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JOE RAY: Some people are
scared of the dark...
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Not me.
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I choose the darkness.
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Moved underground,
under the grid, under the world.
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A lot of people don't come down here
and that's the way I like it.
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DOC LEVERETT: One morning
I woke up and I decided that
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I had (BLEEP) had it.
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Some people get off the grid.
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We got above the grid, up in the trees.
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Up here, I'm the only predator
and nobody bothers us.
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BEAR CLAW: Living on the ridgeline,
high above the grid,
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- everything else seems small.
- (HORSE NEIGHS)
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I'm where I'm supposed to be,
out here in the middle of nowhere.
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DAN BURTON:
I volunteered to be a castaway,
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cut off from the world.
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In America, you got choices
and this is my choice.
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This is life outside the grid.
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NARRATOR: In the age of technology,
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the electrical grid is expanding
and the world is getting smaller.
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For some, finding peace of mind
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means hiding out
where no one thinks to look.
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To escape, they redefine off the grid.
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The edge, there is
no honest way to explain it.
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Because the only people
who really know where it is,
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{\an8}are the ones who've gone over.
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JOE: In the caves,
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I found a world
that doesn't exist out there.
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{\an8}Under the grid,
I found the peace and the quiet
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that I've always wanted.
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This is where I belong
and this is where I'll stay.
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I'll be here 'til I die.
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Okay, this looks like a little hole
that we fixin' to drop in.
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So, uh, before I drop in this hole,
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beard's gotta drop in the shirt.
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This looks real tight too,
I don't know about your camera.
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So, uh, here we go.
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We have to, uh,
descend into the bowels of the earth.
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(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
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C'mon, guys, let's go!
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Gonna need some help?
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(MAN GRUNTING SOFTLY)
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JR CAMPBELL: (GRUNTS) It's stuck.
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There you go, that's it. (GRUNTS)
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(CONTINUES GRUNTING)
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{\an8}Jesus, Joe!
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(JOE LAUGHING)
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JR CAMPBELL: How do you
find these places, man?
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JOE: Okay.
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NARRATOR: Over the last two years,
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Joe Ray has spent
most of his time underground.
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Making his home within the Ozark Mountains
of North Central Arkansas,
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Joe occupies hundreds of the nearly 2000
documented caves in the region.
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Carved from limestone,
over centuries of erosion,
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this underworld contains
subterranean lakes,
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a labyrinth of tunnels, and large caverns
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that Joe uses for shelter and storage.
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JOE: It keeps me young.
That's one good thing about it.
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A lot of young folks come up here
and they go, "Holy (BLEEP)!
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"I ain't going in there!
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"I ain't doing that!"
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Getting closer!
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NARRATOR: Today, as National Geographic
Channel cameras join Joe Ray,
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he's in the midst of preparing for
one of his most difficult times of year.
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JOE: The monsoon season's here,
the rain is every day.
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It's not going to quit.
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NARRATOR: Over the next two months,
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monsoon season in Arkansas
will deliver heavy rains to the area.
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Often causing regional flooding.
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These rising waters can infiltrate
Joe Ray's underground world.
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Submerging entire tunnels and caves.
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JOE: We're headed around to my armory.
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Watch your step.
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The caves are flooding
and I got to move all my stuff
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before everything goes.
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It's not a good sign.
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I've got lots of water and mud
on the floor here
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and lots of excess water
dripping off my ceilings.
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So I know this cave here is going to, uh,
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be submerged here pretty soon,
won't be long.
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We'll empty this one
and then we'll head to the next one.
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These are some of my babies here.
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This gun I've had, probably, 20, 30 years.
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Never failed me.
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I've got another little .32 Savage here.
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This is a 1907 model, this is an old gun,
still shoots like a charm.
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I love it.
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This one here is
my really most secure gun,
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my little 12-gauge pump.
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Within 50-75 yards, eh,
I'll paste anything I want.
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{\an8}(JR CAMPBELL SPEAKING)
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I, I've never
actually had to shoot anyone.
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A lot of people don't even
want to talk to me, you know.
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I've went into town a few times
on foot and stuff
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and people feel sorry for me.
