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- [Simon] Never in my wildest dreams

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did I think when I told Gary
something bad is gonna happen,

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did I think it was gonna be this.

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- [Gal] I can't imagine

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what Gary must have been going through

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and how he must have felt

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being so alone and so far out there.

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- [Beverly] He said
that the longer he stood

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and looked at it,

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the more spooked that he
got the feeling of dread,

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the sixth sense that he
needed to get out of there.

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(thunder roaring)

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(thunder roars)

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(thunder roaring)

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- I first knew something was wrong

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when I was on the phone with my publisher,

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and Simon kept trying to call in.

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And so once I was off the
phone with my publisher,

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I called Simon who's Gary's roommate.

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And he told me that
Gary was two days late.

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That's not Gary,

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you know, Gary,

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would never leave Tuca that long,

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especially knowing that
Simon had to go out of town.

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That's when I knew that
there was something wrong,

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and I needed to get there.

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So I packed up and left Panaca
and headed straight to Ruth.

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I needed to see what was going on

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and make sure that my brother was okay.

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And to take care of Tuca
until he could get back.

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I really thought he would be back.

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- I first met Gary when
they were having an event

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at the Nevada Northern Railway.

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And we both just kind of,
wandered in each other's paths,

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and started talking about trains,

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and, we were both looking
for a place to stay.

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I was trying to find a place for work,

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he was in between places,

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and we kind of just
happened upon this place.

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- The first time I heard
the name, Gary Hinge,

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I believe was when I was working
for the radio station NNN,

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It was um..

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I was an investigative reporter,

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it was my first job right out of the gate,

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and my producer came
to me and he was like,

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we have to cover this,

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I think it's a good
idea for us to do this,

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because the TV stations, the news,

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had stopped recording on it.

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And so this was a way
for us to get exclusives

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and to keep the story going.

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Because according to everyone
else that was hearing about it

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and reporting about it,
it had just gone cold.

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- If you want me to
describe my brother Gary,

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the best way to describe him is,

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if there was a little lady that said,

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can you please watch my purse,

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no matter where they were at,

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Gary would sit there and
he would watch her purse

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and make sure that it was
safe until she came back.

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That was just the type
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he was trustworthy and amazing.

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Amazing.

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- So Gary loved the outdoors,

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I mean, he was the king of outdoors.

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Let's just say that.

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And I think a lot of people
were really envious of him.

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Like he lived this
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that I think, those who
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stuck behind a desk,

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I think, really admired that about him.

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- Super smart, but definitely private,

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he kind of just kept to himself.

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then he was working on his model railroad.

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yeah, just really kept
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making his videos.

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Super funny, though (chuckles slightly)

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definitely could make you laugh

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with a couple of his one liners.

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- I started to learn
more about who Gary was.

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that he was an extremely
highly intelligent man.

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He's one of those people that was so smart

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that kind of had a hard time
connecting with other people.

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So he mostly just kind
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and yeah, fascinating.

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The more I found out about him,

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the more I wanted to keep
finding out about, who is Gary?

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Gary had found his dream job,

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being such an avid outdoors man,

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he started to work for a startup
company called Map Nevada.

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they map out really remote
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So they track wildlife, weather, terrain,

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and I mean, Gary was in heaven doing this.

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- He loved to be by himself
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he loved hiking,

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and being adventurous,

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any train, he was drawn
to, he loved trains.

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(ballast clattering)

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- [Gary] Hey guys filming
another little YouTube video,

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at one of my favorite places.

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If I had more time I would
become one of the volunteers,

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but this is the Nevada Northern
Railway Museum, here in Ely.

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And it's kind of an old little copper mine

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just preserved and left.

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They do some cool stuff, though,

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like you can sleep in this
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the big copper mine in the area,

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right outside my home in Ruth.

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It's kind of a neat
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they just kind of let you walk around.

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And you know how much I love
trains on top of hiking,

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gotta do something in the winter time

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and you can't be outside as much.

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- So I was really excited
to take on this story,

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seeing that it was my first story.

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And it also took place

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in this tiny little town called Ruth.

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And so I grabbed the phone book,
and I just started calling.

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And I wanted to talk to
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that would talk to me.

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- I first knew something was off

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when he asked me to watch his dog Tuca

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before he went out on one of his trips.

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And he never leaves Tuca.

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He always takes the dog with him,

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so I thought that was kind of weird.

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And he was acting super stressed out

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even keeping to himself even more.

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When he didn't come back after two days,

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I thought that was really strange.

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I had a flight to catch,

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so I just called Beverly to get the dog.

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- After I got off the phone with Simon,

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I tried Gary, and there was no answer,

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so I hurried and left and
I went to Ruth from Panaca.

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And it's only a couple hours away,

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so when I got there,

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Simon and Tuca were
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Simon really needed to get
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so I asked him where Gary had gone to,

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and Simon didn't know, his
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he just knew that he was on an expedition.

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To me that wasn't right,

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so I tried Gary a couple of more times,

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and all it did was go to voicemail

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and something was definitely wrong.

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And so I called the police and waited.

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(mysterious music)

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- So I got Beverley's phone number,

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and this is the only time
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And she was pretty angry with me,

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once I told her that I was a reporter.

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And she did not want to
have anything to do with me

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or our show, which I thought
was really unfortunate,

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because, the news stations,

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they had stopped recording on this,

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and we were the only ones doing anything,

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and I thought this is a way
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I don't understand why

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you don't want to give me the time or day,

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but she didn't, and she quickly hung up.

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And that was the only time
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- Gary became so obsessed
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he would watch the Discovery Channel,

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he would watch YouTube,

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he would study it and find
the most remote places,

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no cell service, no provisions of any kind

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other than what he took.

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And it used to scare
the heavens out of me.

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I mean, I was petrified for him,

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and I would worry so much.

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it was Gary.

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- [Gary] So guys, I'm here hiking around,

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and this is one of the cool secrets

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I have in the wilds in Nevada

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is this cemetery from the
late 1800s old mining camp,

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but I won't disclose the
name for safety reasons.

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Don't want anyone getting lost out here,

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but you can see all these
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unmarked graves with no names now.

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Give you an idea of
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is that mountain way over there

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is my truck's on the other side of it.

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So hiked over that mountain

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and I'm way out this
way now, hiking around.

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- I wouldn't say what
Gary was doing was hiking.

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These were multiple day,
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- In the beginning, what gave me hope

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was the fact that when
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much, much younger, like second grade,

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we all went camping, and Gary
disappeared from the campsite.

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And we searched for him
and searched for him,

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and we were all so worried, mom
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I was terrified.

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We didn't wanna leave the mountain

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to go and get cell service or anything,

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we just went looking for him.

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And we looked for him all night.

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And the next morning we came
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thinking, we're gonna tell them look,

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keep an eye out for this second grader,

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this second grader that was missing

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and we walk up and there
is my little brother Gary,

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playing with the animals.

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He'd known that if he got
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he would be okay,

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that mom and dad would
come and look for him.

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And he was so resilient, it
was in him, second nature.

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- So after speaking to a
bunch of people in Ruth,

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I started to learn a little
bit more about Beverly

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and Beverly's relationship
with Gary in the past.

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So she had a lot of anger towards Gary.

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She really blamed him
for their parents' death.

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And then when their parents did pass away,

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she was stuck, still raising Gary

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and so she held quite a lot
of resentment against him.

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- Well, I was mad at
Gary when mom dad died,

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they were out on a fishing trip

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and mom and dad liked to
do some night fishing.

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And so they went out
and did hang the lantern

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where they could see it,

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so they could get back to shore safely,

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back to camp without hitting any rocks.

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Old Gary decided

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that he was gonna go
hunting frogs and everything

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and so, and he went exploring.

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And while he's out there
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so that he could see what he was doing.

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Meanwhile, mom and dad

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decided that they were gonna come back in

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and call it a night.

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So they headed for the lantern.

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Not knowing that Gary had
moved it while he was exploring

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and so they followed the light.

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And, it was the wrong spot.

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They didn't make it back
because they hit the rocks,

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and had Gary not hang the
lantern up where he was at

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and left it where it needed to be,

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there wouldn't have been any problems.

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- I just felt super bad for Beverly.

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You know, I could just hear her

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inside Gary's room, sobbing.

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- You know, you're really
making me miss my brother, Gary.

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- [Gal] Kept hearing people
refer to Gary as a hiker.

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And in my opinion, I don't
really think that's correct.

259
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Because, to me, Gary's
more of a survivalist,

260
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he would go out into the
wilderness for a week or two on end

261
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with just a backpack.

262
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He's kind of like the
MacGyver of the wilderness,

263
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just to survive and live off of the land,

264
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and filter his on water.

265
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So, to hear them just be like,

266
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oh, he's just a hiker gone missing.

267
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He's not.

268
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- When Gary and I first
started living together,

269
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I actually went out with
him on one of these things.

270
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And I just kept telling myself
the entire time, never again.

271
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Gary wouldn't let us bring
enough food or water,

272
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and it was the most miserable experience.

273
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The one thing I did like about it

274
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was we kept on finding these 1800's

275
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abandoned mining kind of structures,

276
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which was super cool.

