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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,300 --> 00:00:02,467 Tonight on "Expedition Files," 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,767 deep in the wilds of Siberia, nine young adventurers are 3 00:00:07,767 --> 00:00:11,700 violently killed by someone or something. 4 00:00:13,467 --> 00:00:15,233 Finally, we may know how. 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:21,467 In Egypt, the discovery of King Tut's tomb is said to unleash 6 00:00:21,467 --> 00:00:22,734 a deadly curse. 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,233 [coughing] 8 00:00:24,300 --> 00:00:26,400 But could the legend be real? 9 00:00:27,567 --> 00:00:31,300 And explorer Kenny Veach investigates Area 51, 10 00:00:32,100 --> 00:00:34,734 then disappears off the face of the Earth. 11 00:00:36,667 --> 00:00:40,800 Now, for the first time ever, I'll share new revelations 12 00:00:42,166 --> 00:00:45,000 about history's most bizarre deaths. 13 00:00:48,567 --> 00:00:50,734 In the corridors of time... 14 00:00:52,900 --> 00:00:55,834 are mysteries that defy explanation. 15 00:00:57,367 --> 00:01:00,934 Now, I'm traveling through history itself... 16 00:01:03,567 --> 00:01:05,500 on a search for the truth. 17 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:08,900 New evidence, 18 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,033 shocking answers. 19 00:01:13,367 --> 00:01:15,000 I'm Josh Gates, 20 00:01:16,166 --> 00:01:17,400 and these... 21 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,433 are my "Expedition Files." 22 00:01:25,667 --> 00:01:29,166 While none of us like to think about death, the fact is that 23 00:01:29,166 --> 00:01:31,033 it comes for us all. 24 00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:33,934 We hope when it does that it's peaceful, at the end of 25 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,266 a long life, surrounded by our loved ones, but the hand of 26 00:01:37,266 --> 00:01:39,533 fate often has other plans. 27 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,667 Some of us will die strange, horrifying, 28 00:01:42,667 --> 00:01:45,367 and even unexplainable deaths. 29 00:01:45,367 --> 00:01:48,934 Tonight, we peer into three files chronicling the most 30 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,667 mysterious deaths in history. 31 00:01:51,667 --> 00:01:54,266 The settings for our stories could not be more different, 32 00:01:54,266 --> 00:01:57,467 taking us from the icy mountains of Siberia to 33 00:01:57,467 --> 00:02:00,934 the burning sands of Egypt, to the vast Mojave Desert. 34 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,867 But in each of these shocking cases, one question remains 35 00:02:04,867 --> 00:02:08,567 starkly the same -- "How did these people die?" 36 00:02:08,567 --> 00:02:13,266 We begin in 1959 with a not-so-warm welcome 37 00:02:13,266 --> 00:02:15,166 to the Siberian wilderness of 38 00:02:15,166 --> 00:02:16,667 the Soviet Union. 39 00:02:16,667 --> 00:02:19,567 Deep in the Ural Mountains, hundreds of miles from 40 00:02:19,567 --> 00:02:22,567 civilization, this frigid tundra doesn't even 41 00:02:22,567 --> 00:02:23,934 have a name. 42 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,533 That is, until this man, Igor Dyatlov, leads eight other 43 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,166 adventurers on an expedition through the desolate 44 00:02:32,166 --> 00:02:33,266 Ural Mountains. 45 00:02:33,266 --> 00:02:36,767 In a matter of days, every one of them will be dead, 46 00:02:36,767 --> 00:02:40,567 in a manner so disturbing, that many will label these the most 47 00:02:40,567 --> 00:02:44,467 violent, unexplained deaths of the 20th century. 48 00:02:44,467 --> 00:02:47,667 What happens next will be debated by investigators for 49 00:02:47,667 --> 00:02:49,000 more than 50 years. 50 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,166 Theories include a secret weapon test, 51 00:02:52,166 --> 00:02:55,667 a murderous rampage, a Yeti attack, or even 52 00:02:55,667 --> 00:02:57,100 a UFO encounter. 53 00:02:57,100 --> 00:03:00,667 Tonight, we will share remarkable new discoveries that 54 00:03:00,667 --> 00:03:04,000 could unmask the culprit and reveal the truth of 55 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,734 the infamous Dyatlov Pass incident 56 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:08,400 for the very first time. 57 00:03:16,467 --> 00:03:20,233 Like most mysteries, this story begins innocently enough. 58 00:03:21,266 --> 00:03:23,934 January 23rd, 1959. 59 00:03:25,100 --> 00:03:28,433 Buoyed by youth, camaraderie, and adventure, 60 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:32,133 ten college students venture into the Siberian wilderness. 61 00:03:33,266 --> 00:03:38,266 Led by 23-year-old engineer Igor Dyatlov, they're on a 16-day 62 00:03:38,266 --> 00:03:40,900 journey deep into the Ortorten Mountains. 63 00:03:42,667 --> 00:03:45,567 And let's be clear, although they're college kids, 64 00:03:45,567 --> 00:03:49,300 they are also well-trained and well-experienced hikers. 65 00:03:50,867 --> 00:03:54,367 And they bring along several journals and five cameras to 66 00:03:54,367 --> 00:03:57,667 document their trek, not knowing that their words 67 00:03:57,667 --> 00:04:01,767 and photos will soon serve as a trail of breadcrumbs in 68 00:04:01,767 --> 00:04:03,333 a terrifying mystery. 69 00:04:09,667 --> 00:04:13,734 Their journey is immediately intense, as they hike and ski 70 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,634 through the punishingly cold Siberian wilderness. 71 00:04:17,967 --> 00:04:20,567 [speaking Russian] 72 00:04:20,567 --> 00:04:24,166 [Josh] But their mood remains high, as team member 73 00:04:24,166 --> 00:04:26,634 Lyudmila Dubinina writes in her diary. 74 00:04:27,667 --> 00:04:30,300 [translator reading from Lyudmila's diary] 75 00:04:49,767 --> 00:04:53,967 [Josh] But despite their high spirits, after five days, one member of 76 00:04:53,967 --> 00:04:56,667 the team is injured and can't continue. 77 00:04:56,667 --> 00:05:00,667 Yuri Yudin begins to experience extreme joint pain, and on 78 00:05:00,667 --> 00:05:05,333 January 28th, leaves the group to head back to civilization. 79 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,934 [translator reading from Lyudmila's diary] 80 00:05:17,967 --> 00:05:21,634 As Yuri parts ways with his comrades, they head deeper 81 00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:23,066 into the foreboding wilderness. 82 00:05:23,066 --> 00:05:25,767 This is the last time that he will ever see 83 00:05:25,767 --> 00:05:27,300 his friends alive. 