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I've had people buy me dinners
and stuff for, they say,
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"Here, you need some food."
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You know, it's really sort of funny but,
you know, I always take it.
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It's a free meal, hey!
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Let's load up and get on outta here
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'cause I gotta go save
the rest of my stuff.
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NARRATOR: With his guns secure,
Joe will continue to safeguard
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his belongings from rising waters.
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Chief among them is a stash
of irreplaceable mementos
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that belonged to his wife, Mary,
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who passed away nearly two years ago.
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JOE: I got a stash
where I keep Mary's mementos.
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That's more dear to me
than just about anything.
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I've gotta have that.
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She loved this place as much as I did.
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(BIRD CALLING)
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BEAR CLAW: I don't know why anybody
would want any more than this.
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Nice campsite, a couple of fine mustangs,
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a good dog, and a good rifle.
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The first time I rode by here, I thought,
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"Man, if I could ever put a
lodge right up on top,
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"I would be in heaven."
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I pursued my dream.
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It's a wild country
but I love it very much.
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Haven't shaved in 20 years.
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Takes up too much time.
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Of course, you know, my family
always thought I was crazy.
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Thank you very much,
but my dad always said
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that I was just like one of his uncles.
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(IMITATING HIS FATHER)
"You're just like him."
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All you want to do
is hunt and fish and ride.
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I said, Thank you.
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(CHUCKLES)
I knew I couldn't be the first one.
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NARRATOR: Beyond the grid,
Bear Claw makes his home in Western Idaho,
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high atop the ridgelines
of the Clearwater Mountains,
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part of the Northern Rockies.
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Up here, Bear Claw found a place
removed from the modern world,
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one he believes resembles
the frontier of the early 1800s.
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BEAR CLAW: Of course
when I was a kid, my mother said,
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I'd like to come out of the house
just once and not see you
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climb up in that tree.
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I don't think it ever happened though.
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There's a pretty good fire
going right there in them trees.
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Must have exploded in there, burning up.
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Right over there, I see a white speck.
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This is going to be
a bad time of the year.
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It's dry as a tinderbox everywhere.
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NARRATOR: Here in Idaho, a lack of rain
has resulted in a severe drought,
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causing serious issues to contend with.
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Frequent wildfires
have been plaguing the region,
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and over the past week,
flames have reached forested areas
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less than a mile from Bear Claw's camp.
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The danger of the fire
is this whole country could catch on,
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and burn down,
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and I don't wanna burn up with it
and all my critters.
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So I'm gonna move my camp.
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You can tell it's really dry out here
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cause this horse's hooves
are as hard as rock.
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(COUGHS)
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This whole country could burn up
in a couple of days this time of year.
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Luckily, I've got a fast horse.
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(CROW CAWING)
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DOC: I'm not seeing anything.
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Still nothing, Jeanny.
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Nothing at all?
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Nothing. I ain't even seen a squirrel.
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I only got like six cans of meat, baby,
so you got to do something.
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Is there any way you can head down south?
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- We could eat the bird.
- No, we're not eating Norman.
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(CHUCKLES) I guess if they ain't here,
I gotta go where they're at.
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JEANNY: Yeah.
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DOC: I'll check down by the creek.
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Yeah, I'm not seeing anything.
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DOC: Woke one morning in the city,
the day that I had the revelation
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that I was going to get away from it all.
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Things barreling down on my chest
and I realized I (BLEEP) had it.
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I'm done.
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I'm getting rid of everything
and I'm going on to the mountains
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and I'm going to go build me a tree house
and that's where I'm going to live.
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And that's what this means,
"I have (BLEEP) had it."
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And that became our slogan.
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NARRATOR:
Doc and Jeanny built their tree house
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approximately 25 feet off the ground,
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to provide them with an elevated
perspective on the area below.
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- Thought I saw bigfoot.
- (MAN CHUCKLES)
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NARRATOR: In the far
northwest corner of America,
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they live in the treetop canopy
of Onion Creek, Washington.
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Amid over 1 million acres
of dense forest near the Canadian border.