277
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- This wasn't a normal search and rescue.

278
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Because, Gary didn't tell
anybody where he was going

279
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on his excursion.

280
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And he would go really
deep into the wilderness,

281
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and he'd be gone for a week or so,

282
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so no one had any idea
where to even start looking.

283
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And so police decided the best way,

284
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or the only thing they could think of

285
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was to maybe check his cell phone,

286
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and his cell phone pings in which tower.

287
00:17:48,340 --> 00:17:51,630
And it looked to be as he
had turned his cell phone off

288
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shortly after leaving his home.

289
00:17:54,970 --> 00:17:56,970
- When Beverly showed up to get the dog.

290
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Yeah, I regret that now, I
kind of lashed out at her.

291
00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,150
- I was so put off when I got to town,

292
00:18:07,150 --> 00:18:11,360
and he was so antsy to get out of there.

293
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And, being my brother's roommate,

294
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not even asking where he was gonna be,

295
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or, if there was gonna,

296
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you know any issue that
might set up a red flag

297
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if he didn't come home.

298
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He had his dog and everything,

299
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and he knew he needed to be out of town.

300
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I just didn't,

301
00:18:33,090 --> 00:18:34,630
I didn't feel right about it,

302
00:18:34,630 --> 00:18:35,840
it just didn't feel right.

303
00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:39,220
And, a week or so before
that, Gary had confided in me

304
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that him and Simon weren't
getting along very well,

305
00:18:42,310 --> 00:18:45,430
and so he wanted to move out.

306
00:18:45,430 --> 00:18:49,770
And so I just,

307
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it just didn't feel right,
so I let the cops know.

308
00:18:53,650 --> 00:18:56,190
You know, I just don't trust him,

309
00:18:56,190 --> 00:19:00,700
there's just something to
not be concerned at all,

310
00:19:00,700 --> 00:19:02,740
where your roommate's gonna be.

311
00:19:02,740 --> 00:19:07,210
And more worried about getting on a plane,

312
00:19:07,210 --> 00:19:11,380
than somebody missing that's
supposed to be your friend,

313
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close to you?

314
00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:14,750
No.

315
00:19:16,420 --> 00:19:17,470
- We never talked about that,

316
00:19:17,470 --> 00:19:19,630
he never told me where
he went hiking, ever,

317
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he never mentioned it.

318
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And even if we did talk about it,

319
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I'm pretty sure he probably
wouldn't have told me, so.

320
00:19:27,390 --> 00:19:29,690
But at the beginning, I understood

321
00:19:29,690 --> 00:19:31,610
she needed someone to point the finger at

322
00:19:31,610 --> 00:19:35,070
and she was super upset, understandably.

323
00:19:35,070 --> 00:19:39,360
But after some time, it
just kind of got old,

324
00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:43,580
so I called her and I now told her that,

325
00:19:43,580 --> 00:19:47,000
there's no way I would have
known and just by the way,

326
00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,580
you're his sister, so why didn't you know?

327
00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,460
- When I first reported Gary missing,

328
00:19:53,460 --> 00:19:55,500
the police were wonderful,

329
00:19:55,500 --> 00:20:00,130
they were really on top
of it, they did an APB,

330
00:20:00,130 --> 00:20:03,180
be on the lookout for his truck, himself,

331
00:20:04,010 --> 00:20:08,140
Park Rangers, Fish and Game, everything.

332
00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:09,560
You know, we live in a small town,

333
00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:11,650
people don't go missing all the time.

334
00:20:11,650 --> 00:20:14,020
And so this was a big deal,

335
00:20:14,020 --> 00:20:17,360
and they really took it seriously,

336
00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:19,360
they had it everywhere.

337
00:20:21,030 --> 00:20:23,070
I was embarrassed that I didn't know

338
00:20:23,070 --> 00:20:26,660
exactly where he was at,
you know, I'm his sister,

339
00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,410
I should have known.

340
00:20:33,380 --> 00:20:34,500
I should have known.

341
00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,760
(sentimental music)

342
00:20:58,070 --> 00:21:02,780
- [Simon] My first thought when
I heard he was missing was,

343
00:21:04,950 --> 00:21:08,990
oh, it'd be near impossible to find him.

344
00:21:10,870 --> 00:21:15,460
Either, he finally just injured himself,

345
00:21:15,460 --> 00:21:18,420
or maybe he had eaten something

346
00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,510
that he didn't know was
gonna make him so sick.

347
00:21:26,970 --> 00:21:29,220
- It'd been two days since
I'd reported the missing

348
00:21:29,220 --> 00:21:33,440
and I hadn't slept more than
10 to 15 minutes at a time.

349
00:21:35,190 --> 00:21:38,610
I had people calling and were so concerned

350
00:21:38,610 --> 00:21:41,110
and wanted to know where
to start looking for him.

351
00:21:42,150 --> 00:21:44,240
But not knowing where he was at,

352
00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,240
where would I have them look?

353
00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:52,370
And then the phone call came,
they'd found Gary's truck.

354
00:21:53,540 --> 00:21:55,540
(ominous music)

355
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,480
(thunder roaring)

356
00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,950
And I got such a sinking feeling,

357
00:22:25,950 --> 00:22:28,280
such a sick to my stomach feeling

358
00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:32,660
that this was now very real.

359
00:22:32,660 --> 00:22:35,330
(thunder roars)

360
00:22:39,750 --> 00:22:41,960
After the cops called in,

361
00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:44,170
and let me know that
they'd found this truck,

362
00:22:44,170 --> 00:22:47,130
they came and picked me
up and took me to it.

363
00:22:47,130 --> 00:22:50,550
It was about 55 miles out of town,

364
00:22:50,550 --> 00:22:53,930
and we got there and seeing his truck,

365
00:22:55,060 --> 00:22:58,310
I was so hopeful, you know, thinking,

366
00:22:59,770 --> 00:23:01,980
he probably fell,

367
00:23:01,980 --> 00:23:04,480
maybe broke an ankle, stuck in a ravine,

368
00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:05,740
can't get himself out.

369
00:23:05,740 --> 00:23:08,740
But I had hope.

370
00:23:08,740 --> 00:23:13,240
I really had hope that we
were gonna find him okay.

371
00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,580
- It just wasn't in a place
where Gary would have left it.

372
00:23:17,540 --> 00:23:19,580
Like it wasn't in a spot where he wanted,

373
00:23:19,580 --> 00:23:21,750
which he would wanna go to explore.

374
00:23:24,130 --> 00:23:25,760
- While I was sitting there,

375
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,970
watching them process Gary's
truck, I was looking around,

376
00:23:31,970 --> 00:23:34,810
this wasn't Gary,

377
00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:40,730
he loved to explore vast
forests, rocky hills,

378
00:23:43,110 --> 00:23:48,110
beauty, not just a rolling hill of dirt.

379
00:23:49,030 --> 00:23:53,700
It just, something wasn't right.

380
00:23:53,700 --> 00:23:56,450
(gunshot blasts)

381
00:24:02,170 --> 00:24:04,920
(gunshot blasts)

382
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,840
(car engine roaring)

383
00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:11,840
- I'm a private investigator.

384
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,600
I was hired by Beverly shortly
after Gary's truck was found.

385
00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,440
The High Desert as you can see,

386
00:24:24,650 --> 00:24:26,570
it's very beautiful,

387
00:24:26,570 --> 00:24:31,570
it's very majestic, has mountains,
valleys, plains, forests,

388
00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:34,070
it has it all.

389
00:24:34,070 --> 00:24:37,580
But it's also quite dangerous
and very unforgiving.

390
00:24:37,580 --> 00:24:40,160
- So after Gary's truck was found,

391
00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:45,340
a search began and people really rallied.

392
00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:47,880
(upbeat music)

393
00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:49,760
- [Bill] Gary went missing

394
00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,260
in the hottest part of the summer.

395
00:24:52,260 --> 00:24:55,970
And what we see most of the
time in disappearance like his

396
00:24:55,970 --> 00:25:00,810
is people suffering from heatstroke,

397
00:25:00,810 --> 00:25:04,350
dehydration, sometimes even injury.

398
00:25:06,810 --> 00:25:08,320
- [Beverly] People started showing up

399
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,190
and then more people started showing up,

400
00:25:11,190 --> 00:25:14,280
and next thing I know,
it's a whole whirlwind,

401
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:18,910
there were people there
that I didn't know,

402
00:25:20,370 --> 00:25:22,040
that Gary didn't know,

403
00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,960
there were people bringing drones,

404
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:26,710
all kinds of search and rescue.

405
00:25:26,710 --> 00:25:30,050
It was the most humbling experience

406
00:25:30,050 --> 00:25:35,050
to know that these strangers
were out there helping

407
00:25:35,260 --> 00:25:39,220
to try to find my brother
and bring him home.

408
00:25:40,970 --> 00:25:42,980
(intense music)

409
00:25:52,030 --> 00:25:55,860
- So once Gary's truck
was found, Beverly was,

410
00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,080
let's just say she was very vocal

411
00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,580
about how the truck seemed to be parked

412
00:26:02,580 --> 00:26:04,290
in a suspicious location,

413
00:26:04,290 --> 00:26:05,620
like she was just convinced

414
00:26:05,620 --> 00:26:08,210
that her brother had not parked it there,

415
00:26:08,210 --> 00:26:10,000
her brother wouldn't park it there,

416
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,800
and she would not stop talking about it.

