousands of years.
-[James] Right.
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[Josh] I mean, that's
a defining feature
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when you're out
in the wilderness.
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That's something that you're
gonna write down and describe.
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I mean, we thought that these
lines here and this one tree
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was just to kind of help
place us right here
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in the middle to the cabin.
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But what if this is actually
a continuation of the trail?
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It's trying to tell us,
no, this is what
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you're looking for.
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This is more important
than we originally thought.
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Based on the things that
you have found,
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you think you can find
that cliff line?
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00:21:42,868 --> 00:21:44,167
Where that lone tree is?
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This is the ridge we came down
to find the cabin.
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So we know exactly which
direction we'll have to go.
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And then, what's this symbol
right here below?
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[James] Don't know.
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-[Josh] You see that?
-[Ron] Yeah, I see it.
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Because if this is indeed
a cliff line, and this is
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indeed a lone pine,
then we really are looking for
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this cliff line,
and then trying to figure out
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what the hell that symbol is
below it.
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[James] Right.
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Following footsteps, boys.
Following history.
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2
[Josh] It's a thick forest.
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Back in the Utah wilderness,
Josh and James use the cabin
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as a starting point and to
travel east in search of
a lone pine
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that could lead them
to the Golden Staircase.
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[Josh] So I'm thinking
we head off this direction.
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Right now, that's all we really
got to go on.
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[James] Hey, Josh.
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It opens up right up here.
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What do you think?
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Well...
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-[Josh] We'd have to head...
-South more.
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Right this way.
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So then we would be looking for
a singular tree, one that
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really stands out.
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-[James] OK.
-[Josh] So I'm thinking
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we head off
this direction, and then if
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we see a lone tree,
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I mean, it should be noticeable.
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Right now, that's all
we really got to go on.
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Fingers crossed.
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00:23:40,100 --> 00:23:42,267
[James] Treasure maps,
they're not always right.
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[Josh] I mean, yeah,
that's what we're up against.
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00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:48,567
But the journal...
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has got us this far.
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00:23:52,901 --> 00:23:54,801
I mean, this area could fit
that journal.
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[James] Sure seems like it.
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00:24:02,901 --> 00:24:04,467
-[James] Hey, Josh?
-[Josh] Yeah?
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00:24:04,634 --> 00:24:06,300
Look at that tree over there.
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00:24:08,767 --> 00:24:10,167
[Josh] That is a big,
old tree, too.
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00:24:11,267 --> 00:24:13,634
I mean, that could go back
quite a ways, right?
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00:24:16,100 --> 00:24:17,667
[James] I mean, it's in
the right direction.
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00:24:19,100 --> 00:24:21,400
[Josh] I think we should go
over there and take a look.
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00:24:21,567 --> 00:24:22,601
We don't have a lot to go on,
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00:24:22,767 --> 00:24:24,601
but we got to take a look at it.
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00:24:26,100 --> 00:24:28,100
James spotted a tree way out
in the distance,
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and I'm hoping it's the tree
that's symbolized on the map.
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But it's not
the lone tree itself.
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It's the lone tree gets us to
the area to look for
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that other symbol that's
on the map, because I think that
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that is where the map is
trying to take us to.
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00:24:47,067 --> 00:24:48,300
[James] This thing is old.
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00:24:48,467 --> 00:24:49,868
It definitely would
fit the timeline.
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00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:02,534
[Josh] That's the granddaddy
of ponderosas.
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[James] I think it's a lightning
strike right down the middle.
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00:25:07,534 --> 00:25:09,534
-Look at that!
-[Josh] That is
a lightning strike.
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[Josh] This tree feels right.
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00:25:14,033 --> 00:25:16,167
I mean, it's this
very old pine.
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It's right on the edge
of the cliff.
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00:25:18,434 --> 00:25:19,968
It's been struck by lightning.
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There is something
to this place.
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Maybe this is the place the map
is trying to bring us to.
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I mean, they could have just
used the fact that this was
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struck by lightning as
the mark itself,
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and they didn't
actually do anything.
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00:25:32,167 --> 00:25:33,601
They just used
a natural marking.
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Well, all right,
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00:25:40,834 --> 00:25:42,367
we're in the right spot.
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00:25:42,534 --> 00:25:43,667
Where the hell do we go
from here?
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If this journal's right,
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and if this is the tree
we're looking for,
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it's showing that there's
something past this tree.