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DOC: Everything that we own,
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it fits in this little
10 by 10 structure here.
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And, uh, and we're happier for it.
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We tried to get everything
as compact as possible.
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Everything that you could
want for in a regular house
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we have here in our... Our one bedroom.
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Basin where you put water in
just like a regular sink,
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a cook stove.
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Here's the grocery store.
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...30-06 to handle just about
anything we want to eat up here.
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Is my climbing gear up here or down there?
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JEANNY: It's up here.
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DOC: I've got a couple of trees that
I can climb up and see what's going on.
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Thank you, ma'am.
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Love you. Good luck.
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Come back in one piece.
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Yep, hopefully with some other pieces too.
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Yeah.
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NARRATOR: In the past, Doc and Jeanny
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have spent more than two weeks
in their platform
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without ever touching the ground.
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JEANNY: Bye!
DOC: See ya!
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JEANNY: Good luck!
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NARRATOR:
But with food stores running low,
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Doc is forced to the forest floor
to head out on the hunt.
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- (GUN COCKS)
- DOC: My stomach is growling.
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NARRATOR: To find solitude,
some go to extreme lengths and places.
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Living beyond the grid
high in the mountain tops,
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or far below it, deep underground.
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In the middle of Lake Michigan
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lies a place removed from the world
known as Beaver Island.
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Outside the grid.
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DAN: I decided to move to Beaver Island
with my family to get a fresh start.
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There's no roads tying to Beaver Island,
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there's no highway, the people are tough.
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If they don't want you here,
they're not going to let you stay here.
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I like that. I choose to live like that.
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Probably the most special thing in terms
of wanting to move here was the, uh,
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lack of population, simple living.
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Let's go for a ride.
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With the unique isolation factor,
you know,
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being out here
in the middle of Lake Michigan,
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you're going to get
people that come and go,
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but the population stays
about the same usually.
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You know, one of the most remote areas
in the continental US.
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This beach line,
this stretch of straits here,
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in the winter,
there's a lot of ice that piles up.
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The ice just left this lake in early May.
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So, we're just getting on the water.
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You know, summertime, it seems
you're spending your whole time
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working your butt off for wintertime.
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It's a small window.
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NARRATOR: Out here,
18 miles from the mainland,
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Dan Burton makes his home
amid the freshwaters of Lake Michigan.
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He lives within
the Beaver Island archipelago.
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A series of nine islands,
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several of which
are completely uninhabited.
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DAN: So, basically,
I'm looking this beach line to bow fish.
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The season just started.
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It's early and we want to get fishing
as quick as possible.
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You gotta be a couple sticks
ahead of the fire.
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It's not that long we're gonna be
right back to freezing rain,
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snow, and ice again.
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When the seasons change,
and the water's warming up,
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fish come in here to bed down,
and to, and to eat.
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So they're coming right up to the banks.
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You know, it's nothing to see
a 36-inch pike, or carp,
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you know, big bass.
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(EXCLAIMS SOFTLY)
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You know, it just takes patience.
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You gotta kind of sit around
and just wait, let 'em settle back in.
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Oh, you see, there's one
coming in right over here.
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Ooh! Ooh!
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Dang, got 'em!
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Yeah.
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Bam! Nice!
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It's nice when a plan comes together.
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BEAR CLAW: I don't know
if you've noticed but the ravens
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haven't been around today.
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They're usually here.
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I think they know
there's a fire somewhere.
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Time to mosey. (COUGHS)
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Maybe you ought to move, too.
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We all gotta get to a safe place.
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NARRATOR:
Beyond the grid in Western Idaho,
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wild fires are now threatening areas
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less than one mile from Bear Claw's camp.
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(COUGHS) I can't do smoke and dust
so it's a big factor for me.
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My lungs are bad.
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NARRATOR: To make matters worse,
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he's long suffered from a respiratory
condition aggravated by smoke.
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BEAR CLAW: I don't feel comfortable
this close to a fire.
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This time of year, being prepared
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is literally a survival tool
tool that we have to have.
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Taking off, five or ten minutes,
you're in the saddle and you're gone.
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- What do you say, pretty girl?