84 00:05:30,767 --> 00:05:34,667 As the nine hikers reach higher altitudes, they begin to 85 00:05:34,667 --> 00:05:38,533 experience the skin-shredding weather that only the infamous 86 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,600 sub-zero Siberian climate can inflict. 87 00:05:43,700 --> 00:05:47,333 Showing remarkable fortitude, the team battles on. 88 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,000 Dyatlov writes... 89 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,300 [translator reads from diary] 90 00:06:01,700 --> 00:06:04,667 [Josh] On their seventh day, with temperatures plummeting to 91 00:06:04,667 --> 00:06:08,467 25 degrees below zero, they pitch camp along 92 00:06:08,467 --> 00:06:11,567 the shoulder of a barren and exposed slope that 93 00:06:11,567 --> 00:06:15,867 the local Mansi tribesmen call "Dead Mountain," a fateful name 94 00:06:15,867 --> 00:06:19,133 since it is here that our horrifying mystery 95 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:20,433 is about to unfold. 96 00:06:23,467 --> 00:06:26,634 On the slope of the mountain, they cut into a thick slab of 97 00:06:26,700 --> 00:06:28,967 ice and set up camp for the night. 98 00:06:28,967 --> 00:06:32,266 No one knows exactly what transpired after 99 00:06:32,266 --> 00:06:33,634 they hunkered down, 100 00:06:34,900 --> 00:06:37,967 only that night fell, bringing with it dizzying cold 101 00:06:37,967 --> 00:06:41,767 temperatures and powerful winds the group described as, 102 00:06:41,767 --> 00:06:44,834 quote, "the draft of an airplane taking off." 103 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,467 [wind whooshing] 104 00:06:48,467 --> 00:06:52,100 No more diary entries were recorded after that day. 105 00:06:52,100 --> 00:06:56,333 A tragedy beyond understanding was about to take place. 106 00:07:01,100 --> 00:07:04,433 When the hikers don't arrive at their exit point on the day 107 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:07,367 they're due, concern grows. 108 00:07:07,367 --> 00:07:10,133 A search party is dispatched to check on them. 109 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:14,166 Searching the Urals is no easy task, particularly when you're 110 00:07:14,166 --> 00:07:18,133 searching an area covering hundreds of square miles. 111 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:22,066 After a multi-day hunt, the rescuers finally discover 112 00:07:22,066 --> 00:07:23,867 the missing hikers' tent. 113 00:07:23,867 --> 00:07:28,834 It's mostly intact, but there's no one inside. 114 00:07:28,900 --> 00:07:31,834 And shockingly, given the negative 35-degree 115 00:07:31,900 --> 00:07:35,367 conditions, the students have left behind their warm winter 116 00:07:35,367 --> 00:07:40,467 clothing, shoes, food, and an unused stove. 117 00:07:40,467 --> 00:07:45,767 Strangest of all, the tent has been cut open from the inside 118 00:07:45,767 --> 00:07:48,634 as if to facilitate a quick escape. 119 00:07:48,700 --> 00:07:51,967 But what were the hikers running from? 120 00:07:51,967 --> 00:07:54,100 And where are they now? 121 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,734 And then the searchers find them. 122 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:02,166 Almost a mile from the tent, the search party discovers 123 00:08:02,166 --> 00:08:05,567 the frozen bodies of two of the hikers, wearing only 124 00:08:05,567 --> 00:08:08,467 underwear, and near the remains of a campfire. 125 00:08:08,467 --> 00:08:12,667 Horribly, their bare feet are burned, suggesting they were so 126 00:08:12,667 --> 00:08:16,333 cold that they were willing to force their naked feet directly 127 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,567 into the fire for warmth. 128 00:08:18,567 --> 00:08:22,467 Three more of the victims are found frozen to death on a path 129 00:08:22,467 --> 00:08:24,734 leading back to the tent. 130 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,066 Searchers continue to scour the area, but the other 131 00:08:28,066 --> 00:08:30,300 students are nowhere to be found. 132 00:08:31,166 --> 00:08:34,367 It isn't until three months later, when the spring thaw 133 00:08:34,367 --> 00:08:38,367 begins, that the missing hikers are all found huddled together 134 00:08:38,367 --> 00:08:39,467 in a snow den. 135 00:08:39,467 --> 00:08:43,133 Had they hid there on their own, or were they placed 136 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,500 there by someone or something? 137 00:08:46,467 --> 00:08:49,767 The injuries alone are the stuff of nightmares. 138 00:08:49,767 --> 00:08:54,333 chest wounds, broken ribs, fractured skulls. 139 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:59,033 Two were missing their eyes, and one, her tongue. 140 00:08:59,100 --> 00:09:03,066 An autopsy concludes most of the hikers likely died from 141 00:09:03,066 --> 00:09:04,133 internal bleeding. 142 00:09:04,133 --> 00:09:07,934 Their multiple broken bones point to some sort of 143 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,567 physical attack. The mystery is only deepening. 144 00:09:11,567 --> 00:09:14,400 What caused their horrific deaths? 145 00:09:17,166 --> 00:09:19,934 One theory immediately presents itself. 146 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,567 Perhaps a blizzard triggered an avalanche, causing these 147 00:09:23,567 --> 00:09:24,800 brutal injuries. 148 00:09:28,667 --> 00:09:30,767 But experts say that's unlikely. 149 00:09:30,767 --> 00:09:33,767 The slope of the hill next to the campsite is under 150 00:09:33,767 --> 00:09:35,133 30 degrees. 151 00:09:36,367 --> 00:09:39,934 It's not steep enough to create the force required for 152 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,834 a typical snow avalanche. 153 00:09:44,066 --> 00:09:47,266 Speculation quickly shifts elsewhere. 154 00:09:47,266 --> 00:09:51,467 Some theorize that the hikers stumbled upon a secret military 155 00:09:51,467 --> 00:09:55,000 operation and were perhaps killed by soldiers. 156 00:09:57,667 --> 00:10:02,333 1959 was the height of the Cold War. 157 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,166 [broadcaster] On orders from the Kremlin, Russia had launched one of 158 00:10:05,166 --> 00:10:07,266 history's most drastic political, moral, 159 00:10:07,266 --> 00:10:09,900 and economic wars, a Cold War. 160 00:10:10,767 --> 00:10:15,233 [Josh] The arms race in a full sprint, the Soviets were surely engaged 161 00:10:15,300 --> 00:10:17,166 in secret military testing. 162 00:10:17,166 --> 00:10:20,266 Could the hikers have stumbled across something they were 163 00:10:20,266 --> 00:10:21,500 never meant to see? 164 00:10:21,500 --> 00:10:25,567 Might the Soviet military have accidentally killed the hikers 165 00:10:25,567 --> 00:10:28,367 with some kind of weapons test? 166 00:10:28,367 --> 00:10:31,233 Surely, if they had, the Soviets would have been 167 00:10:31,300 --> 00:10:33,800 inclined to bury the entire scandal. 