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00:25:54,934 --> 00:25:57,567
-And the only past
I see is down.
-Is down.
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00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:02,801
[Josh] On the map, the symbol is
down below the tree.
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00:26:02,968 --> 00:26:05,467
And I'm thinking, we need to
go down there.
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00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,968
It's possible they might have
put something on the cliff face,
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an arrow, something that
points towards an entrance.
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00:26:14,901 --> 00:26:16,033
Thinking rappelling?
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-Yeah, you got a rope.
-[James] Yeah, I got a rope.
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-I got a harness.
-[Josh] Let's do it.
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Maybe there's something
in the rock.
485
00:26:26,434 --> 00:26:28,167
Maybe they built something.
486
00:26:28,334 --> 00:26:30,300
Anything that does not
look natural.
487
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,868
-[Josh] Everything look good?
-[James] Yeah, you look solid.
488
00:26:40,801 --> 00:26:42,167
[Josh]
OK, here goes.
489
00:26:49,267 --> 00:26:51,400
[tense music plays]
490
00:27:04,467 --> 00:27:06,367
I'm not seeing anything
too exciting.
491
00:27:08,167 --> 00:27:09,667
-I'm down!
-[James] All right.
492
00:27:17,701 --> 00:27:19,100
[James] I'm not seeing
anything, either.
493
00:27:25,868 --> 00:27:26,934
OK.
494
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:30,767
If it wasn't
on that cliff,
495
00:27:31,968 --> 00:27:34,367
it has to be
around here somewhere.
496
00:27:34,534 --> 00:27:37,267
Do you want to split up?
We'll look for that marker.
497
00:27:37,434 --> 00:27:40,167
-Yeah, maybe I'll check
down this direction here.
-Yeah.
498
00:27:40,334 --> 00:27:42,200
-We'll just kind of...
-I'll go all the way
through here.
499
00:27:47,167 --> 00:27:49,100
[James] This could be
a carving in stone,
500
00:27:50,367 --> 00:27:53,267
could be some type of
frickin' marker.
501
00:27:55,300 --> 00:27:58,167
But right now,
I don't see anything.
502
00:28:03,667 --> 00:28:05,701
[Josh] I don't even know
what it's supposed to be.
503
00:28:05,868 --> 00:28:07,300
I'm just envisioning
it's something
504
00:28:07,467 --> 00:28:09,367
carved into the hillside.
505
00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:12,567
[James] Everything looks
the same here.
506
00:28:13,767 --> 00:28:16,100
All this rock has just fallen
from the cliffside.
507
00:28:17,501 --> 00:28:18,901
I'm just not seeing anything.
508
00:28:33,801 --> 00:28:34,801
It's kind of...
509
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,000
Doesn't that look weird to you?
510
00:28:43,767 --> 00:28:45,367
It's right below
that tree, too.
511
00:28:46,667 --> 00:28:48,000
I mean, it looks like
a stone door.
512
00:28:49,300 --> 00:28:51,100
It doesn't look like
anything else around here.
513
00:28:51,267 --> 00:28:53,400
[suspenseful strings play]
514
00:28:55,868 --> 00:28:58,100
-Hey, James.
-Go ahead.
515
00:28:58,267 --> 00:29:00,167
I want you to come down here
and take a look at something.
516
00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:02,467
I think I found our symbol.
517
00:29:07,767 --> 00:29:09,167
2
[James] Oh, holy [bleep].
518
00:29:11,467 --> 00:29:13,400
This looks like
a doorway.
519
00:29:13,567 --> 00:29:17,501
Like you could almost walk in
if it wasn't made of stone.
520
00:29:17,667 --> 00:29:21,267
And then this was kind of like
shoved in here and these blocks
521
00:29:21,434 --> 00:29:23,801
were put on the end to hold it.
522
00:29:23,968 --> 00:29:26,167
So I think that this is
that symbol on the map.
523
00:29:27,667 --> 00:29:30,167
There's this giant boulder.
524
00:29:30,334 --> 00:29:32,267
I mean, it looks like
a stone door.
525
00:29:32,434 --> 00:29:34,167
That's something that
sticks out to me.
526
00:29:34,334 --> 00:29:37,934
And this could have been used
to mark this spot.
527
00:29:40,367 --> 00:29:42,601
-We're right below
our freaking tree, right there.
-Yeah, right below the tree.