- (HORSE SNORTS)
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Time to mosey. (WHISTLES)
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Come on, guys.
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Let's go find a new campsite
across the canyon.
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(HORSE SNORTS)
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NARRATOR: Bear Claw will ride
approximately eight miles west,
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even further beyond the grid,
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to insure safe distance from
approaching flames.
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BEAR CLAW: C'mon, boys.
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NARRATOR: He relies on his horses,
Rainbow and Idahe,
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to move along the ridgelines,
navigating steep terrains.
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BEAR CLAW: These horses take me
wherever I want to go.
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All you gotta do is spend
enough time with them,
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and they know what the scoop is.
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I think they know
there's a fire somewhere,
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- they know it's time to mosey.
- (HORSE SNORTS)
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(COUGHS) Oh, man. That smoke.
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DOC: If you're gonna be hunting deer,
a deer stand is the ticket.
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I don't have a traditional deer stand.
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Hopefully my steps are still good.
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Haven't been out here in a while.
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NARRATOR: In the woods
of Eastern Washington,
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Doc Leverett and his wife, Jeanny,
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make their home high above the grid.
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Now, as Doc aims to
replenish their food supply,
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he'll rely on that same elevated position
to hunt for game.
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DOC: Folks complain about
going to the grocery store,
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this is earning your dinner.
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(BIRDS CALLING)
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Deer, they have a lot of speed.
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You're not gonna catch 'em.
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You're not gonna run 'em down.
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It's kind of an ambush hunt.
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You have to be somewhere
they're gonna cross.
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Huh. There's something down by the creek.
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Looks like there's, uh, there's
some sort of structure down there.
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Might have got a new neighbor...
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{\an8}(DOC SPEAKING)
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(SIGHS DEEPLY) I guess
I'm gonna go exploring a little bit.
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Hopefully, it's not one of these
knuckleheads that move out here,
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and they read a book on
how to survive in the wild,
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and they gonna do it.
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NARRATOR: Five years ago,
Doc first moved above the grid
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to escape the snares of civilization
and the crowds that come with it.
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The structure he spotted
is less than a half-mile
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from his treehouse.
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Trespassers.
Let's go see what we can find.
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DOC: It looks like
I might have me a new neighbor.
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NARRATOR: In Onion Creek, Washington,
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Doc and Jeanny Leverett
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moved high above the grid
to escape civilization
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and the crowds that come with it.
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But after spotting signs of newcomers
less than a half-mile away,
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Doc is on high alert.
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DOC: One of the reasons we came up here
was to get away from it all.
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When we arrived here,
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no other human
had ever hung their hat here.
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Every structure, every...
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Everything you see
that isn't nature produced,
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me and Jeanny built it
with our own two hands.
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We don't have too many trespassers
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but we don't have
too many repeat trespassers.
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I've heard of the Three S rule,
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it's shoot, shovel, and shut up.
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It's some type of treehouse, here.
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Hello?
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Hello?
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Anybody home?
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Hello?
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So right now,
we're basically coming right in
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between Garden Island to my left,
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Hog Island kind of straight ahead
to the right,
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and Beaver Island
is straight behind us right now.
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Hopefully, this evening, things work out,
and we get the right weather.
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And hopefully,
we'll come home with some fish.
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Otherwise, I'm gonna be
resorting to squirrels.
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NARRATOR: In the middle of Lake Michigan,
far outside the grid,
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Dan Burton has traded in is his kayak
for an outboard motor.
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DAN: I want to try one more hotspot.
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NARRATOR: In search of
a new fishing hotspot,
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he'll use his bow to target
the remote waters near Hog Island.
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And we're going to try to shoot
right through there.
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(EXCLAIMS SOFTLY) See those?
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Boulder on the left, boulder on the right.
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And on both sides right now,
the water is probably two feet deep.
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(EXCLAIMS)
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We don't want the wind to kick in,
not right now.
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00:24:50,667 --> 00:24:52,569
These waves don't help,
so now we gotta start...
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- (LOUD THUD)
- (BLEEP)
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Son of a (BLEEP).