417
00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:17,970
So the cops eventually looked into this.

418
00:26:17,970 --> 00:26:19,680
- The clock was ticking.

419
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,970
They very much needed to find
Gary as soon as possible.

420
00:26:23,850 --> 00:26:27,900
Beverly, on the other hand,
was very much in their way.

421
00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:32,900
She was in the way, and she
was really messing things up.

422
00:26:33,530 --> 00:26:36,110
- Searching the high desert isn't easy,

423
00:26:36,110 --> 00:26:37,450
I mean, it's not an easy task.

424
00:26:37,450 --> 00:26:38,360
People think it is,

425
00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:40,950
people think you can just get
up in the air in a helicopter

426
00:26:40,950 --> 00:26:45,960
and fly around and look at
the ground and see someone,

427
00:26:46,580 --> 00:26:51,170
but once you're on the ground,
there's abandoned mines,

428
00:26:51,170 --> 00:26:53,670
there's bushes and tree cover.

429
00:26:53,670 --> 00:26:56,260
And it's super difficult.

430
00:26:56,260 --> 00:27:00,140
So finding someone, it's not
easy as people think it is.

431
00:27:01,510 --> 00:27:03,260
- [Gary] Oh my god, sheep.

432
00:27:03,260 --> 00:27:04,100
(sheep bleating)

433
00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:05,640
Hi sheep.

434
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:06,730
Look at all the sheep.

435
00:27:07,690 --> 00:27:09,400
Sheep are a lot nicer than people.

436
00:27:10,980 --> 00:27:11,810
(sheep bleating)

437
00:27:11,810 --> 00:27:13,150
(feet rustling)

438
00:27:13,150 --> 00:27:14,110
Hey little sheep,

439
00:27:15,690 --> 00:27:16,740
look at all you guys.

440
00:27:17,900 --> 00:27:19,860
(sheep bleating)

441
00:27:19,860 --> 00:27:23,950
Roaming the land, doing
what you need to do.

442
00:27:23,950 --> 00:27:26,790
(ground rustling)

443
00:27:28,620 --> 00:27:30,710
Jeez, they all ran away from me.

444
00:27:30,710 --> 00:27:32,500
Can't even make friends with sheep.

445
00:27:32,500 --> 00:27:35,920
(sheep bleating)

446
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:40,220
- The officers didn't want me
to participate in the search.

447
00:27:43,010 --> 00:27:46,930
They thought it was best that
I stay home at Gary's place

448
00:27:46,930 --> 00:27:51,940
in case he tried to contact
me, call or show up.

449
00:27:52,900 --> 00:27:56,190
- I was very much familiar
with the lead investigator.

450
00:27:56,190 --> 00:27:57,990
We had worked together before,

451
00:27:57,990 --> 00:28:00,410
and we were definitely
familiar with each other.

452
00:28:01,660 --> 00:28:04,160
I called him to kind of check up on things

453
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:08,040
and see where the
investigation was headed,

454
00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,790
and if they had any new information.

455
00:28:10,790 --> 00:28:13,750
He told me that they had made
a discovery in the truck.

456
00:28:14,250 --> 00:28:16,250
(ominous music)

457
00:28:23,850 --> 00:28:27,350
But since I was not
formally hired by Beverley,

458
00:28:27,350 --> 00:28:30,060
I had to contact her first

459
00:28:30,060 --> 00:28:32,560
before they would discuss
the matter with me.

460
00:28:34,190 --> 00:28:38,400
- I was hopeful that they had good news,

461
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:45,370
that the officer asked me
if Gary had any enemies,

462
00:28:45,910 --> 00:28:50,040
or if I knew anybody
that may wanna hurt him.

463
00:28:52,620 --> 00:28:54,670
I asked the officer why,

464
00:28:56,210 --> 00:28:57,170
why would he,

465
00:28:58,050 --> 00:28:59,260
why would he ask that.

466
00:28:59,260 --> 00:29:04,260
And in confidence, they told
me that they had evidence

467
00:29:07,850 --> 00:29:12,730
that Gary did not drive
his truck out there.

468
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,610
(droning music)

469
00:29:27,070 --> 00:29:28,700
- So I waited a couple of hours

470
00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:31,750
and went over to Gary's house
where Beverly was staying,

471
00:29:31,750 --> 00:29:34,620
and she was absolutely hysterical.

472
00:29:34,620 --> 00:29:37,420
She told me that the
police had informed her

473
00:29:37,420 --> 00:29:42,010
that in Gary's truck they
had discovered prints

474
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:47,890
on top of Gary's all over,
on top of the steering wheel,

475
00:29:48,010 --> 00:29:50,720
the dashboard, the gear

476
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:55,730
and what was most surprising or alarming

477
00:29:56,020 --> 00:30:01,030
was that they discovered
footprints, bare footprints,

478
00:30:01,690 --> 00:30:06,700
and they were scarred and unidentifiable,

479
00:30:07,820 --> 00:30:10,540
which even added more to the mystery.

480
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,210
(mystery music)

481
00:30:18,380 --> 00:30:19,790
- The footprint was,

482
00:30:22,460 --> 00:30:26,510
he said that it was barefoot.

483
00:30:35,180 --> 00:30:40,110
- So someone drove Gary's truck barefoot.

484
00:30:41,650 --> 00:30:44,150
And it just doesn't sit well with me,

485
00:30:44,150 --> 00:30:46,570
because it's like, what happened?

486
00:30:46,570 --> 00:30:49,160
Why was this person not wearing shoes?

487
00:30:50,740 --> 00:30:51,950
What was going on?

488
00:30:51,950 --> 00:30:54,080
Like, it's just odd,

489
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,410
and it's very,

490
00:30:56,410 --> 00:30:59,210
I don't know, it's just,

491
00:31:00,250 --> 00:31:01,960
it made my skin crawl.

492
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:03,840
(feet rustling)

493
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,300
- [Gary] Oh, look at the little baby deer.

494
00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:09,180
That's kind of cool to see,
you don't see that too often.

495
00:31:21,730 --> 00:31:24,980
(train engine roaring)

496
00:31:30,070 --> 00:31:33,160
(train hooting)

497
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,410
(train engine roaring)

498
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:46,380
- You know, I hadn't been
sleeping and everything,

499
00:31:46,380 --> 00:31:49,180
and my mind was just reeling,

500
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:52,350
I had a lot of things
going through my head,

501
00:31:52,350 --> 00:31:53,760
different scenarios.

502
00:31:55,180 --> 00:31:57,140
Maybe he picked up a friend?

503
00:31:58,930 --> 00:32:02,190
Maybe somebody stole his
truck while he was out hiking?

504
00:32:03,150 --> 00:32:06,650
Or maybe he picked up a hitchhiker,

505
00:32:06,650 --> 00:32:11,660
and the hitchhiker had
done something to him.

506
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:17,500
I don't know, at this point,

507
00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:20,080
so many things were just
going through my head,

508
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:24,210
just over and over again,

509
00:32:24,210 --> 00:32:28,800
which didn't help me try to get any sleep.

510
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:33,800
(train engine roaring)
(train hooting)

511
00:32:39,850 --> 00:32:43,440
- So Beverly, still
wanted me to vet out Simon

512
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:47,320
because she still thought
he was very suspicious.

513
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:48,530
And I did too.

514
00:32:48,530 --> 00:32:49,570
I looked into him again,

515
00:32:49,570 --> 00:32:54,160
and lo and behold, he was
ruled out as a suspect.

516
00:32:55,410 --> 00:32:57,240
But through that process,

517
00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:01,080
I actually learned that
Gary had been talking

518
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,920
to someone that he met on
a Facebook Messenger group.

519
00:33:05,210 --> 00:33:07,420
They had been corresponding
with each other

520
00:33:07,420 --> 00:33:09,960
through a local sellers group,

521
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,340
and I guess they had been
commenting on each other's posts

522
00:33:13,340 --> 00:33:14,510
and one thing led to another

523
00:33:14,510 --> 00:33:18,220
and they became more than friends.

524
00:33:19,310 --> 00:33:24,270
When I confronted this person,
he was very much terrified,

525
00:33:24,650 --> 00:33:25,730
didn't wanna talk to me,

526
00:33:25,730 --> 00:33:27,110
didn't wanna have anything to do with me

527
00:33:27,110 --> 00:33:28,110
or the investigation.

528
00:33:28,110 --> 00:33:29,860
And I told him, if you don't talk to me,

529
00:33:29,860 --> 00:33:31,490
you're gonna have to talk to the cops,

530
00:33:31,490 --> 00:33:33,490
and they're gonna really bust your ass.

531
00:33:33,490 --> 00:33:35,320
And I think he was terrified

532
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,030
of being outed in this community,

533
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:42,960
because it's such a small
town, not a lot of gay people.