168 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:37,967 Others suggest something stranger still. 169 00:10:37,967 --> 00:10:41,934 Local legend talks of a cryptid that lives in these parts, 170 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,033 something the local tribe refers to as the Menk. 171 00:10:46,066 --> 00:10:48,333 But we would call it Bigfoot. 172 00:10:49,567 --> 00:10:52,133 Could the adventurers really have encountered 173 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:53,367 the mythical Menk? 174 00:10:53,367 --> 00:10:56,767 Some of the last photos taken by the group seem to lend 175 00:10:56,767 --> 00:11:00,266 credibility to the theory, such as this image. 176 00:11:00,266 --> 00:11:04,934 Then, in another final photo, bright lights and massive lens 177 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,467 flares imply lights in the sky. 178 00:11:07,467 --> 00:11:10,634 Did the hikers encounter something from out of 179 00:11:10,700 --> 00:11:11,900 this world? 180 00:11:12,767 --> 00:11:16,000 And in recent years, a new theory has gained 181 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,467 traction -- infrasound. 182 00:11:18,467 --> 00:11:22,533 Sound waves below the level of normal human hearing are known 183 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,600 to cause sensations of confusion and fear. 184 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:30,667 Could wind coursing over the Siberian mountains have 185 00:11:30,667 --> 00:11:33,467 created this infrasound phenomenon? 186 00:11:33,467 --> 00:11:35,834 And could it have sent the hikers running from 187 00:11:35,900 --> 00:11:39,100 their tent into the unforgiving elements? 188 00:11:39,100 --> 00:11:42,266 But this theory does little to explain the hikers' 189 00:11:42,266 --> 00:11:43,533 perplexing injuries. 190 00:11:45,467 --> 00:11:49,967 Decades passed with no answers as to the cause of this strange 191 00:11:49,967 --> 00:11:52,166 and disturbing tragedy. 192 00:11:52,166 --> 00:11:56,033 But shocking new evidence might show that one of these theories 193 00:11:56,100 --> 00:12:00,500 about how these young explorers died might actually be true. 194 00:12:01,667 --> 00:12:04,967 Coming up, the archaeological find of 195 00:12:04,967 --> 00:12:08,600 the century brings with it a deadly curse. 196 00:12:09,700 --> 00:12:13,266 And later, the unsettling mystery of an adventurer 197 00:12:13,266 --> 00:12:15,967 who goes missing near Area 51. 198 00:12:15,967 --> 00:12:19,033 Something about that cave just spooked me. 199 00:12:24,100 --> 00:12:28,233 [Josh] For 65 years, the world has wondered what caused the savage 200 00:12:28,300 --> 00:12:31,100 deaths of nine young explorers deep in 201 00:12:31,100 --> 00:12:33,133 the Siberian wilderness. 202 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,266 I became fascinated by this enduring mystery. 203 00:12:36,266 --> 00:12:37,300 [bodycam audio] Let's go. 204 00:12:37,300 --> 00:12:41,166 [Josh] And traveled to the Dyatlov Pass in 2019. 205 00:12:41,166 --> 00:12:44,367 Every step of this journey is just leading us further 206 00:12:44,367 --> 00:12:46,700 and further into the unknown. 207 00:12:47,667 --> 00:12:51,667 This just feels like the end of the world. 208 00:12:51,667 --> 00:12:56,367 I investigated many theories on that trip, including one in 209 00:12:56,367 --> 00:12:58,533 which people believe the group ran into 210 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:00,700 a cryptozoological monster. 211 00:13:01,767 --> 00:13:03,934 In some areas, it's known as the Almas. 212 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,900 Here, it's known as a Menk, 213 00:13:07,266 --> 00:13:11,867 a hulking six to eight foot tall bipedal primate covered in 214 00:13:11,867 --> 00:13:13,400 reddish-brown fur. 215 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:17,867 As evidence, many people have pointed to one photo from 216 00:13:17,867 --> 00:13:20,834 the hikers' cameras, which shows the blurry image 217 00:13:20,900 --> 00:13:22,667 image of someone or something. 218 00:13:22,667 --> 00:13:26,133 But by examining the pictures before and after it on 219 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,467 the camera roll, we proved that the blurry photo is one of 220 00:13:29,467 --> 00:13:32,266 the other hikers emerging from the woods. 221 00:13:32,266 --> 00:13:35,734 And no mention of a Yeti ever appears in their diaries. 222 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:39,634 At an abandoned gulag, we investigated the theory that 223 00:13:39,700 --> 00:13:41,834 an escaped prisoner killed the hikers. 224 00:13:41,900 --> 00:13:43,800 Look at this. That's a boot. 225 00:13:45,467 --> 00:13:46,700 Unbelievable. 226 00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:50,000 But no prisoners were reported missing, and it's unthinkable 227 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,233 that a fleeing convict wouldn't have grabbed the hikers' money 228 00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:54,667 or warm clothes. 229 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:57,767 I mean, I think we can discount that theory out of hand. 230 00:13:57,767 --> 00:13:58,867 -[woman] Absolutely. -Don't you? 231 00:13:58,867 --> 00:14:01,233 100 percent, mathematically, no way. 232 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:07,867 [Josh] But incredibly, before leaving Russia, I uncovered remarkable 233 00:14:07,867 --> 00:14:11,367 evidence of a possible government cover-up. 234 00:14:11,367 --> 00:14:13,467 This is a document that shouldn't exist. 235 00:14:13,467 --> 00:14:16,467 Do these documents prove that the accepted timeline of events 236 00:14:16,467 --> 00:14:18,033 here is wrong? 237 00:14:18,100 --> 00:14:19,400 [translator speaking] 238 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:27,033 Is this a smoking gun? 239 00:14:27,967 --> 00:14:29,200 It's possible. 240 00:14:30,166 --> 00:14:31,767 In the end, our investigation 241 00:14:31,767 --> 00:14:32,834 made an impact. 242 00:14:32,834 --> 00:14:36,533 The questions I raised, alongside the impending 60th 243 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,634 anniversary of the deaths, prompted the Russian government 244 00:14:39,700 --> 00:14:43,166 to officially reinvestigate the Dyatlov mystery. 245 00:14:43,166 --> 00:14:47,133 The Russians asked a team of Swiss scientists to reexamine 246 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:51,133 a previously ruled out theory that the hikers fell victim to 247 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:52,700 some kind of avalanche. 