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00:24:57,274 --> 00:24:59,476
(MOTOR WHIRRING)
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C'mon, baby.
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00:25:04,514 --> 00:25:08,151
It hit hard enough to kill the engine.
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00:25:12,088 --> 00:25:14,457
Oh, man, that prop is (BLEEP).
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00:25:18,228 --> 00:25:20,764
See if I can pull myself into that island.
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00:25:21,998 --> 00:25:24,000
Okay, you stay, Titus.
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00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,970
Let's get it in and get it somewhere safe.
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00:25:38,448 --> 00:25:40,717
Oh, man!
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00:25:40,717 --> 00:25:42,385
The prop's broken.
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00:25:42,385 --> 00:25:45,689
I bent this one over
and I lost the whole tip of this one.
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00:25:45,689 --> 00:25:47,257
I'm going to get on the radio right away
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00:25:47,257 --> 00:25:49,459
and see if I catch somebody
before it's too late.
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00:25:49,459 --> 00:25:51,027
See if somebody will run out to us.
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00:25:51,027 --> 00:25:53,330
I'm gonna need a little help.
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00:25:53,330 --> 00:25:54,497
(RADIO CLICKS)
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00:25:54,497 --> 00:25:57,167
Yeah, this is Tag A Long looking for
somebody on shore to give me a hand.
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00:25:57,167 --> 00:25:59,636
- Over.
- (STATIC HISSING)
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00:26:02,005 --> 00:26:04,674
Tag A Long, looking for
someone to give me a hand.
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00:26:04,674 --> 00:26:06,409
I got a, uh, prop that I tore up.
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00:26:06,409 --> 00:26:08,378
If somebody could run me one out.
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00:26:08,378 --> 00:26:09,446
Over.
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00:26:09,446 --> 00:26:10,981
(STATIC HISSING)
390
00:26:12,616 --> 00:26:13,717
(BLEEP)
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00:26:15,285 --> 00:26:17,187
I don't know if anyone heard my call.
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00:26:17,187 --> 00:26:18,588
(STATIC HISSING)
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00:26:18,588 --> 00:26:20,590
Anybody out there?
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00:26:20,590 --> 00:26:23,360
C'mon, Bird Dog, this is Tag A Long.
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00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:25,962
Tag A Long looking for some help.
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00:26:25,962 --> 00:26:28,498
I don't wanna be out here all night.
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00:26:43,813 --> 00:26:46,283
JOE: Coming up to another one
of my stash holes here.
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00:26:46,283 --> 00:26:50,320
I gotta go down and try and find,
and save it if, uh...
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00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,856
It all depends how the flood is
or how the rain,
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00:26:52,856 --> 00:26:54,858
there's been lots of rain.
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NARRATOR: For the last three days,
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rains have intensified
in North Central Arkansas,
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00:26:59,195 --> 00:27:01,831
causing flooding underground.
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00:27:01,831 --> 00:27:05,201
Below the grid, Joe Ray is attempting
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00:27:05,201 --> 00:27:09,072
to safeguard a cache
of irreplaceable mementos
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00:27:09,072 --> 00:27:11,975
before rising waters inflict any damage.
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00:27:11,975 --> 00:27:13,376
JOE: This is it.
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00:27:18,315 --> 00:27:20,150
Yeah. (BLEEP)
409
00:27:20,150 --> 00:27:22,219
I've got a big problem here
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00:27:22,219 --> 00:27:24,955
because this is usually
always completely dry.
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00:27:24,955 --> 00:27:26,590
Now I've got lots of water, so...
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00:27:26,590 --> 00:27:29,659
It's time probably
to do a little swimming.
413
00:27:33,263 --> 00:27:36,066
I don't know if y'all's camera
gonna be able to go or not but,
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00:27:36,066 --> 00:27:38,301
uh, we've gotta get on in there and go.
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00:27:40,604 --> 00:27:42,339
I gotta have that stuff.
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00:27:42,339 --> 00:27:44,641
Mary's mementos...
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00:27:44,641 --> 00:27:46,509
This is, uh...
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00:28:01,758 --> 00:28:04,594
JOE: I got a stash
where I keep Mary's mementos.