528
00:29:44,100 --> 00:29:46,400
Look, we were looking for
a marker, but I didn't think
529
00:29:46,567 --> 00:29:48,267
we were going to find
anything like this.
530
00:29:48,434 --> 00:29:49,968
This looks different.
531
00:29:50,133 --> 00:29:52,667
I mean, when I saw this, I knew
instantly this has to be
532
00:29:52,834 --> 00:29:54,167
the symbol on the map.
533
00:29:54,334 --> 00:29:56,367
I mean, we started
at the ridgeline,
534
00:29:56,534 --> 00:29:59,167
and then we found the sinkhole
and the old cabin
535
00:29:59,334 --> 00:30:01,300
where they probably lived
while searching for
536
00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:02,567
the Golden Staircase.
537
00:30:02,734 --> 00:30:07,267
That led us to the tree
and now to this doorway.
538
00:30:07,434 --> 00:30:09,868
What if there is a cave
underneath here or some sort
539
00:30:10,033 --> 00:30:14,100
of a mine?
What if this is an entrance?
540
00:30:14,267 --> 00:30:16,701
We gotta get in here.
I don't know how the hell to
freaking do it right now.
541
00:30:20,367 --> 00:30:22,367
That looks like one heavy
son of a bitch.
542
00:30:24,601 --> 00:30:25,901
We can't really work it
by hand.
543
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,667
We'd still have to get past
these giant stone slabs.
544
00:30:30,834 --> 00:30:33,067
And in order to move those,
we need heavy machinery
545
00:30:33,234 --> 00:30:35,367
in here, and we can't get
heavy machinery here.
546
00:30:35,534 --> 00:30:37,067
It's just too steep
and rugged.
547
00:30:37,234 --> 00:30:38,567
We're too far out here.
548
00:30:38,734 --> 00:30:41,267
And unfortunately,
we're also near a creek bed.
549
00:30:43,367 --> 00:30:45,667
It's not legal for, like,
to come out here with
high explosives
550
00:30:45,834 --> 00:30:47,801
and blast this thing.
551
00:30:47,968 --> 00:30:50,067
So, we're gonna have to find
another way around that.
552
00:30:52,367 --> 00:30:57,000
In Utah, using explosives near
critical environmental areas,
553
00:30:57,167 --> 00:31:00,868
such as creeks and waterways,
is heavily regulated.
554
00:31:01,033 --> 00:31:04,100
And due to the site's proximity
to a creek bed,
555
00:31:04,267 --> 00:31:06,000
blasting is
out of the question.
556
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:09,467
[bleep].
557
00:31:13,567 --> 00:31:15,701
[Josh] This site is
very inaccessible.
558
00:31:15,868 --> 00:31:18,000
We're not gonna be able to get
heavy machinery in here.
559
00:31:18,167 --> 00:31:20,767
We can't just come in here
and just remove the rock.
560
00:31:20,934 --> 00:31:22,701
I mean, we're not gonna be able
to hand-dig this thing.
561
00:31:22,868 --> 00:31:25,300
I mean, it's gonna take us
months or years.
562
00:31:25,467 --> 00:31:27,667
So, I'm not exactly sure how
we're gonna be able to work
563
00:31:27,834 --> 00:31:29,367
with this area,
but there's something of
564
00:31:29,534 --> 00:31:31,367
great importance here.
I can feel it.
565
00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:36,167
I think this rock was put here
on purpose, and I think it is
566
00:31:36,334 --> 00:31:38,667
absolutely described
on that map in the journal.
567
00:31:38,834 --> 00:31:40,100
But how in the hell
do we get in here?
568
00:31:41,567 --> 00:31:44,267
Why don't we head back,
talk to everybody, see what
569
00:31:44,434 --> 00:31:45,601
ideas we can come up with?
570
00:31:45,601 --> 00:31:47,300
Because, I mean, you're right,
we gotta get in there.
571
00:31:48,667 --> 00:31:49,701
Plain and simple.
572
00:32:09,467 --> 00:32:11,400
[Josh] Duane's waiting
on our call.
573
00:32:11,567 --> 00:32:13,667
Let's fill him in
on everything.
574
00:32:13,834 --> 00:32:16,567
Back at the hideout,
after the journal led them to
575
00:32:16,734 --> 00:32:19,667
what appears to be
a man-made stone door...