248 00:14:54,266 --> 00:14:58,033 Swiss investigator Alexander Puzrin may have proven that 249 00:14:58,100 --> 00:15:02,133 a smaller avalanche, known as a slab avalanche, may have been 250 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,533 the cause after all. 251 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,200 We started exploring the slab avalanche hypothesis. 252 00:15:52,266 --> 00:15:56,000 [Josh] But if this theory that a small avalanche fell on the tent is 253 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,233 correct, how can we explain the massive injuries 254 00:15:59,300 --> 00:16:01,000 the campers sustained? 255 00:16:36,900 --> 00:16:40,867 [Josh] Imagine the horror of waking up and being partially buried in 256 00:16:40,867 --> 00:16:42,133 your tent, 257 00:16:45,567 --> 00:16:49,533 your comrades all around you screaming in pain. 258 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,367 Injured but running on adrenaline, you frantically cut 259 00:16:52,367 --> 00:16:55,767 your way out of the tent into the violent elements. 260 00:16:55,767 --> 00:16:59,467 You have only minutes to make life or death decisions. 261 00:16:59,467 --> 00:17:01,000 What do you do? 262 00:18:06,166 --> 00:18:09,667 The Swiss team has seemingly brought fascinating new insight 263 00:18:09,667 --> 00:18:12,667 to a mystery that's haunted the world for half a century. 264 00:18:12,667 --> 00:18:15,967 It's a remarkable theory, but questions remain. 265 00:18:15,967 --> 00:18:19,867 Questions like, "How can an avalanche explain the deeply 266 00:18:19,867 --> 00:18:22,467 "disturbing fact that some of the bodies were missing 267 00:18:22,467 --> 00:18:24,900 their tongue, nose, and eyes?" 268 00:18:26,166 --> 00:18:29,233 Well, that may be the easiest explanation of all -- 269 00:18:29,300 --> 00:18:30,734 scavenging animals, 270 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:33,433 known to feed on carcasses. 271 00:18:33,500 --> 00:18:36,500 Grim, yes, but it's nature's way. 272 00:18:38,367 --> 00:18:42,467 So is the slab avalanche theory enough to explain 273 00:18:42,467 --> 00:18:46,000 the mysterious deaths of Igor Dyatlov and his intrepid 274 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,867 friends once and for all? 275 00:18:47,867 --> 00:18:51,634 Given the strange nature of this mystery, for some, 276 00:18:51,700 --> 00:18:53,867 perhaps no single theory will ever be enough. 277 00:18:53,867 --> 00:18:57,533 But if we take the time to look at the Dyatlov incident, 278 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,567 it does seem that the murder weapon is right in front of us, 279 00:19:00,567 --> 00:19:04,066 an unforgiving mountain in a frigid wilderness where 280 00:19:04,066 --> 00:19:07,433 it's always easier to die than it is to live. 281 00:19:07,500 --> 00:19:10,467 Still, for decades, the story of the hikers has 282 00:19:10,467 --> 00:19:12,333 been remembered for their demise. 283 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,667 Yet, these remarkable young adventurers deserve to be 284 00:19:15,667 --> 00:19:17,767 remembered for so much more than that. 285 00:19:17,767 --> 00:19:20,066 In their final, desperate moments, 286 00:19:20,066 --> 00:19:24,166 we can understand that truly, this is a story of youth, 287 00:19:24,166 --> 00:19:28,433 of friendship, and of true bravery at the ultimate cost. 288 00:19:33,967 --> 00:19:36,467 In our next file, the deaths are just as 289 00:19:36,467 --> 00:19:41,266 mysterious, but the temperature is a whole lot warmer. 290 00:19:41,266 --> 00:19:45,367 Welcome to the Valley of the Kings, or under it, rather. 291 00:19:45,367 --> 00:19:48,834 The date is February 1923. 292 00:19:48,900 --> 00:19:52,166 The daring British Egyptologist leading this group is hoping to 293 00:19:52,166 --> 00:19:55,233 make a name for himself as he approaches a mysterious 294 00:19:55,300 --> 00:19:56,400 golden shrine. 295 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,967 His name, Howard Carter, and he is just one step away 296 00:20:00,967 --> 00:20:03,567 from discovering the sarcophagus of the long 297 00:20:03,567 --> 00:20:08,100 lost pharaoh Tutankhamen, better known as King Tut. 298 00:20:17,667 --> 00:20:20,033 Carter is joined by his business partner, 299 00:20:20,100 --> 00:20:22,567 Lord Carnarvon, the wealthy British nobleman 300 00:20:22,567 --> 00:20:25,567 bank-rolling the years-long expedition. 301 00:20:25,567 --> 00:20:28,333 As they prepare to enter the tomb, they're on the edge 302 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:32,133 of the greatest archaeological find, well, maybe ever. 303 00:20:34,367 --> 00:20:35,567 [man speaking Arabic] 304 00:20:36,867 --> 00:20:39,533 [Josh] Little do they know, their discovery of a lifetime 305 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,367 will be linked to a series of mysterious deaths, 306 00:20:42,367 --> 00:20:44,233 including their own. 307 00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:57,667 [Josh] It's 1923, about 18 miles from the city of Luxor. 308 00:20:57,667 --> 00:21:01,834 Egyptologist Howard Carter has spent five long years searching 309 00:21:01,900 --> 00:21:06,300 for the tomb of King Tut. Time and money are running out. 310 00:21:07,767 --> 00:21:10,834 His financier and business partner, Lord Carnarvon, 311 00:21:10,900 --> 00:21:13,567 agrees to fund one last season of digging. 312 00:21:13,567 --> 00:21:17,834 This is the final chance for this self-taught Egyptologist. 313 00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:24,133 On November 4th, Carter gets lucky at last. 314 00:21:24,900 --> 00:21:27,867 He hits pay dirt when a 12-year-old local water boy 315 00:21:27,867 --> 00:21:31,967 stumbles over a low hill, dropping his jar but revealing 316 00:21:31,967 --> 00:21:33,867 a hidden stair. 317 00:21:33,867 --> 00:21:38,100 Over the next 24 hours, Carter and his team uncover 318 00:21:38,100 --> 00:21:40,900 16 steps leading down to a wall. 319 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:45,900 [rumbling, clattering] 320 00:21:48,367 --> 00:21:50,033 [man speaking Arabic] 321 00:21:53,467 --> 00:21:55,166 [Josh] What they find on the other side 322 00:21:55,166 --> 00:21:57,834 of the wall is astounding -- 323 00:21:57,900 --> 00:22:01,166 a room packed with the treasures of a pharaoh, 324 00:22:01,166 --> 00:22:05,667 hundreds of artifacts, chariots, and weapons. 325 00:22:05,667 --> 00:22:09,467 Never before has such a complete royal Egyptian tomb 326 00:22:09,467 --> 00:22:10,500 been found. 327 00:22:12,367 --> 00:22:15,166 Carter has discovered the antechamber containing 328 00:22:15,166 --> 00:22:16,266 the pharaoh's riches. 