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00:28:04,594 --> 00:28:06,162
I've gotta have that.
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00:28:06,162 --> 00:28:07,931
NARRATOR: Below the grid,
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nearly a half mile from the outside world,
422
00:28:10,433 --> 00:28:14,037
Joe Ray is attempting
to reach an important stash
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00:28:14,037 --> 00:28:18,942
of irreplaceable mementos
before rising waters inflict any damage.
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00:28:20,944 --> 00:28:22,312
JOE: C'mon.
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00:28:22,312 --> 00:28:24,381
{\an8}(JR CAMPBELL SPEAKING)
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00:28:24,381 --> 00:28:26,983
JOE: Well, there's no telling.
My stuff is washed away.
427
00:28:26,983 --> 00:28:28,285
We might try and look for it.
428
00:28:28,285 --> 00:28:30,086
It all depends how this gets.
429
00:28:30,086 --> 00:28:31,588
We might have to swim.
430
00:28:32,522 --> 00:28:34,524
It's gonna get deeper going back.
431
00:28:34,524 --> 00:28:36,359
There'll be no doubt about that.
432
00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:38,662
You can't take the camera,
you better leave it, but, uh,
433
00:28:38,662 --> 00:28:40,397
we gotta roll.
434
00:28:43,700 --> 00:28:45,769
Ooh, this water's cold.
435
00:28:45,769 --> 00:28:47,437
It's still rising.
436
00:28:53,743 --> 00:28:55,946
We can't go this way any farther.
437
00:28:55,946 --> 00:28:58,615
We're gonna have to
turn around and go back.
438
00:29:10,126 --> 00:29:13,763
Maybe I go in another way,
as long as it's not flooded.
439
00:29:14,598 --> 00:29:17,601
This is, uh, this is impossible.
440
00:29:18,702 --> 00:29:20,570
Unless you don't value your life.
441
00:29:23,373 --> 00:29:26,109
We need to go back out
and go to the other cave.
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00:29:41,324 --> 00:29:44,160
BEAR CLAW: We're just gonna
check the direction of this wind.
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00:29:47,564 --> 00:29:51,401
We can see the smoke rising over here
where the fire is burning.
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00:29:52,235 --> 00:29:55,805
NARRATOR: In Idaho,
fire fighters are working to contain
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00:29:55,805 --> 00:29:58,475
multiple wildfires
in the Clearwater Mountains.
446
00:29:59,509 --> 00:30:03,914
Fires are burning less than a mile
from Bear Claw's old camp.
447
00:30:03,914 --> 00:30:06,383
But after traveling
further beyond the grid,
448
00:30:06,383 --> 00:30:09,519
he's now three miles from the flames.
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00:30:09,519 --> 00:30:12,822
BEAR CLAW: It's filling that canyon
full of smoke over there.
450
00:30:12,923 --> 00:30:14,424
(COUGHS)
451
00:30:14,424 --> 00:30:16,893
It's, uh, it's a cooking,
it's a good fire.
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00:30:16,893 --> 00:30:18,528
(COUGHS)
453
00:30:29,773 --> 00:30:33,376
I like to drink mullein tea
to soothe my lungs.
454
00:30:33,376 --> 00:30:37,781
Three leaves ought to be good and strong.
455
00:30:37,781 --> 00:30:40,350
Make a little fire and cook up some tea.
456
00:30:42,519 --> 00:30:45,222
There we go. We got us a little flameage.
457
00:30:48,225 --> 00:30:49,793
Don't take too long.
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00:30:51,795 --> 00:30:56,866
Before I came to the mountains,
I got sick.
459
00:30:56,866 --> 00:30:59,469
I got really sick, my lungs were bad.
460
00:30:59,469 --> 00:31:03,173
Back in Wisconsin,
I worked in a factory too long,
461
00:31:03,173 --> 00:31:05,976
and weld smoke got to my lungs,
and, so, I...
462
00:31:05,976 --> 00:31:08,478
I ran out of there puking,
the place where I was working.
463
00:31:08,478 --> 00:31:11,815
They sent me to some doctor,
and, of course,
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00:31:11,815 --> 00:31:17,420
he had to mix up a solution of weld smoke.