576
00:32:19,834 --> 00:32:21,067
[Josh] Doesn't that
look weird to you?
577
00:32:21,901 --> 00:32:25,067
...the team gathers for a call
with Duane, the owner of
578
00:32:25,234 --> 00:32:28,667
Blind Frog Ranch, to fill him
in on their progress.
579
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:31,501
-[James] Hey, Duane.
-Hey, Duane.
580
00:32:31,667 --> 00:32:32,667
-Hi, Duane.
-Good to see you.
581
00:32:32,834 --> 00:32:35,367
Hey, guys.
How's it going?
582
00:32:35,534 --> 00:32:37,267
[Josh] We've been on quite
an adventure following that
583
00:32:37,434 --> 00:32:40,267
journal through the mountains.
We found this huge stone.
584
00:32:42,267 --> 00:32:45,501
It's a giant rectangle.
It looks like a door.
585
00:32:45,667 --> 00:32:48,367
So we know that there's
something important there,
586
00:32:48,534 --> 00:32:50,801
because that's exactly where
the journal took us to,
587
00:32:50,968 --> 00:32:52,467
but it's just too big to move.
588
00:32:57,501 --> 00:32:58,968
We can't drill
right behind it.
589
00:32:59,133 --> 00:33:02,200
It's a pretty steep slope right
behind this rock, kind of even
590
00:33:02,367 --> 00:33:04,467
a small rig we couldn't
get in there.
591
00:33:06,467 --> 00:33:08,267
-I'd love to blow it, but...
-[James] It's on the creek.
592
00:33:08,434 --> 00:33:09,400
...it's down in the creek,
593
00:33:09,567 --> 00:33:10,667
and you know
the local regulations,
594
00:33:10,834 --> 00:33:12,100
we can't blast
down in there.
595
00:33:16,801 --> 00:33:19,067
[Eric]
Well, there's something I heard
about that could help us.
596
00:33:21,467 --> 00:33:24,667
You can use that SAR.
It's synthetic-aperture radar.
597
00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:28,167
What would that do for us?
598
00:33:28,334 --> 00:33:30,968
Well, it's cutting-edge
technology
599
00:33:31,133 --> 00:33:33,167
that sort of sees
into the Earth.
600
00:33:33,334 --> 00:33:36,267
We fly a grid right over
that area, and you'll be able
601
00:33:36,434 --> 00:33:37,701
to see cavities.
602
00:33:38,767 --> 00:33:41,868
We can't drill it where it is,
but if we can identify that
603
00:33:42,033 --> 00:33:45,601
cavity and just see how
extensive it is, we can look
604
00:33:45,767 --> 00:33:49,901
for an entry point away from
the creek bed on flat ground
605
00:33:50,067 --> 00:33:51,300
where we can possibly drill.
606
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:53,801
Then we go in there.
607
00:33:58,667 --> 00:34:03,100
Synthetic-aperture radar,
or SAR, works by sending
608
00:34:03,267 --> 00:34:05,801
microwave pulses into
the ground to map
609
00:34:05,968 --> 00:34:08,300
hidden structures and voids.
610
00:34:08,467 --> 00:34:12,367
Scientists and archaeologists
use it to reveal what lies
611
00:34:12,534 --> 00:34:15,501
beneath without ever digging.
612
00:34:15,667 --> 00:34:19,901
Recently, SAR scanning
uncovered incredible structures
613
00:34:20,067 --> 00:34:24,400
deep beneath the Great Pyramids
of Giza in Egypt and a second
614
00:34:24,567 --> 00:34:29,400
giant Sphinx statue standing
nearly 250 feet high.
615
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:34,167
The team hopes that using
a plane-based version of
616
00:34:34,334 --> 00:34:38,467
this technology, they can
map out underground voids
in the area
617
00:34:38,634 --> 00:34:42,000
beyond the stone door
and an alternative entrance
618
00:34:42,167 --> 00:34:44,033
that's easier to penetrate.
619
00:34:46,501 --> 00:34:49,167
Well, we need
an airplane for it.
620
00:34:53,767 --> 00:34:54,901
Perfect.
Perfect.
621
00:34:55,067 --> 00:34:57,167
We'll lay out a grid,
and we'll do the survey,
622
00:34:57,334 --> 00:34:58,968
and we'll keep
our fingers crossed.
623
00:35:01,300 --> 00:35:02,968
-[Eric] All right.