329 00:22:16,266 --> 00:22:19,967 But there is one thing missing -- the sarcophagus of 330 00:22:19,967 --> 00:22:21,066 the king buried here. 331 00:22:21,066 --> 00:22:25,233 He believes the shrine might be behind the next wall. 332 00:22:26,467 --> 00:22:30,066 However, before they continue, Carter, Lord Carnarvon, 333 00:22:30,066 --> 00:22:34,200 and the crew have a hearty lunch in the tomb of Ramses XI. 334 00:22:35,567 --> 00:22:38,867 The photo of this lunch will take on tremendous significance 335 00:22:38,867 --> 00:22:40,433 as the years go by. 336 00:22:41,767 --> 00:22:45,166 Many of the guests at this table will mysteriously die 337 00:22:45,166 --> 00:22:47,200 before the decade is through. 338 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:50,634 [spooky, indistinct chanting] 339 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,000 [Josh] After they finish eating, Carter and his team break 340 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,500 through another wall in the antechamber. 341 00:22:58,667 --> 00:23:01,367 On the other side, there's an open area leading to 342 00:23:01,367 --> 00:23:03,400 the door of a burial chamber. 343 00:23:05,266 --> 00:23:08,400 Carter's team is ready to break through to the next room. 344 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,967 But in Carter's way stands a lock made of rope and a clay 345 00:23:13,967 --> 00:23:18,734 seal of Anubis, the god of the underworld, that hasn't 346 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:22,533 been touched by human hands in over 3,000 years. 347 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,800 Carter doesn't think twice about cutting it open. 348 00:23:33,300 --> 00:23:36,500 [man speaking Arabic] 349 00:23:43,266 --> 00:23:45,967 Under four outer shrines, the crew finds 350 00:23:45,967 --> 00:23:48,100 a quartzite sarcophagus. 351 00:23:48,100 --> 00:23:51,834 Inside is a series of nested, gilded coffins. 352 00:23:51,900 --> 00:23:56,634 And at the center lies a mummy, hidden behind a now-famous 353 00:23:56,700 --> 00:24:02,367 golden mask. King Tut has been found. 354 00:24:02,367 --> 00:24:06,367 The Tutankhamen discovery makes news around the world. 355 00:24:06,367 --> 00:24:09,467 But it doesn't take long before very bad things 356 00:24:09,467 --> 00:24:10,700 start happening. 357 00:24:16,266 --> 00:24:18,000 [coughing] 358 00:24:19,266 --> 00:24:23,767 [Josh] Just days after the discovery, Lord Carnarvon falls ill, 359 00:24:23,767 --> 00:24:25,900 developing a nasty blood infection. 360 00:24:29,467 --> 00:24:31,934 His condition worsens. 361 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,367 Less than two months after entering Tut's burial chamber, 362 00:24:35,367 --> 00:24:38,800 Carnarvon dies from pneumonia and blood poisoning. 363 00:24:39,867 --> 00:24:42,700 His death makes worldwide headlines. 364 00:24:46,867 --> 00:24:49,133 A new mania takes hold -- 365 00:24:50,467 --> 00:24:52,233 fear of the pharaoh's curse. 366 00:24:53,767 --> 00:24:56,934 But is it merely a catchy tabloid headline? 367 00:24:57,967 --> 00:25:01,133 One person who promotes the curse is the master of 368 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,266 whodunit murder mysteries, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 369 00:25:04,266 --> 00:25:06,233 creator of Sherlock Holmes. 370 00:25:08,367 --> 00:25:12,367 For all of Sherlock's cold calculating reason, Conan Doyle 371 00:25:12,367 --> 00:25:16,233 is a spiritualist and a firm believer in powers beyond 372 00:25:16,300 --> 00:25:20,233 the grave, an idea present in some of his short stories. 373 00:25:21,100 --> 00:25:25,266 The day after Carnarvon's death, Conan Doyle tells US reporters 374 00:25:25,266 --> 00:25:29,467 the death may have been due to elementals -- primitive spirits 375 00:25:29,467 --> 00:25:34,033 invoked by ancient Egyptian priests to guard tombs, 376 00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:37,066 and that this must have been a peculiar element of 377 00:25:37,066 --> 00:25:38,400 an Egyptian curse. 378 00:25:40,667 --> 00:25:43,266 World leaders even get in on the panic. 379 00:25:43,266 --> 00:25:45,767 After reading about Lord Carnarvon's death, 380 00:25:45,767 --> 00:25:49,266 Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini frantically orders 381 00:25:49,266 --> 00:25:52,734 a mummy he had received as a gift to be removed from 382 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,400 his private home in Rome. 383 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,166 There is one man who is certainly skeptical 384 00:25:58,166 --> 00:26:00,266 of the curse, the man who discovered 385 00:26:00,266 --> 00:26:03,066 the tomb, Howard Carter himself. 386 00:26:03,066 --> 00:26:06,000 Though Carter is distraught by the death of his friend 387 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,367 and patron, he calls the curse "tommy rot." 388 00:26:09,367 --> 00:26:11,734 In other words, nonsense. 389 00:26:12,900 --> 00:26:15,000 Carter gets back to work. 390 00:26:17,867 --> 00:26:20,867 But then, rather inconveniently, other people 391 00:26:20,867 --> 00:26:24,834 connected to the discovery of the tomb start dying. 392 00:26:24,900 --> 00:26:26,467 George J. Gould, 393 00:26:26,467 --> 00:26:29,367 an American financier and railroad executive, 394 00:26:29,367 --> 00:26:34,000 falls sick after visiting the monument, and dies from 395 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,433 pneumonia one month after Lord Carnarvon. 396 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,767 Two other men who helped with the excavation, 397 00:26:40,767 --> 00:26:44,266 including Carnarvon's own half-brother, die from pneumonia 398 00:26:44,266 --> 00:26:45,700 in the years following. 399 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:51,033 Newspapers sensationalize Tut's curse and report when 400 00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:54,934 a premature death strikes anyone who enters the tomb. 401 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,467 Multiple men are later killed by gunshot, 402 00:26:58,467 --> 00:27:01,367 including an Egyptian prince who was shot in the head 403 00:27:01,367 --> 00:27:02,600 by his wife. 404 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,266 One man is smothered to death with a pillow in a gentlemen's 405 00:27:06,266 --> 00:27:11,100 club, and archeologist Hugh Evelyn White dies by suicide, 406 00:27:11,100 --> 00:27:14,667 reportedly leaving a note that says, "I have succumbed to 407 00:27:14,667 --> 00:27:17,734 a curse which forces me to disappear." 408 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,567 The curse of King Tut is one of 409 00:27:20,567 --> 00:27:23,367 the great unsolved mysteries of the 20th century. 410 00:27:23,367 --> 00:27:26,634 But is the curse real, or is it just a series of 411 00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:28,467 unfortunate tragedies? 