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00:31:17,420 --> 00:31:20,056
Said I had to breathe it for 30 seconds.
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00:31:20,056 --> 00:31:22,225
I told him I was going to die.
467
00:31:22,225 --> 00:31:25,362
Then he goes,
"Yep, you're allergic to weld smoke."
468
00:31:26,529 --> 00:31:30,033
I said, "Well,
I already figured that one out."
469
00:31:30,033 --> 00:31:31,301
That's why I left that job.
470
00:31:31,301 --> 00:31:34,738
Then I ended coming out here
where I really wanted to go.
471
00:31:34,738 --> 00:31:36,673
The best thing that ever happened to me.
472
00:31:36,673 --> 00:31:41,344
Out here,
all these plants are the doctors.
473
00:31:41,344 --> 00:31:42,479
They'll take good care of you.
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00:31:42,479 --> 00:31:46,816
Everything you need is right out there,
just got to go get it.
475
00:31:48,785 --> 00:31:50,487
(SLURPS)
476
00:31:50,587 --> 00:31:51,988
"Mmm, mmm, mmm..."
477
00:31:51,988 --> 00:31:54,157
As my dad would say.
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00:32:06,169 --> 00:32:09,573
{\an8}DAN: This is Tag A Long looking for
somebody on shore to give me a hand.
479
00:32:09,573 --> 00:32:12,075
I got a busted prop,
and I'm gonna need some help.
480
00:32:12,175 --> 00:32:14,211
(STATIC HISSING)
481
00:32:14,211 --> 00:32:16,413
Anybody roger that?
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00:32:18,848 --> 00:32:20,550
NARRATOR: In the middle of Lake Michigan,
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00:32:20,550 --> 00:32:23,353
on an uninhabited island,
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00:32:23,353 --> 00:32:27,791
Dan Burton's boat has been
immobilized outside the grid.
485
00:32:27,791 --> 00:32:29,726
DAN: One big gravel pile.
486
00:32:29,726 --> 00:32:31,661
NARRATOR: With no reply on the radio
487
00:32:31,661 --> 00:32:34,631
and less than two hours until sunset,
488
00:32:34,631 --> 00:32:36,466
Dan is in survival mode.
489
00:32:37,334 --> 00:32:39,836
DAN: When you're broke down, and, uh,
490
00:32:39,836 --> 00:32:41,738
dead in the water, it's frightening.
491
00:32:41,738 --> 00:32:43,106
You know, it's scary.
492
00:32:43,106 --> 00:32:46,376
It's scary to think that
you gotta possibly stay the night.
493
00:32:46,376 --> 00:32:48,078
It's a heart-pounding moment.
494
00:32:48,078 --> 00:32:50,113
You make do with what you got.
495
00:32:52,182 --> 00:32:54,351
Right here! A little gardener snake.
496
00:32:56,987 --> 00:33:00,090
If you're starving, there's dinner.
497
00:33:08,365 --> 00:33:09,466
DOC: Hello?
498
00:33:15,472 --> 00:33:16,673
Hello?
499
00:33:17,741 --> 00:33:20,677
Don't wanna catch anybody off guard here.
500
00:33:22,546 --> 00:33:26,983
Man, somebody started to build
a grand structure.
501
00:33:26,983 --> 00:33:30,387
NARRATOR: In Onion Creek,
Doc Leverett is investigating
502
00:33:30,387 --> 00:33:34,491
potential newcomers less than
a half-mile from his treehouse.
503
00:33:34,491 --> 00:33:39,095
Guess they were gonna build them
a grand mansion in the trees.
504
00:33:39,095 --> 00:33:41,164
NARRATOR: But after surveying the area,
505
00:33:41,164 --> 00:33:44,434
there are no immediate signs of life.
506
00:33:44,434 --> 00:33:46,303
DOC: Lots of folks come out here.
507
00:33:46,303 --> 00:33:47,604
They've read a lot of books.
508
00:33:47,604 --> 00:33:49,539
They've heard a lot of tales
of people coming
509
00:33:49,539 --> 00:33:51,741
and living the dream in the wilderness.