-Let's get moving.
624
00:35:03,133 --> 00:35:04,767
-[Eric] Thank you, Duane.
-[Josh] We'll be in touch.
625
00:35:18,701 --> 00:35:21,100
It's the day of
the SAR survey.
626
00:35:22,100 --> 00:35:23,801
Chili, come in.
627
00:35:26,267 --> 00:35:28,000
Yeah, man.
We're ready here on the ground.
628
00:35:28,167 --> 00:35:31,167
Go ahead and get ready
for your first flyover.
629
00:35:31,334 --> 00:35:32,567
I'm ready if you're ready.
630
00:35:32,734 --> 00:35:34,300
While Chili meets the pilot,
631
00:35:34,467 --> 00:35:37,601
Josh and aerial imagery
specialist Matt Ward
632
00:35:37,767 --> 00:35:39,767
set up the flyover zone.
633
00:35:39,934 --> 00:35:42,767
[Matt] As long as he gets that
plane right on the same lines,
634
00:35:42,934 --> 00:35:45,467
we should see a lot
of stuff under there.
635
00:35:45,634 --> 00:35:50,467
SAR is a new version of
ground-penetrating radar.
636
00:35:50,634 --> 00:35:53,200
-Clear.
-[Matt] It's kind of
revolutionary.
637
00:35:53,367 --> 00:35:55,567
[Matt] It's gonna be used for
basically finding anything
638
00:35:55,734 --> 00:35:58,000
that's underneath the bedrock
that we can't see right now.
639
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,567
The lower you get,
640
00:36:00,734 --> 00:36:02,067
the more you can
see underground.
641
00:36:03,100 --> 00:36:05,267
[Josh] So he's got to make
the pass several times, right?
642
00:36:05,434 --> 00:36:07,367
Oh, yeah.
That's got to be on
the exact same line.
643
00:36:07,534 --> 00:36:09,067
So the more times
he makes the passes,
644
00:36:09,234 --> 00:36:10,968
the deeper it will go.
-Oh, yeah.
645
00:36:13,267 --> 00:36:15,567
The plane will pass over
a broad area
646
00:36:15,734 --> 00:36:19,200
with the stone door
as the starting point.
647
00:36:19,367 --> 00:36:22,501
The team's goal is to confirm
their belief of a void
648
00:36:22,667 --> 00:36:24,667
or cavern system
behind the door
649
00:36:25,801 --> 00:36:29,400
and locate entry points
where they can blast or drill
650
00:36:29,567 --> 00:36:32,267
and gain access to
whatever's hidden below.
651
00:36:49,667 --> 00:36:51,100
2
-[Josh] It's got to
be them, right?
-[Matt] Yeah.
652
00:36:52,701 --> 00:36:53,701
Yeah, there they are,
right there.
653
00:36:53,868 --> 00:36:55,767
See 'em just up that way.
654
00:36:55,934 --> 00:36:58,100
As Chili and the pilot
enter the airspace
655
00:36:58,267 --> 00:37:00,100
above Blind Frog Ranch,
656
00:37:00,267 --> 00:37:04,501
Josh and aerial imagery
specialist Matt Ward get ready
657
00:37:04,667 --> 00:37:07,100
on the ground.
They'll monitor the progress
658
00:37:07,267 --> 00:37:08,868
of the scan
and communicate
659
00:37:09,033 --> 00:37:12,634
with Chili to ensure
he stays on course.
660
00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:18,567
So basically, this is going to
show us where the plane is
661
00:37:18,734 --> 00:37:21,367
coming across,
but it has to be on
662
00:37:21,534 --> 00:37:24,367
the exact same plane
every single scan.
663
00:37:25,567 --> 00:37:28,000
But if they do veer off,
we're going to have to go
664
00:37:28,167 --> 00:37:29,467
and try it again.
665
00:37:29,467 --> 00:37:31,567
[Josh] OK, so this will show if
they're veering off course?
666
00:37:31,734 --> 00:37:33,200
-[Matt] Yes.
-So we'll be able
to correct them
667
00:37:33,367 --> 00:37:34,300
in real time...
-In real time.
668
00:37:34,467 --> 00:37:35,467
...to make sure
that they're staying,
669
00:37:35,634 --> 00:37:36,767
they can do
the next pass exact.
670
00:37:36,934 --> 00:37:38,300
[Matt] Exactly, yep.