534
00:33:43,830 --> 00:33:46,880
And so he did talk to me, he told me that,

535
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:50,000
he didn't have anything to
do with Gary's disappearance.

536
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:54,550
He was sad and upset that
Gary had disappeared,

537
00:33:54,550 --> 00:33:57,090
he didn't know what happened to him.

538
00:33:57,090 --> 00:33:58,550
I guess I did believe him.

539
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,600
He really didn't wanna discuss it,

540
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:04,390
but ultimately, when I
did check out his alibi,

541
00:34:04,390 --> 00:34:07,230
he was cleared as a suspect.

542
00:34:07,230 --> 00:34:08,520
(sheep bleating)

543
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:11,360
(ground rustling)

544
00:34:12,740 --> 00:34:15,650
- Hey guys, now that I'm
done chasing sheep around

545
00:34:15,650 --> 00:34:17,740
like a crazy person in the mountains.

546
00:34:18,780 --> 00:34:21,240
I've seen a lot out here, mining camps,

547
00:34:21,240 --> 00:34:26,250
mines, abandoned towns,
buildings, remnants of the past,

548
00:34:26,710 --> 00:34:29,250
but the coolest and my
favorite personally,

549
00:34:29,250 --> 00:34:31,750
is all the Native American remnants,

550
00:34:31,750 --> 00:34:33,420
I love finding arrowheads

551
00:34:33,420 --> 00:34:36,760
and seeing petroglyphs on mountain sides.

552
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,550
Just old writing from the native people

553
00:34:39,550 --> 00:34:43,140
who lived here long before
any settlers moved in.

554
00:34:43,140 --> 00:34:45,270
To me, that's the coolest stuff to see.

555
00:34:45,270 --> 00:34:47,520
But it's getting dark
now, the sun's setting

556
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,440
I think I'm gonna call it
a night and get settled in,

557
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:51,400
in my camp.

558
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:53,280
(ground rustling)

559
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:56,650
- They were still processing
the crime scene and everything

560
00:34:56,650 --> 00:35:01,660
and they came across an
envelope in his center console,

561
00:35:02,790 --> 00:35:04,790
it had a (muffled speaking) money in it.

562
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:10,960
To me that said that whoever he was with,

563
00:35:11,590 --> 00:35:15,170
wasn't there to take his money

564
00:35:15,170 --> 00:35:17,800
or anything that he might have had.

565
00:35:21,260 --> 00:35:23,260
(sentimental music)

566
00:35:35,690 --> 00:35:39,860
I woke to the police
officers knocking on my door.

567
00:35:43,910 --> 00:35:47,000
And they were informing me that
they called off the search.

568
00:35:48,250 --> 00:35:50,710
And while they're explaining things to me,

569
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:53,420
I'm seeing them talking,

570
00:35:56,380 --> 00:35:58,170
I'm not comprehending any of the it,

571
00:36:01,140 --> 00:36:03,300
everything was just kind of flashing.

572
00:36:03,300 --> 00:36:07,890
And, I'm seeing their faces,
and I'm seeing their lips move,

573
00:36:07,890 --> 00:36:10,770
and then they're looking
at me like I'm crazy.

574
00:36:11,900 --> 00:36:15,650
And next thing I know, I'm on a stretcher.

575
00:36:15,650 --> 00:36:20,610
(heart throbbing)
(beep sounds)

576
00:36:22,990 --> 00:36:28,000
And taken to the ER where
they had to give me hydration

577
00:36:29,250 --> 00:36:34,250
and IV with fluids and
medicine that helped me sleep,

578
00:36:36,380 --> 00:36:40,800
and for the first time
since all of this started,

579
00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:43,800
I got 10 hours of sleep.

580
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,470
- This was the largest search and rescue

581
00:36:47,470 --> 00:36:49,600
that Nevada had ever seen.

582
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:53,600
And when they finally called it off,

583
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,980
everyone was just so shocked.

584
00:36:55,980 --> 00:36:59,860
But, you mean, you can't search
the entire state of Nevada,

585
00:36:59,860 --> 00:37:02,200
it's just too vast, it's too broad,

586
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:07,160
and it had been so long that
the chances of finding him

587
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:11,290
and finding him alive were slim to none.

588
00:37:11,290 --> 00:37:13,580
- The investigation was dead in the water,

589
00:37:13,580 --> 00:37:15,580
we didn't have any leads,

590
00:37:15,580 --> 00:37:18,590
the fingerprints in the truck
didn't match any database,

591
00:37:18,590 --> 00:37:20,840
so we didn't know what to do.

592
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:21,670
But then.

593
00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:24,720
(intense music)

594
00:37:28,930 --> 00:37:30,680
Gary's followers started calling.

595
00:37:35,940 --> 00:37:38,320
And this whole thing
was turned on its head.

596
00:37:40,780 --> 00:37:42,070
- So I'm at my desk,

597
00:37:42,070 --> 00:37:44,150
and I'm going through the show notes,

598
00:37:44,150 --> 00:37:45,490
I'm getting ready to go on air

599
00:37:45,490 --> 00:37:47,620
and my producer comes through
my door, and he's like,

600
00:37:47,620 --> 00:37:50,950
you have a phone call, you
have to take this phone call.

601
00:37:50,950 --> 00:37:54,790
And I get on the phone, and
it's one of our listeners.

602
00:37:54,790 --> 00:37:59,340
And he's telling me that I
have to look into Gary's blog.

603
00:37:59,340 --> 00:38:03,800
He's going on and on about
this crazy story about Gary,

604
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:08,050
and he's telling me that he
thinks he knows where he is,

605
00:38:08,050 --> 00:38:11,270
he thinks he knows what happened to him.

606
00:38:11,270 --> 00:38:15,730
And that I have to go and
look at this blog right now.

607
00:38:16,900 --> 00:38:18,360
- My friend Monica calls me

608
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:21,530
and tells me that it's all over the news

609
00:38:21,530 --> 00:38:26,530
that all these people are
calling into the radio station.

610
00:38:26,910 --> 00:38:31,120
And she tells me that they're
talking about Gary's blog

611
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:34,000
and the fact that it needs to be read

612
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,960
and that there's comments and everything.

613
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:40,170
And so once I got discharged,

614
00:38:40,170 --> 00:38:41,670
I went straight to Gary's house,

615
00:38:41,670 --> 00:38:45,170
so I could read the blog
and see what all this was

616
00:38:45,170 --> 00:38:47,180
that they were talking about.

617
00:38:47,180 --> 00:38:49,720
- Unfortunately, Beverly
found out about Gary's blog

618
00:38:49,720 --> 00:38:53,270
hours before we did, and
she went right over there,

619
00:38:53,270 --> 00:38:55,430
and really messed things up.

620
00:38:55,430 --> 00:38:57,980
- Hey guys, it's me again.

621
00:38:57,980 --> 00:38:59,810
A lot of people have
been following the blog

622
00:38:59,810 --> 00:39:01,690
and new to the blog and been saying,

623
00:39:01,690 --> 00:39:04,780
I'm just trying to copy
"Naked and Afraid".

624
00:39:04,780 --> 00:39:08,360
And as you can tell, I'm not
naked or afraid out here,

625
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:10,530
so I'm not trying to copy the show and,

626
00:39:11,660 --> 00:39:14,870
also my ex loved that
show, so I'm sick of it,

627
00:39:14,870 --> 00:39:17,660
there's a reason why
people are called exes.

628
00:39:17,660 --> 00:39:20,380
- So while I'm trying to
navigate through everything

629
00:39:20,380 --> 00:39:22,420
on his blog,

630
00:39:22,420 --> 00:39:24,800
going through the operator
stuff and everything

631
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:31,180
and I finally get in there
and I realize he has 50,000,

632
00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:34,390
50,000 viewers.

633
00:39:37,140 --> 00:39:39,060
I was shocked.

634
00:39:39,060 --> 00:39:42,650
- Not a single person in Gary's
life knew about his blog,

635
00:39:42,650 --> 00:39:44,070
which was really shocking

636
00:39:44,070 --> 00:39:47,030
considering the fact that
he had 50,000 followers.

637
00:39:48,950 --> 00:39:51,450
That really says something,
if you think about it.

638
00:39:55,830 --> 00:39:59,330
- Of course, I immediately
jump on my computer

639
00:39:59,330 --> 00:40:03,840
and I go to his blog, and
I'll never forget the title,

640
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:05,670
because I actually thought
it was really clever.

641
00:40:05,670 --> 00:40:09,300
It was called "Don't
Hike With Headphones".

642
00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:11,340
- Hey guys up here at
the top of the mountain,

643
00:40:11,340 --> 00:40:15,390
as you can see, there's
the great view behind me.

644
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,980
One of the questions I've got
asked on the blog a lot was,

645
00:40:19,980 --> 00:40:21,940
what dangers (muffled speaking),

646
00:40:21,940 --> 00:40:24,020
are there any threatening animals

647
00:40:24,020 --> 00:40:25,860
like rattlesnakes and mountain lions?

648
00:40:25,860 --> 00:40:29,650
And, yeah, there're rattlesnakes
at the lower elevations,

649
00:40:29,650 --> 00:40:31,910
you might have noticed I
don't hike with headphones

650
00:40:31,910 --> 00:40:34,450
or anything on so I can listen for them.