412 00:27:28,467 --> 00:27:32,767 In 2003, two London physicians, Sharif and Tariq El-Tawil, 413 00:27:32,767 --> 00:27:36,133 publish a letter in the Lancet Medical Journal proposing 414 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,066 a possible origin for the notorious curse. 415 00:27:39,066 --> 00:27:42,233 The unexpected culprit? Fungus. 416 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,767 It is believed that a toxic fungus could have festered for 417 00:27:46,767 --> 00:27:48,066 centuries in the tomb. 418 00:27:48,066 --> 00:27:51,433 just waiting for Carter's crew to breathe it in. 419 00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:52,900 [coughing] 420 00:27:52,900 --> 00:27:56,333 [Josh] This could explain the deaths that were caused by respiratory 421 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,000 diseases and pneumonia. 422 00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:04,166 Some say that toxic fungus is the true culprit in the curse 423 00:28:04,166 --> 00:28:05,767 of King Tut's tomb. 424 00:28:05,767 --> 00:28:07,567 But there's one problem with that theory. 425 00:28:07,567 --> 00:28:10,867 It doesn't explain the death of the very first man inside, 426 00:28:10,867 --> 00:28:12,000 Howard Carter, 427 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,867 who was killed by something more deadly than any curse 428 00:28:15,867 --> 00:28:16,934 you could conjure. 429 00:28:24,300 --> 00:28:28,033 [Josh] Despite rumors of a curse on King Tut's tomb, 430 00:28:28,033 --> 00:28:31,467 archaeologist Howard Carter continues to catalog 431 00:28:31,467 --> 00:28:34,800 and examine the tomb until 1932. 432 00:28:34,867 --> 00:28:38,000 That's a solid decade of getting on the wrong side 433 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,767 of the pharaoh. What happens to him? 434 00:28:40,767 --> 00:28:43,300 Well, nothing for a long time. 435 00:28:45,767 --> 00:28:48,467 Carter, the man most responsible for the excavation 436 00:28:48,467 --> 00:28:51,767 and the first one into the tomb, does die relatively 437 00:28:51,767 --> 00:28:56,000 young at age 64, passing away from lymphoma. 438 00:28:56,066 --> 00:29:00,166 That isn't a condition a fungus could cause. 439 00:29:00,166 --> 00:29:04,266 If there were a curse on King Tut's tomb, did it miss 440 00:29:04,266 --> 00:29:05,333 its main target? 441 00:29:05,333 --> 00:29:09,900 Or could there be some other unseen force at play? 442 00:29:12,367 --> 00:29:16,867 In 2024, a scientific paper makes a different case for 443 00:29:16,867 --> 00:29:20,734 the pharaoh's curse -- poisonous radon. 444 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:24,567 Bioarchaeologist Rosalyn Campbell has studied the theory 445 00:29:24,567 --> 00:29:26,867 and believes it makes sense. 446 00:29:26,867 --> 00:29:30,867 Radioactive gas could explain the mysterious deaths. 447 00:29:32,367 --> 00:29:36,734 So the symptoms of radon poisoning can be very similar 448 00:29:36,734 --> 00:29:41,467 or identical to the symptoms of different types of cancers. 449 00:29:41,467 --> 00:29:45,233 One of the things that we know about limestone is it emits 450 00:29:45,300 --> 00:29:47,467 radon, which is a radioactive gas. 451 00:29:47,467 --> 00:29:52,000 And in the Valley of the Kings, all of the tombs are cut into 452 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,667 the naturally occurring limestone that makes up 453 00:29:54,667 --> 00:29:55,700 this valley. 454 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:00,066 Normally, this isn't necessarily a huge problem, 455 00:30:00,066 --> 00:30:03,734 but if you're in an area with a lot of limestone and very 456 00:30:03,734 --> 00:30:08,166 poor ventilation, then you are being exposed to potentially 457 00:30:08,166 --> 00:30:13,000 unsafe levels of radon that can cause serious health problems. 458 00:30:13,066 --> 00:30:16,367 Tutankhamen's tomb is actually unusually small for 459 00:30:16,367 --> 00:30:17,533 a royal tomb. 460 00:30:17,533 --> 00:30:20,533 They would have been in daily contact with a lot of this 461 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,900 limestone that was emitting radon gas. 462 00:30:25,767 --> 00:30:29,433 And we do see, for example, various other people who worked 463 00:30:29,500 --> 00:30:32,667 in that tomb also were diagnosed with cancer. 464 00:30:32,667 --> 00:30:36,033 And Howard Carter died of lymphoma. 465 00:30:36,033 --> 00:30:39,734 So radon might have caused very serious health concerns over 466 00:30:39,734 --> 00:30:43,433 the years and eventually led to the death of these individuals. 467 00:30:48,266 --> 00:30:51,467 [Josh] The curse of the tomb of King Tut has fascinated 468 00:30:51,467 --> 00:30:54,567 and frightened adventurers for over a century. 469 00:30:54,567 --> 00:30:57,266 Did Howard Carter and his team die because of 470 00:30:57,266 --> 00:31:00,100 an honest-to-goodness Egyptian curse? 471 00:31:00,100 --> 00:31:03,066 Well, the newest evidence suggests the shocking string of 472 00:31:03,066 --> 00:31:07,166 deaths may have been caused by a hidden earthly power, be it 473 00:31:07,166 --> 00:31:09,900 fungus or radioactive gas. 474 00:31:09,967 --> 00:31:12,767 Still, that doesn't explain the visitors who were 475 00:31:12,767 --> 00:31:15,400 shot, smothered, or committed suicide. 476 00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:20,533 Today, though, most of the tomb's 5,000 artifacts are 477 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,000 housed at the Grand Egyptian Museum. 478 00:31:23,066 --> 00:31:27,900 Tutankhamen himself is sealed in an airtight case, with no 479 00:31:27,967 --> 00:31:30,233 signs of danger for visitors. 480 00:31:30,300 --> 00:31:35,133 It seems he and his curse are now safely at rest. 481 00:31:41,166 --> 00:31:44,467 Our next file takes us to another extreme landscape, 482 00:31:44,467 --> 00:31:48,233 but one that's a little closer to home, just north of 483 00:31:48,300 --> 00:31:50,934 Las Vegas, near the infamous Area 51. 484 00:31:50,934 --> 00:31:53,734 You know, the top secret military base that may or may 485 00:31:53,734 --> 00:31:55,934 not be hiding UFO wreckage and alien corpses. 486 00:31:55,934 --> 00:31:59,767 Anyway, it's here that a lone explorer made a strange 487 00:31:59,767 --> 00:32:02,567 discovery that captured the attention of millions on 488 00:32:02,567 --> 00:32:03,600 social media. 489 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:07,700 But then, Kenny Veach vanished without a trace... 490 00:32:10,100 --> 00:32:13,700 ...leaving the world to wonder what happened to him. 491 00:32:23,467 --> 00:32:25,900 [Josh] It's November 10, 2014. 492 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:31,266 That's Kenny Veach, inventor, dad, 493 00:32:31,266 --> 00:32:33,567 loving boyfriend, and extreme hiker. 