671
00:37:38,467 --> 00:37:40,100
The lower they get, we're
going to be able to see
672
00:37:40,267 --> 00:37:42,667
more underneath.
-OK, all right, good.
673
00:37:44,067 --> 00:37:48,067
For every pass, the radar can
see 50 feet further
674
00:37:48,234 --> 00:37:50,400
below the surface.
675
00:37:50,567 --> 00:37:54,667
The team has decided that
four passes, or 200 feet,
676
00:37:54,834 --> 00:37:56,968
will be deep enough
to detect voids.
677
00:38:01,567 --> 00:38:03,300
OK, we're ready for them.
678
00:38:08,100 --> 00:38:09,434
[Josh] Look for the truck.
679
00:38:09,434 --> 00:38:12,200
You'll need to run a straight
line on the exact same route.
680
00:38:16,100 --> 00:38:17,868
[Josh] We need to make
at least four passes.
681
00:38:21,667 --> 00:38:23,100
[Josh] Should pop
right up over the ridge.
682
00:38:23,267 --> 00:38:24,767
There he is, right there.
Here he comes.
683
00:38:34,701 --> 00:38:37,100
That's pretty good height,
but if he could get just
684
00:38:37,267 --> 00:38:40,167
a little lower on each pass.
685
00:38:40,334 --> 00:38:42,000
The lower altitude
you can come, the better.
686
00:38:48,167 --> 00:38:49,167
Copy that.
687
00:38:53,767 --> 00:38:55,367
Cut hard back
to the truck.
688
00:39:06,601 --> 00:39:07,667
[Josh] Yeah, that's good.
689
00:39:08,968 --> 00:39:09,968
Here they come.
690
00:39:15,801 --> 00:39:17,467
-[Matt] That's perfect.
-Perfect.
691
00:39:17,634 --> 00:39:18,767
That's perfect.
692
00:39:28,167 --> 00:39:31,000
Chili, that was beautiful.
Stay on the same exact line.
693
00:39:31,167 --> 00:39:33,667
I need three more identical
to the last one.
694
00:39:36,100 --> 00:39:39,701
With one perfect pass
complete, Chili and the pilot
695
00:39:39,868 --> 00:39:43,667
now need to do three more
flyovers, dropping 50 feet
696
00:39:43,834 --> 00:39:47,167
closer to the ground after
each successful pass.
697
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:58,467
[Matt] Come through?
698
00:39:58,634 --> 00:39:59,901
It looks like we're getting
a good one.
699
00:40:00,067 --> 00:40:01,000
-That was a good one.
-That's perfect.
700
00:40:07,267 --> 00:40:08,767
Chili, if you can hear me,
that was frigging
701
00:40:08,934 --> 00:40:11,367
right on, man.
You nailed it, Chili.
702
00:40:11,534 --> 00:40:12,400
-[Josh] Perfect.
-[Matt] Beautiful.
703
00:40:15,868 --> 00:40:17,467
[Josh] Now we have two.
We have two solid passes.
704
00:40:17,634 --> 00:40:18,567
[Matt] That was beautiful.
705
00:40:22,167 --> 00:40:23,400
[Josh] Need you to come
harder to your right.
706
00:40:39,667 --> 00:40:42,767
Chili, that was beautiful.
We got 150-foot depth.
707
00:40:42,934 --> 00:40:45,067
We need one more
to get 200 feet.
708
00:40:45,234 --> 00:40:46,467
[Chili, on radio]
OK, here we come.
709
00:40:51,100 --> 00:40:53,467
Chili, come in.
I'm not reading you well.
710
00:40:53,634 --> 00:40:54,567
Are you guys all right?
711
00:40:54,734 --> 00:40:56,300
[electronic beeping]
712
00:40:58,501 --> 00:41:00,067
-[static]
-[Josh] [bleep].
713
00:41:00,234 --> 00:41:01,767
[Matt] What is that?
714
00:41:04,100 --> 00:41:05,300
[Josh] [bleep].
715
00:41:10,067 --> 00:41:11,067
[high-pitch tone]
716
00:41:11,234 --> 00:41:12,167
What the --
What is that?
717
00:41:13,167 --> 00:41:15,167
Chili, chili, I'm just
getting static.
718
00:41:15,334 --> 00:41:16,901
[electronic beeping]
719
00:41:26,267 --> 00:41:28,300
[suspenseful chord strike]