651
00:40:34,450 --> 00:40:37,870
- And it's your basic,
survivalist type blog,

652
00:40:37,870 --> 00:40:41,250
you know, how to build a
fire, how to filter water,

653
00:40:41,250 --> 00:40:43,130
and I just start scrolling through

654
00:40:43,130 --> 00:40:45,090
and I scroll and scroll
all the way to the,

655
00:40:45,090 --> 00:40:47,880
like the latest videos that he had posted.

656
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:49,420
- I'm trying to navigate

657
00:40:49,420 --> 00:40:52,630
to find out where these
notifications are coming from

658
00:40:52,630 --> 00:40:56,100
because he is getting
notification after notification,

659
00:40:56,100 --> 00:40:59,560
I mean, it's ding, ding, ding, ding.

660
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:02,850
- So I was driving when I
found out Gary had a blog,

661
00:41:02,850 --> 00:41:06,820
I pulled over and looked
for it on my phone.

662
00:41:06,820 --> 00:41:09,030
And the first thing that I noticed

663
00:41:09,030 --> 00:41:10,820
was that he didn't go by his real name,

664
00:41:10,820 --> 00:41:13,280
he went by Scorpion Sam.

665
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,530
- My biggest thing I've ever ran into

666
00:41:15,530 --> 00:41:18,120
was I got stung by a scorpion,

667
00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:20,620
kicking over a rock once,

668
00:41:20,620 --> 00:41:25,210
had to go to the hospital
once I got back to my truck,

669
00:41:25,210 --> 00:41:27,790
that was the day I hiked
with a swelling up hand.

670
00:41:29,420 --> 00:41:32,170
- I'm finally able to
get to the notifications

671
00:41:32,170 --> 00:41:34,430
and this notification pops up

672
00:41:34,430 --> 00:41:37,890
and they're saying, I bet he found it,

673
00:41:41,060 --> 00:41:42,640
and that something bad happened,

674
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:47,650
and I'm thinking, they're
saying he found it?

675
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:50,030
And something bad happened?

676
00:41:50,030 --> 00:41:51,400
Found what?

677
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:55,860
- And then came Gary's
now infamous video post.

678
00:41:57,070 --> 00:42:00,330
I have worked a lot of
strange cases in my career,

679
00:42:00,330 --> 00:42:05,040
and Gary's by far was the most unusual,

680
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:08,880
just the way that he described
what he was looking at,

681
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:13,010
what he saw, how terrified he was,

682
00:42:13,010 --> 00:42:18,010
it just really scares me.

683
00:42:20,970 --> 00:42:24,690
- So I started watching
the second to last video

684
00:42:24,690 --> 00:42:25,940
on Gary's blog.

685
00:42:25,940 --> 00:42:28,690
And he's at his home
and he's sitting there

686
00:42:28,690 --> 00:42:31,110
and he's telling his viewers

687
00:42:33,570 --> 00:42:37,320
basically what he came across
on his last expedition.

688
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,990
- I saw his last three videos

689
00:42:39,990 --> 00:42:40,870
and,

690
00:42:43,660 --> 00:42:44,830
what I saw,

691
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:50,590
changed everything.

692
00:42:52,250 --> 00:42:54,260
(ominous music)

693
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:03,390
- He's pretty worked up in this video,

694
00:43:03,390 --> 00:43:06,560
you can tell he's nervous, he's scared.

695
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:08,730
- As soon as his video started,

696
00:43:11,190 --> 00:43:15,900
I could tell he was troubled by something,

697
00:43:15,900 --> 00:43:18,490
something had him so unnerved.

698
00:43:19,870 --> 00:43:22,870
He was three days into his expedition,

699
00:43:22,870 --> 00:43:27,290
and he started to smell smoke and that,

700
00:43:27,290 --> 00:43:29,370
and he was out in the middle of nowhere.

701
00:43:29,370 --> 00:43:34,300
So he got curious and
started to look around.

702
00:43:35,170 --> 00:43:37,010
- He comes across this cabin,

703
00:43:37,010 --> 00:43:40,970
and it's not like a nice cabin,
it's like a makeshift cabin,

704
00:43:40,970 --> 00:43:45,970
almost kind of like a
homeless type of structure,

705
00:43:46,180 --> 00:43:47,520
sticks and twigs,

706
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:50,900
and there's smoke coming
out of the chimney.

707
00:43:52,230 --> 00:43:56,780
And Gary's not someone to
be scared of someone else,

708
00:43:56,780 --> 00:43:57,780
out in the wilderness,

709
00:43:57,780 --> 00:44:02,780
but he said he was just
like frozen in his tracks,

710
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:07,000
and he just felt this like sixth sense

711
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:10,120
of basically impending doom.

712
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:15,840
- It was the look on his
face, that really got to me,

713
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:19,130
when he described this
cabin out in Nevada.

714
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:25,350
- He said that the longer
he stood and looked at it

715
00:44:27,390 --> 00:44:31,650
the more spooked that he
got the feeling of dread,

716
00:44:31,650 --> 00:44:34,980
the sixth sense that he
needed to get out of there.

717
00:44:34,980 --> 00:44:38,860
- And he wanted nothing
to do with that place.

718
00:44:38,860 --> 00:44:42,360
And so, he hightails it out of there

719
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:46,540
and he goes to sleep in his tent,

720
00:44:46,540 --> 00:44:51,120
I remember this because he talks
about how he was so scared,

721
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:54,040
he slept with his shoes on all night.

722
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:55,590
You know, he didn't bring his firearms,

723
00:44:55,590 --> 00:45:00,590
so he was totally just vulnerable
out there and terrified.

724
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:07,810
And he wakes up the next
morning, and there's footprints,

725
00:45:08,220 --> 00:45:11,270
and they're barefoot footprints.

726
00:45:11,270 --> 00:45:13,480
- These two things are now connected,

727
00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:14,770
we had something to go on.

728
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:18,360
(ominous music)

729
00:45:24,950 --> 00:45:26,910
- [Beverly] The hike back to his track,

730
00:45:26,910 --> 00:45:28,790
which took three days,

731
00:45:28,790 --> 00:45:32,210
he felt like somebody was following him.

732
00:45:32,580 --> 00:45:34,580
(ominous music)

733
00:45:35,170 --> 00:45:39,000
- So this was a really sad story to me,

734
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:42,170
to see Gary's followers turn on him,

735
00:45:42,170 --> 00:45:44,930
that blog was everything to him.

736
00:45:44,930 --> 00:45:49,930
He really admired them,
and their comments,

737
00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:54,850
it was something really special to him.

738
00:45:54,850 --> 00:45:59,860
And to see them go from
loving him to bullying him,

739
00:46:00,530 --> 00:46:03,650
calling him a loser, a liar,

740
00:46:03,650 --> 00:46:07,570
and putting him down, it
was really sad to see.

741
00:46:09,910 --> 00:46:12,250
- And the comments are like,

742
00:46:12,250 --> 00:46:15,920
everyone's kind of just
like, well, go back,

743
00:46:16,750 --> 00:46:18,420
take video, show us this place,

744
00:46:18,420 --> 00:46:21,210
does this place even
exist, is this even real?

745
00:46:21,210 --> 00:46:23,840
And he's getting like
really hit by his followers,

746
00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:26,800
basically, they're kind of bullying him,

747
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:30,350
they don't believe that
he came across this,

748
00:46:30,350 --> 00:46:33,850
they go to his blog for a reason,

749
00:46:33,850 --> 00:46:35,690
and now they feel like he's just

750
00:46:35,690 --> 00:46:38,610
getting into ghost stories or something.

751
00:46:38,610 --> 00:46:39,440
And so they,

752
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:45,280
I really feel like he fell
into a bit of cyber bullying

753
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:50,160
and the fact that they were not gonna be

754
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:51,870
his faithful followers anymore,

755
00:46:51,870 --> 00:46:56,500
unless he goes back and
proves that he saw this,

756
00:46:56,500 --> 00:46:58,420
he experienced this.

757
00:46:58,420 --> 00:47:01,090
(air whooshing)

758
00:47:04,090 --> 00:47:07,630
- You know, it broke my
heart to read the comments

759
00:47:07,630 --> 00:47:12,640
that said that he was
nothing but a lonely loser,

760
00:47:12,850 --> 00:47:16,430
and that all he was doing

761
00:47:16,430 --> 00:47:20,730
was trying to get
attention by making shit up

762
00:47:20,730 --> 00:47:23,820
and that they didn't believe him.

763
00:47:25,610 --> 00:47:27,780
- I actually didn't know about the blog,

764
00:47:28,610 --> 00:47:31,370
but I knew he was doing something

765
00:47:31,370 --> 00:47:36,250
because he was always in
the backyard making videos,

766
00:47:36,250 --> 00:47:38,460
telling the camera how to make a campfire,

767
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:41,630
or I always heard him in his room

768
00:47:41,630 --> 00:47:43,710
like giving survival tips and things.

769
00:47:44,550 --> 00:47:47,260
- [Gary] Hey, guys, just
walking through the woods here.