494 00:32:33,567 --> 00:32:35,200 I just came across 495 00:32:36,367 --> 00:32:40,166 these gigantic, sweet pine nuts, or pinyon nuts, 496 00:32:40,166 --> 00:32:41,166 whatever you want to call them. 497 00:32:41,166 --> 00:32:43,166 This is the kind of food that saves your life. 498 00:32:43,166 --> 00:32:47,066 [Josh] It's on one of these extreme hikes that he finds a cave that 499 00:32:47,066 --> 00:32:48,634 will change his life. 500 00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:52,700 And he shares his extraordinary discovery on social media. 501 00:32:56,967 --> 00:32:58,767 [Kenny, dramatized] I found a hidden cave. 502 00:32:58,767 --> 00:33:02,867 The entrance to the cave was shaped like a capital M. 503 00:33:02,867 --> 00:33:07,634 But as I began to enter this particular cave, my whole body 504 00:33:07,700 --> 00:33:09,333 began to vibrate. 505 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,800 Suddenly, I became very, very scared. 506 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,333 [Josh] Kenny is certain something in the cave is causing 507 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,000 the terrifying vibrations, 508 00:33:20,266 --> 00:33:23,233 which become more intense as he enters. 509 00:33:23,300 --> 00:33:26,934 He finally gives up, running away from the cave 510 00:33:26,934 --> 00:33:28,500 all the way home. 511 00:33:30,100 --> 00:33:31,867 [bird calling] 512 00:33:33,467 --> 00:33:36,100 [Josh] Kenny's posts about the terrifying experience 513 00:33:36,100 --> 00:33:38,867 quickly gain a following. 514 00:33:38,867 --> 00:33:42,867 But commenters suggest he is exaggerating or was 515 00:33:42,867 --> 00:33:44,166 just dehydrated. 516 00:33:44,166 --> 00:33:48,100 Kenny feels challenged to prove them all wrong. 517 00:33:48,100 --> 00:33:50,900 I talked to some people on YouTube, and I told them, 518 00:33:50,967 --> 00:33:53,266 "Hey, I'm coming out here, you know, because they kind of 519 00:33:53,266 --> 00:33:54,300 called my hand." 520 00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:57,333 And something about that cave just spooked me. 521 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,166 Closer I got to it, the crazier my body felt. 522 00:34:00,166 --> 00:34:03,166 I got to relocate it. If I do, I'm going in there. 523 00:34:03,166 --> 00:34:05,367 I'm gonna put on my light, walk in there, 524 00:34:05,367 --> 00:34:07,600 see if I find anything. We'll see. 525 00:34:11,266 --> 00:34:14,567 [Josh] Kenny spends an arduous day looking for the cave, 526 00:34:14,567 --> 00:34:16,066 with no luck. 527 00:34:24,734 --> 00:34:26,600 It's a big freaking mountain range. 528 00:34:30,834 --> 00:34:34,467 [Josh] He posts a video of his failed search, but with a promise to 529 00:34:34,467 --> 00:34:35,533 not give up. 530 00:34:35,533 --> 00:34:37,367 [Kenny, dramatized] I'm going again this weekend. 531 00:34:37,367 --> 00:34:40,266 I'll be hiking solo for three days. 532 00:34:40,266 --> 00:34:42,367 I plan on covering about 40 miles. 533 00:34:42,367 --> 00:34:46,266 [Josh] Kenny's growing fan base encourages his risky return 534 00:34:46,266 --> 00:34:47,300 to the desert. 535 00:34:47,300 --> 00:34:50,100 Although, there is one dissenting voice that gets 536 00:34:50,100 --> 00:34:53,734 everyone's attention, an ominous warning not to enter 537 00:34:53,734 --> 00:34:56,734 the cave, adding that if he does, 538 00:34:56,734 --> 00:34:59,233 Kenny will not get out. 539 00:35:00,934 --> 00:35:03,400 On November 10, 2014, 540 00:35:04,667 --> 00:35:07,367 Kenny straps on his gun and ventures into 541 00:35:07,367 --> 00:35:09,934 the Mojave Desert on another three-day quest 542 00:35:09,934 --> 00:35:11,867 to find the M Cave. 543 00:35:13,266 --> 00:35:16,000 This time, he's sure he'll locate it. 544 00:35:17,967 --> 00:35:21,333 But, four days later, Kenny's girlfriend reports 545 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,266 him missing. 546 00:35:23,266 --> 00:35:26,233 No one will ever see Kenny Veach again. 547 00:35:32,567 --> 00:35:34,834 The discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb a hundred years ago set 548 00:35:34,834 --> 00:35:37,667 off a worldwide frenzy of "Tut-mania." 549 00:35:37,667 --> 00:35:39,734 It revolutionizes Egyptology, 550 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:43,066 and Egyptian motifs find their way into artwork, 551 00:35:43,066 --> 00:35:48,433 architecture, music, movies, and even fashion. 552 00:35:48,500 --> 00:35:51,900 Tut-mania even finds its way to the White House in the form of 553 00:35:51,967 --> 00:35:54,233 Herbert Hoover's Belgian shepherd named, 554 00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:56,600 you guessed it, "King Tut." 555 00:35:56,834 --> 00:36:00,433 It's amazing to think that Tutankhamen only ruled for 556 00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:02,734 10 years, had an uneventful reign, 557 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:04,233 and did not leave an heir. 558 00:36:04,300 --> 00:36:07,467 But 3,000 years later, he's become so famous that he's 559 00:36:07,467 --> 00:36:10,533 the one Egyptian king that almost everyone across 560 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:11,800 the world can name. 561 00:36:12,934 --> 00:36:15,100 Now that's one heck of an afterlife. 562 00:36:18,767 --> 00:36:22,533 [Josh] Kenny Veach has gone missing in the desert during his search 563 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:24,200 for a mysterious cave. 564 00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:28,567 The Red Rock search and rescue teams are dispatched, 565 00:36:28,567 --> 00:36:30,867 and his car is quickly located. 566 00:36:31,667 --> 00:36:36,033 Ground teams scour every peak and canyon, but they 567 00:36:36,033 --> 00:36:37,734 find nothing. 568 00:36:37,734 --> 00:36:41,000 Then, eight days after Kenny was reported missing, 569 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,667 they find his cell phone, which miraculously 570 00:36:44,667 --> 00:36:46,333 still has battery life. 571 00:36:47,767 --> 00:36:50,367 It is found right next to the derelict mine where 572 00:36:50,367 --> 00:36:53,567 he filmed his previous attempt to find the strange 573 00:36:53,567 --> 00:36:55,467 M-shaped cave. 574 00:36:55,467 --> 00:36:59,000 The authorities lower a camera into the mineshaft, 575 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:03,734 expecting the worst. No trace of Kenny is found. 576 00:37:06,567 --> 00:37:09,767 After many heartbreaking weeks, the official search is called 577 00:37:09,767 --> 00:37:12,900 off, and Kenny Veach is assumed dead. 578 00:37:12,967 --> 00:37:14,266 But how did he die? 579 00:37:15,266 --> 00:37:17,734 It's possible that Kenny had an accident. 580 00:37:17,734 --> 00:37:20,333 Perhaps he was bitten by a snake... 581 00:37:21,834 --> 00:37:23,600 ...or succumbed to the elements. 582 00:37:25,500 --> 00:37:28,867 But Kenny was an experienced outdoorsman who should not have 583 00:37:28,867 --> 00:37:31,634 fallen into misfortune so easily. 584 00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:33,900 Some have even suggested that he might have 585 00:37:33,967 --> 00:37:35,100 committed suicide. 586 00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:38,800 But if he was dead in the desert, why has no one ever 587 00:37:38,867 --> 00:37:41,166 found his remains, his clothes, 588 00:37:41,166 --> 00:37:42,900 or his camping supplies? 589 00:37:44,367 --> 00:37:47,567 The one thing authorities did find, Kenny's cell phone, 590 00:37:47,567 --> 00:37:50,800 raises more questions than answers. 591 00:37:50,867 --> 00:37:53,834 Those following Kenny's disappearance find the cell 592 00:37:53,834 --> 00:37:55,166 phone discovery odd. 593 00:37:55,166 --> 00:37:58,667 Why did it take eight days to find the phone in such 594 00:37:58,667 --> 00:38:00,066 an obvious spot? 595 00:38:00,066 --> 00:38:02,834 And how could the phone reportedly have a charged 596 00:38:02,834 --> 00:38:04,634 battery after more than a week? 597 00:38:04,700 --> 00:38:07,433 Some believe the phone was placed there, 598 00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:09,800 but by who and why? 599 00:38:09,867 --> 00:38:16,066 The fact that Area 51 is nearby helps fuel the speculation. 600 00:38:16,066 --> 00:38:20,166 Many believe that Kenny got too close to a restricted area, 601 00:38:20,166 --> 00:38:23,567 perhaps uncovered a secret that the government could not allow 602 00:38:23,567 --> 00:38:24,600 to go public. 603 00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:29,367 Some propose that the vibrations Kenny felt were 604 00:38:29,367 --> 00:38:32,166 the result of a nonlethal weapon. 605 00:38:32,166 --> 00:38:35,634 Some have suggested even alien technology. 606 00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:40,734 So we've got a guy missing, trying to figure out what 607 00:38:40,734 --> 00:38:41,867 the truth is. 608 00:38:41,867 --> 00:38:44,900 [Josh] Ever since Kenny vanished, investigative vlogger 609 00:38:44,967 --> 00:38:48,100 Sean Horlacher has been obsessed with solving the case. 610 00:38:48,100 --> 00:38:50,734 So Kenny was talking about finding these caves. 611 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:52,100 He's talking about it a lot. 612 00:38:52,100 --> 00:38:54,900 And I believe that's where he got noticed, to where 613 00:38:54,967 --> 00:38:56,467 he started getting watched. 614 00:38:56,467 --> 00:38:59,634 They knew he was going out there, so I believe 615 00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:02,266 the government just flew a couple guys out at night 616 00:39:02,266 --> 00:39:03,634 and covered it up. 617 00:39:03,700 --> 00:39:07,266 So this time, as I'm walking through, I'm looking 618 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,567 for, you know, not a cave this time. 619 00:39:10,567 --> 00:39:11,734 I'm looking for a cover up. 620 00:39:11,734 --> 00:39:15,233 We were all looking for a real cave that was still open. 621 00:39:16,033 --> 00:39:17,667 I don't think that's the case anymore. 622 00:39:17,667 --> 00:39:19,567 That changes everything. 623 00:39:19,567 --> 00:39:23,000 One of the things that drew me to this case was, 624 00:39:23,066 --> 00:39:26,033 Kenny witnessed something that the government did not want 625 00:39:26,033 --> 00:39:29,734 the general public to know about, and may be why Kenny's 626 00:39:29,734 --> 00:39:32,166 not here anymore. 627 00:39:32,166 --> 00:39:33,266 It's right here. 628 00:39:33,266 --> 00:39:35,767 I think this is a clever little coverup. 629 00:39:35,767 --> 00:39:39,500 That's not a normal piece of the landscape. 630 00:39:40,967 --> 00:39:44,667 This and this aren't really matching up. 631 00:39:44,667 --> 00:39:47,100 This is, like, 632 00:39:47,100 --> 00:39:50,300 looks like it might have been the top of the cave right here. 633 00:39:51,133 --> 00:39:55,000 And then this was put here, this was put here, this was 634 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:56,867 put here. This was put here. 635 00:39:56,867 --> 00:39:58,433 This was put here. 636 00:39:59,367 --> 00:40:00,734 And then, down here, 637 00:40:01,934 --> 00:40:02,800 you have this seam. 638 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:06,000 And it's got this white stuff in here, 639 00:40:06,066 --> 00:40:07,100 sort of like a sealant. 640 00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:09,166 This is a freaking covered-up M cave. 641 00:40:09,166 --> 00:40:13,266 [Josh] Perhaps the most convincing evidence that this is the M cave 642 00:40:13,266 --> 00:40:16,934 was the physical effects Sean experienced after being close 643 00:40:16,934 --> 00:40:19,000 to the barricaded entrance. 644 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,834 Something's hitting me right now. 645 00:40:20,834 --> 00:40:24,166 I start getting sick, like deathly ill. 646 00:40:24,166 --> 00:40:26,567 This is where that cave was that Kenny witnessed, 647 00:40:26,567 --> 00:40:28,066 but it's covered. 648 00:40:29,266 --> 00:40:33,333 Intrigued by Sean's discovery, I've gone back through Kenny's 649 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,367 final video before he disappeared. 650 00:40:35,367 --> 00:40:39,934 [Kenny, archived] The kind of cave I'm looking for is deep, and it's dark. 651 00:40:39,934 --> 00:40:44,066 I wanted to see if he recorded this same strange rock 652 00:40:44,066 --> 00:40:47,533 formation, or perhaps it was still an open cave. 653 00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:48,767 And there it is. 654 00:40:48,767 --> 00:40:53,367 It seems Kenny really was at the exact same strange place 655 00:40:53,367 --> 00:40:54,634 Sean found. 656 00:40:54,634 --> 00:40:58,066 Even more haunting, listen to what Kenny says, as he seems to 657 00:40:58,066 --> 00:41:00,433 pause here, 10 years ago. 658 00:41:00,500 --> 00:41:04,066 It's about level with the ground, like right in 659 00:41:04,066 --> 00:41:05,333 an area, like this. 660 00:41:05,333 --> 00:41:07,934 So I really got to keep my eyes peeled, because I don't want to 661 00:41:07,934 --> 00:41:09,033 pass it. 662 00:41:09,033 --> 00:41:13,166 If this is the M Cave, it's as if Kenny instinctively 663 00:41:13,166 --> 00:41:15,367 knew where it should be. 664 00:41:15,367 --> 00:41:19,000 Whatever happened that day in the desert, there is one thing 665 00:41:19,066 --> 00:41:22,166 we can sincerely say -- wherever Kenny is, 666 00:41:22,166 --> 00:41:24,066 we hope he's at peace. 667 00:41:24,066 --> 00:41:25,467 I'm Josh Gates. 668 00:41:25,467 --> 00:41:27,934 Until next time, travel adventurously. 54922

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