770
00:47:48,130 --> 00:47:50,760
It's a beautiful day in
the backwoods in Nevada.

771
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:52,680
But a lot of people asked what I would do

772
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:54,100
if I got lost back here,

773
00:47:55,270 --> 00:47:59,520
I had to spends several
more days than I planned on,

774
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:00,850
I guess first thing I would do

775
00:48:00,850 --> 00:48:04,690
would be find a nice nutritious cow patty,

776
00:48:05,610 --> 00:48:07,780
because there're so yummy.

777
00:48:07,780 --> 00:48:11,070
I'm just kidding, you
don't wanna eat cow shit.

778
00:48:11,070 --> 00:48:11,990
That will be bad.

779
00:48:12,820 --> 00:48:15,910
But there are ways you can
scavenger for food out here.

780
00:48:17,330 --> 00:48:20,290
(train engine roaring)

781
00:48:20,290 --> 00:48:23,500
(train hooting)

782
00:48:23,500 --> 00:48:26,210
- I'm so upset by everything and,

783
00:48:27,130 --> 00:48:31,800
I wanted to download this

784
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:35,510
and do what I could so that
I could take it to the cops,

785
00:48:35,510 --> 00:48:40,520
and during all the frustration
and the upset and everything,

786
00:48:42,810 --> 00:48:45,020
I accidentally deleted it.

787
00:48:47,650 --> 00:48:51,030
- Beverly really beat herself
up about deleting the video,

788
00:48:51,030 --> 00:48:53,990
and I felt bad for her.

789
00:48:53,990 --> 00:48:57,700
I didn't wanna press it because
I knew she felt terrible,

790
00:48:57,700 --> 00:48:59,950
her brother was missing.

791
00:48:59,950 --> 00:49:04,170
But it was a missed
opportunity definitely,

792
00:49:04,170 --> 00:49:05,840
and a definite disappointment.

793
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:11,800
- The last video of Gary on that blog,

794
00:49:11,930 --> 00:49:16,600
is him basically telling his followers,

795
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:19,930
okay, here I go, I'll go back.

796
00:49:20,930 --> 00:49:22,600
And he doesn't look okay about it.

797
00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:27,980
- Gary's final video is truly haunting.

798
00:49:27,980 --> 00:49:32,450
And it is really the
beginning of a bigger mystery.

799
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:39,740
- Gary's last video that
he posted to his blog

800
00:49:39,740 --> 00:49:43,750
said that he was gonna go back out

801
00:49:46,330 --> 00:49:50,960
and record everything
and prove to everyone

802
00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:55,180
that this was real, that
this really existed.

803
00:50:00,930 --> 00:50:04,980
It's the last time that
he ever posted anything

804
00:50:04,980 --> 00:50:06,600
or anybody heard from him.

805
00:50:08,230 --> 00:50:10,230
(ominous music)

806
00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:20,830
(air whooshing)

807
00:50:29,420 --> 00:50:31,590
- Hey guys, I'm back.

808
00:50:31,590 --> 00:50:32,630
Wanted to make a video

809
00:50:32,630 --> 00:50:36,010
about the different comments
people left on my last video.

810
00:50:38,050 --> 00:50:40,970
A lot of you were coming up
with some crazy theories,

811
00:50:40,970 --> 00:50:44,310
what was out there,
what I saw in the woods.

812
00:50:45,390 --> 00:50:47,480
Some of you don't believe it,

813
00:50:47,480 --> 00:50:49,360
some of you are asking for the location

814
00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:52,070
and wanna find it yourself.

815
00:50:52,070 --> 00:50:53,780
I'm really against people going out

816
00:50:53,780 --> 00:50:57,030
in the backwoods in
Nevada without experience,

817
00:50:57,030 --> 00:50:58,740
there's a lot dangers out there,

818
00:50:58,740 --> 00:51:02,200
from old mines to just random people

819
00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:04,450
and you can get lost easily,

820
00:51:04,450 --> 00:51:06,750
the scenery looks a lot the same,

821
00:51:06,750 --> 00:51:08,790
and if there's no trails,

822
00:51:08,790 --> 00:51:12,300
you can get lost and turn around
and be out there for days.

823
00:51:12,300 --> 00:51:14,460
And if you don't bring
enough food or water,

824
00:51:14,460 --> 00:51:15,550
you're in real danger.

825
00:51:17,430 --> 00:51:19,140
So I don't wanna give out the location

826
00:51:19,140 --> 00:51:23,100
and just be the one that
causes a whole bunch of people

827
00:51:23,100 --> 00:51:25,060
to go out in the backwoods in Nevada.

828
00:51:26,140 --> 00:51:29,190
I'll go out there, find the shelter again.

829
00:51:29,190 --> 00:51:32,150
This time, I'll bring
my camera and firearm,

830
00:51:32,150 --> 00:51:33,860
I have to do some work first,

831
00:51:33,860 --> 00:51:36,570
but I plan on leaving on the 22nd,

832
00:51:36,570 --> 00:51:39,410
and I'll need a good six
days to be out there again.

833
00:51:40,450 --> 00:51:43,280
It's a good three days
in, and three days back,

834
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:45,700
but we're gonna find out what this is,

835
00:51:45,700 --> 00:51:49,580
and look forward to another video,

836
00:51:49,580 --> 00:51:51,250
once we finally get out there,

837
00:51:52,290 --> 00:51:54,300
I'll have something for you guys posted.

838
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:00,680
(ominous music)

839
00:52:01,340 --> 00:52:03,260
- He goes and that's it.

840
00:52:03,260 --> 00:52:04,560
And that's the last,

841
00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:08,060
that's the last video of Gary.

842
00:52:08,060 --> 00:52:11,560
And no one knows where he was going.

843
00:52:12,770 --> 00:52:17,190
So the search is so
vast and Nevada is huge,

844
00:52:17,190 --> 00:52:20,450
and he could be anywhere.

845
00:52:21,740 --> 00:52:23,740
(ominous music)

846
00:52:34,880 --> 00:52:37,300
This place that he talks
about could be anywhere.

847
00:52:41,890 --> 00:52:43,300
- This became a perfect storm

848
00:52:43,300 --> 00:52:46,890
because now we knew what Gary was doing,

849
00:52:46,890 --> 00:52:48,640
we just had no idea where.

850
00:52:49,890 --> 00:52:54,900
- I had no idea that he
had this whole other life,

851
00:52:55,020 --> 00:52:57,980
this blog, all these
followers and everything

852
00:52:57,980 --> 00:52:59,190
had I known that,

853
00:53:00,070 --> 00:53:04,620
I would have never, ever,
let him go back out there.

854
00:53:05,910 --> 00:53:09,040
- This whole case turned
from a missing persons

855
00:53:09,870 --> 00:53:12,920
to a huge mystery.

856
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:14,420
Whose cabin was this?

857
00:53:14,420 --> 00:53:16,250
I mean, who lives out there?

858
00:53:16,250 --> 00:53:17,420
Where is this cabin?

859
00:53:17,420 --> 00:53:19,920
I mean, if it's in the middle of nowhere,

860
00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:23,340
what type of person lives
in the middle of nowhere?

861
00:53:23,340 --> 00:53:27,260
And if you're about to
go find that person,

862
00:53:27,260 --> 00:53:29,720
I don't know if they're gonna
be too happy to be found.

863
00:53:29,720 --> 00:53:32,190
I mean, if they're out there that far,

864
00:53:32,190 --> 00:53:34,190
they're out there that far for a reason.

865
00:53:34,900 --> 00:53:36,900
(ominous music)

866
00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:43,860
- Once the radio station
broadcasts about it,

867
00:53:43,860 --> 00:53:45,700
his blog and everything,

868
00:53:45,700 --> 00:53:47,950
everybody just went crazy

869
00:53:47,950 --> 00:53:50,290
before the cops could even take it down.

870
00:53:50,290 --> 00:53:55,290
The conspiracy theories
were just everywhere,

871
00:53:55,500 --> 00:54:00,510
from witches to aliens,
area 51, you name it.

872
00:54:02,340 --> 00:54:04,470
- People started coming
out of the woodwork

873
00:54:04,470 --> 00:54:06,470
and everyone had a theory

874
00:54:06,470 --> 00:54:11,470
as to who the cabin belonged
to, what was in the cabin.

875
00:54:12,520 --> 00:54:16,980
There were some comments about
Gary had discovered a witch,

876
00:54:16,980 --> 00:54:19,690
and she was making secret potions

877
00:54:19,690 --> 00:54:22,070
and somehow he had gotten involved,

878
00:54:22,070 --> 00:54:26,240
and I mean it was crazy.

879
00:54:26,240 --> 00:54:28,070
Other people thought it was just a hermit,

880
00:54:28,070 --> 00:54:30,580
you know someone who just
wanted to be left alone.

881
00:54:32,290 --> 00:54:34,710
People thought that maybe
it was a government,

882
00:54:35,670 --> 00:54:39,130
secret government operation, aliens.

883
00:54:41,590 --> 00:54:42,760
I mean it's,

884
00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:44,970
I could go on and on

885
00:54:44,970 --> 00:54:47,550
about the many theories
that people thought.

886
00:54:47,550 --> 00:54:49,970
- The only reasonable
explanation I could come up with

887
00:54:49,970 --> 00:54:53,020
was maybe, Gary had stumbled upon

888
00:54:53,020 --> 00:54:56,100
an illegal marijuana growing operation

889
00:54:56,100 --> 00:54:58,310
out there in the middle
of nowhere in Nevada

890
00:54:59,270 --> 00:55:03,070
and they killed him for
it, it has happened before.

891
00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:05,150
But,

892
00:55:07,740 --> 00:55:08,820
I was wrong.

893
00:55:12,870 --> 00:55:17,870
- I just couldn't shake
this sickening feeling.

894
00:55:19,420 --> 00:55:21,420
(ominous music)

895
00:55:28,430 --> 00:55:30,260
Before I knew it, the cops showed up

896
00:55:30,260 --> 00:55:32,640
and they had known all about his blog

897
00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:36,100
and I was actually on the
computer when they got there.

898
00:55:36,100 --> 00:55:40,650
And they gathered everything
up, seized everything,

899
00:55:40,650 --> 00:55:43,070
including his hard drives.

900
00:55:43,070 --> 00:55:44,690
- [Gary] Guys,

901
00:55:44,690 --> 00:55:46,150
another model train video here,

902
00:55:46,150 --> 00:55:48,780
I just got back from a flea market,

903
00:55:48,780 --> 00:55:51,120
and look what I picked up today.

904
00:55:52,620 --> 00:55:57,500
Got a nice little HO diesel locomotive,

905
00:55:57,500 --> 00:55:59,580
lettered for one of my favorite railroads,

906
00:55:59,580 --> 00:56:01,670
it's called the California Western,

907
00:56:02,750 --> 00:56:04,750
out of Northern California.

908
00:56:04,750 --> 00:56:07,760
(plastic train rattling)

909
00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:09,970
Set that down.

910
00:56:09,970 --> 00:56:14,970
Then got this brand new steam
engine for the Santa Fe.

911
00:56:15,890 --> 00:56:17,890
(ominous music)

912
00:56:24,480 --> 00:56:27,690
- My private investigator
called and said that,

913
00:56:27,690 --> 00:56:32,700
the detectives on the case
wanted to meet with me.

914
00:56:32,740 --> 00:56:36,620
So I ended up going down
to the precinct and,

915
00:56:39,580 --> 00:56:42,630
they kept asking me, is
there anything you need?

916
00:56:42,630 --> 00:56:44,210
Have you eaten today?

917
00:56:45,340 --> 00:56:47,760
Just beating around the bush

918
00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:52,760
and I finally asked
them, what is going on?

919
00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:55,430
- [Man] It's back on.

920
00:56:55,430 --> 00:56:58,270
(dramatic chase music)

921
00:56:58,270 --> 00:57:00,100
- We are back with a break in the case

922
00:57:00,100 --> 00:57:02,270
of missing hiker, Gary Hinge.

923
00:57:02,270 --> 00:57:04,270
Was made yesterday when his backpack

924
00:57:04,270 --> 00:57:08,400
was discovered by a couple
camping in White Pine County.

925
00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:09,860
When they woke up in the morning,

926
00:57:09,860 --> 00:57:10,990
they found the backpack

927
00:57:10,990 --> 00:57:14,120
had been intentionally
placed in their campsite.

928
00:57:14,120 --> 00:57:15,660
What they found inside

929
00:57:15,660 --> 00:57:19,200
has sent a shockwave
through the state of Nevada.

930
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:23,250
Hinge's truck was found parked
in Eureka earlier this month.

931
00:57:23,250 --> 00:57:25,460
But police now say they have evidence

932
00:57:25,460 --> 00:57:26,840
that it was parked there,

933
00:57:26,840 --> 00:57:29,840
to throw off investigators
searching for him.

934
00:57:29,840 --> 00:57:34,220
- They woke up to find Gary's backpack

935
00:57:37,510 --> 00:57:40,180
draped on a shovel that they had there.

936
00:57:42,850 --> 00:57:44,350
And when they opened it,

937
00:57:46,860 --> 00:57:49,190
Gary's belongings were in there,

938
00:57:50,860 --> 00:57:52,860
(ominous music)

939
00:57:56,870 --> 00:57:58,870
as well as a severed hand,

940
00:58:01,290 --> 00:58:02,120
Gary's hand.

941
00:58:03,080 --> 00:58:06,000
(ominous music)

942
00:58:22,890 --> 00:58:25,270
- [Bill] The way that his hand was severed

943
00:58:25,270 --> 00:58:28,190
was incredibly violent.

944
00:58:28,190 --> 00:58:32,400
The way that it was chopped
off, was just gruesome.

945
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:34,200
- It was deliberately placed there,

946
00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:38,570
because someone wanted it to be found.

947
00:58:38,570 --> 00:58:40,080
- The forensic showed,

948
00:58:41,370 --> 00:58:45,000
that his hand had been severed,

949
00:58:46,830 --> 00:58:49,670
for more than five weeks.

950
00:58:49,670 --> 00:58:52,920
- And it was still
clutching a video camera.

951
00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:56,590
And what's even more crazy was,

952
00:58:58,340 --> 00:59:01,560
the hand wasn't like torn off from a body,

953
00:59:01,560 --> 00:59:03,980
it was a clean cut.

954
00:59:03,980 --> 00:59:05,270
- I was gutted,

955
00:59:07,810 --> 00:59:10,730
by the fact that he had suffered.

956
00:59:11,730 --> 00:59:13,730
- Once the camera was discovered,

957
00:59:13,730 --> 00:59:17,320
everybody wanted to know, is there a tape?

958
00:59:18,530 --> 00:59:20,280
And does the tape work?

959
00:59:20,280 --> 00:59:22,870
And what's on the tape?

960
00:59:22,870 --> 00:59:24,950
(camera shuttering)

961
00:59:24,950 --> 00:59:27,670
- We were very anxious for the crime lab

962
00:59:27,670 --> 00:59:29,170
to process the evidence.

963
00:59:29,170 --> 00:59:30,130
(camera shutters)

964
00:59:30,130 --> 00:59:33,800
And sure enough, when they did,

965
00:59:33,800 --> 00:59:36,090
the memory chip was still in the camera.

966
00:59:37,260 --> 00:59:40,090
(camera shutters)

967
00:59:40,890 --> 00:59:45,100
(ominous music intensifies)

968
00:59:52,650 --> 00:59:56,070
It was truly terrifying to watch

969
00:59:56,070 --> 01:00:01,070
and I can't even imagine the true horror

970
01:00:01,490 --> 01:00:03,160
that he faced out there.

971
01:00:04,330 --> 01:00:08,750
- Bill calls me and the
forensic investigators

972
01:00:08,750 --> 01:00:13,710
have video of Gary's final moments

973
01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:17,800
and so they take us into a room.

974
01:00:19,260 --> 01:00:20,720
- The team thought it would be best

975
01:00:20,720 --> 01:00:25,100
if I sat down with Beverly and
watched the videos with her,

976
01:00:25,100 --> 01:00:28,850
because I had a relationship with her

977
01:00:28,850 --> 01:00:31,600
and I had a kind of a special rapport.

978
01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:33,190
So they thought it would probably be best

979
01:00:33,190 --> 01:00:34,940
if maybe I sat down with her first.

980
01:00:36,980 --> 01:00:38,860
- Bill started the first video

981
01:00:38,860 --> 01:00:45,490
and there was Gary shining his
light around, saying hello.

982
01:00:47,830 --> 01:00:52,000
And the innocence in his voice,

983
01:00:54,750 --> 01:00:56,550
I just,

984
01:00:58,630 --> 01:00:59,800
I couldn't do it.

985
01:01:00,930 --> 01:01:02,010
I

986
01:01:03,550 --> 01:01:04,760
I had to stop.

987
01:01:08,020 --> 01:01:11,480
And then Bill finished watching.

988
01:01:16,650 --> 01:01:18,650
(ominous music)

989
01:01:27,330 --> 01:01:29,910
- [Bill] The clips begin
like all the other clips,

990
01:01:31,210 --> 01:01:32,750
Gary's even smiling,

991
01:01:33,960 --> 01:01:36,880
but he has no idea what's about to happen.

992
01:01:39,340 --> 01:01:41,760
- Hey guys, a little video update.

993
01:01:41,760 --> 01:01:43,130
I am.

994
01:01:43,130 --> 01:01:43,970
(thunder roars)

995
01:01:43,970 --> 01:01:44,970
Oh, there's thunder.

996
01:01:45,800 --> 01:01:48,600
Storm's coming in, I
gotta make this quick.

997
01:01:48,600 --> 01:01:50,270
Got a whole nother ridge line to climb

998
01:01:50,270 --> 01:01:53,640
before I get to the spot
where I saw that shelter

999
01:01:53,640 --> 01:01:57,110
but I'm about halfway
there, a day and a half in.

1000
01:01:59,530 --> 01:02:00,860
We'll see what we find.

1001
01:02:02,110 --> 01:02:05,570
Climbed over one mountain range
already, got one more to go.

1002
01:02:06,660 --> 01:02:08,120
And, better make it quick,

1003
01:02:08,120 --> 01:02:11,370
because that storm's coming in fast.

1004
01:02:11,370 --> 01:02:13,120
We'll see what's on the other side.

1005
01:02:14,040 --> 01:02:14,960
I got (muffled speaking) ways to go,

1006
01:02:14,960 --> 01:02:16,130
but, weird thing is,

1007
01:02:16,130 --> 01:02:19,550
I'm already distinctly smelling the smoke,

1008
01:02:19,550 --> 01:02:21,380
like I smelled last time.

1009
01:02:21,380 --> 01:02:24,380
There's no fires around, there
shouldn't be anyone out here,

1010
01:02:25,380 --> 01:02:28,260
but it's very faint but very
distinct smell of smoke.

1011
01:02:29,640 --> 01:02:30,680
Kind of getting creeped out

1012
01:02:30,680 --> 01:02:33,640
but not as much as I was last time yet.

1013
01:02:33,640 --> 01:02:35,390
We'll see what happens.

1014
01:02:35,390 --> 01:02:37,400
Look for another video update soon.

1015
01:02:57,750 --> 01:02:59,340
(beep sound)

1016
01:02:59,340 --> 01:03:02,000
(air whooshing)

1017
01:03:36,790 --> 01:03:38,290
(beep sound)

1018
01:03:38,290 --> 01:03:40,210
(air whooshing)

1019
01:03:40,210 --> 01:03:43,050
(rattling sounds)

1020
01:03:44,260 --> 01:03:47,090
(rattling sounds)

1021
01:04:04,780 --> 01:04:07,570
(camera rattling)

1022
01:04:09,320 --> 01:04:10,780
(beep sound)

1023
01:04:10,780 --> 01:04:13,450
(air whooshing)

1024
01:04:18,620 --> 01:04:21,460
(camera rattling)

1025
01:04:23,540 --> 01:04:25,050
(beep sound)

1026
01:04:25,050 --> 01:04:27,720
(air whooshing)

1027
01:04:48,240 --> 01:04:50,910
(air whooshing)

1028
01:04:58,660 --> 01:05:01,580
(gravel crunching)

1029
01:05:03,750 --> 01:05:06,380
(air whooshing)

1030
01:05:14,760 --> 01:05:16,310
(beep sound)

1031
01:05:16,310 --> 01:05:18,970
(air whooshing)

1032
01:05:29,280 --> 01:05:32,200
All right, here's the final marker.

1033
01:05:39,580 --> 01:05:43,170
(indistinct music playing)

1034
01:05:59,640 --> 01:06:03,230
(indistinct ominous music)

1035
01:06:34,880 --> 01:06:38,760
(gravel crunching sounds)

1036
01:06:38,760 --> 01:06:42,350
(indistinct ominous music)

1037
01:07:20,220 --> 01:07:21,050
(beep sound)

1038
01:07:21,050 --> 01:07:23,720
(air whooshing)

1039
01:07:29,230 --> 01:07:32,070
(rattling sounds)

1040
01:07:32,940 --> 01:07:33,780
(beep sound)

1041
01:07:33,780 --> 01:07:36,450
(air whooshing)

1042
01:07:42,660 --> 01:07:44,540
(rattling sounds)

1043
01:07:54,800 --> 01:07:57,470
(air whooshing)

1044
01:08:24,330 --> 01:08:27,160
(camera rattling)

1045
01:08:37,340 --> 01:08:40,090
(ominous sounds)

1046
01:08:49,350 --> 01:08:52,940
(indistinct ominous music)

1047
01:09:19,300 --> 01:09:22,180
(camera rattling)

1048
01:09:22,180 --> 01:09:25,760
(indistinct ominous music)

1049
01:09:33,520 --> 01:09:36,440
(fluttering sound)

1050
01:10:10,470 --> 01:10:13,390
(gravel crunching)

1051
01:10:17,230 --> 01:10:20,530
(ticking sound)

1052
01:10:20,530 --> 01:10:23,450
(gravel crunching)

1053
01:10:49,640 --> 01:10:52,060
(beep sound)

1054
01:10:55,480 --> 01:10:58,150
(ticking sound)

1055
01:11:05,070 --> 01:11:07,360
(rattling sounds)

1056
01:11:07,360 --> 01:11:10,120
(gunshot blasts)

1057
01:11:13,620 --> 01:11:16,290
(ticking sound)

1058
01:11:17,750 --> 01:11:18,670
(groaning sounds)

1059
01:11:18,670 --> 01:11:22,250
(gunshot blasts)

1060
01:11:22,250 --> 01:11:25,010
(gunshot blasts)

1061
01:11:38,900 --> 01:11:40,150
(beep sound)

1062
01:11:40,150 --> 01:11:42,520
(gunshot blasts)

1063
01:11:42,520 --> 01:11:45,280
(gunshot blasts)

1064
01:11:52,160 --> 01:11:54,370
(air whooshing)

1065
01:11:54,370 --> 01:11:56,620
(beep sound)

1066
01:11:56,620 --> 01:11:59,370
(ticking sounds)

1067
01:12:07,670 --> 01:12:10,050
(beep sound)

1068
01:12:16,140 --> 01:12:18,730
(camera rattling)

1069
01:12:18,730 --> 01:12:21,480
(ticking sounds)

1070
01:12:29,030 --> 01:12:31,870
(camera rattling)

1071
01:12:47,510 --> 01:12:48,510
(beep sound)

1072
01:12:48,510 --> 01:12:50,760
(rattling sounds)

1073
01:12:50,760 --> 01:12:53,390
(ticking sound)

1074
01:12:54,930 --> 01:12:57,600
(air whooshing)

1075
01:13:03,900 --> 01:13:06,820
(stones crunching)

1076
01:13:33,260 --> 01:13:36,100
(camera rattling)

1077
01:13:43,980 --> 01:13:46,820
(camera rattling)

1078
01:13:53,820 --> 01:13:56,740
(crunching sounds)

1079
01:14:01,040 --> 01:14:04,120
(insects fluttering)

1080
01:14:57,300 --> 01:14:59,720
(Gary gasps)

1081
01:15:14,030 --> 01:15:16,700
(air whooshing)

1082
01:15:24,080 --> 01:15:27,540
- [Gal] From what you do see
from the person in the video,

1083
01:15:27,540 --> 01:15:31,170
you can tell that they have a
lot of physical deformities.

1084
01:15:31,170 --> 01:15:34,050
And it's probably one of the main reasons

1085
01:15:34,050 --> 01:15:38,930
why they chose to live where they lived,

1086
01:15:38,930 --> 01:15:42,220
they felt shunned by society.

1087
01:15:45,060 --> 01:15:48,560
- [Simon] When we found
out what actually happened,

1088
01:15:51,060 --> 01:15:53,360
it was like this weight

1089
01:15:53,360 --> 01:15:57,780
had been taken off of
Beverly and I's relationship.

1090
01:15:57,780 --> 01:16:02,080
And now we're actually really close.

1091
01:16:02,080 --> 01:16:05,000
And I actually consider
her kind of a big sister.

1092
01:16:06,710 --> 01:16:08,710
(sentimental music)

1093
01:16:17,420 --> 01:16:18,260
(stones crunching)

1094
01:16:18,260 --> 01:16:22,430
- [Gary] I'm just hiking
along, almost to the top.

1095
01:16:24,390 --> 01:16:25,810
Over that mountain side.

1096
01:16:29,350 --> 01:16:31,860
Still some thunder in the distance.

1097
01:16:31,860 --> 01:16:34,320
(ground crunching)

1098
01:16:34,320 --> 01:16:36,190
Amazing how far you can hike

1099
01:16:36,190 --> 01:16:39,530
and only seeing a couple of deer,

1100
01:16:39,530 --> 01:16:42,620
how much wildlife that I've seen,

1101
01:16:42,620 --> 01:16:45,160
I'm sure they see me, stay hidden.

1102
01:16:47,700 --> 01:16:52,710
But just a lot of sagebrush
and trees and peaceful desert,

1103
01:16:56,630 --> 01:16:58,210
to walk.

1104
01:16:58,210 --> 01:17:01,930
The great thing about
Nevada, wide open spaces.

1105
01:17:05,350 --> 01:17:08,560
- Everybody immediately
wants to go and search

1106
01:17:08,560 --> 01:17:09,390
for the one thing

1107
01:17:09,390 --> 01:17:12,520
that they've been told
not to go search for.

1108
01:17:12,520 --> 01:17:15,940
And so now there's this
whole band of influencers

1109
01:17:15,940 --> 01:17:20,950
who are out there wanting
to find this person

1110
01:17:22,990 --> 01:17:25,490
and post about it and blog about it

1111
01:17:25,490 --> 01:17:27,870
and make a video about it.

1112
01:17:27,870 --> 01:17:28,660
And,

1113
01:17:31,000 --> 01:17:32,120
to me that's,

1114
01:17:34,080 --> 01:17:35,590
I mean, that's terrifying.

1115
01:17:38,340 --> 01:17:40,340
(ominous music)