510
00:33:51,741 --> 00:33:55,579
Then they get out here and realize that
mother nature is not very forgiving.
511
00:33:56,580 --> 00:33:58,548
There's no learning curve out here.
512
00:34:08,558 --> 00:34:10,894
Stuff everywhere.
513
00:34:10,894 --> 00:34:12,762
I always find something useful.
514
00:34:14,564 --> 00:34:16,166
Old refrigerator rack.
515
00:34:19,002 --> 00:34:20,704
Got an idea though.
516
00:34:20,704 --> 00:34:21,938
This is perfect.
517
00:34:23,240 --> 00:34:25,075
There's so many different things
that you can do
518
00:34:25,075 --> 00:34:27,444
with somebody's cast off stuff.
519
00:34:27,444 --> 00:34:30,680
NARRATOR:
Doc's given name is Lee Leverett.
520
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,583
But he earned
the nickname "Doc" decades ago
521
00:34:33,583 --> 00:34:37,053
for his ability
to fix just about any problem.
522
00:34:37,053 --> 00:34:38,889
As long as
you don't come home empty-handed,
523
00:34:38,889 --> 00:34:40,257
I guess it's a good day.
524
00:34:40,257 --> 00:34:43,226
NARRATOR: After 16 years in the Navy,
525
00:34:43,226 --> 00:34:46,229
he learned to maximize
the resources at hand,
526
00:34:46,229 --> 00:34:50,567
often reusing and repurposing
unlikely materials.
527
00:34:50,567 --> 00:34:52,636
I forgot the reflective thing,
I can use that for the back.
528
00:34:52,636 --> 00:34:53,737
Yeah, that'll work.
529
00:34:53,737 --> 00:34:56,740
DOC: Make a dehydrator. Solar dehydrator.
530
00:34:56,740 --> 00:34:58,375
JEANNY: Okay. I can use it for the kale.
531
00:34:58,375 --> 00:35:00,243
DOC: I'll see what I can come up with.
532
00:35:04,147 --> 00:35:08,385
We spent our first winter in this place
and it is way too small.
533
00:35:08,385 --> 00:35:11,688
A lot of things have been removed
but this was the basic structure.
534
00:35:11,688 --> 00:35:14,024
So, this has just become our workshop.
535
00:35:14,024 --> 00:35:16,960
We had some other siding up
that I've used to make our new one,
536
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:21,331
but, uh, this is where we learned
some of the hard lessons.
537
00:35:21,331 --> 00:35:23,166
Really roughing it.
538
00:35:26,236 --> 00:35:29,339
Solar dehydrator uses the heat
from the sun's rays
539
00:35:29,339 --> 00:35:32,375
to remove the moisture out of food.
540
00:35:32,375 --> 00:35:35,545
We use the metal
as a reflector in the back.
541
00:35:35,545 --> 00:35:36,746
You can buy it in the store,
542
00:35:36,746 --> 00:35:39,382
but mine will probably last just as long,
543
00:35:39,382 --> 00:35:42,786
and it won't cost near as much to run it.
544
00:35:53,163 --> 00:35:54,564
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
545
00:35:54,564 --> 00:35:56,967
One solar dehydrator.
546
00:35:56,967 --> 00:35:59,102
It's not going to win no beauty pageants.
547
00:35:59,102 --> 00:36:00,337
But it will work.
548
00:36:02,872 --> 00:36:05,141
I'mma get this set up in the sunshine.
549
00:36:05,141 --> 00:36:07,277
{\an8}(JEANNY SPEAKING)
550
00:36:07,277 --> 00:36:08,979
These are going to be awesome.
551
00:36:08,979 --> 00:36:13,183
Little bit of oil, cajun spice.
552
00:36:13,183 --> 00:36:15,352
DOC: Good deal.
553
00:36:15,352 --> 00:36:17,587
JEANNY: All right, there we go.
554
00:36:23,393 --> 00:36:24,494
DOC: All right.
555
00:36:24,494 --> 00:36:25,562
JEANNY: Awesome.
556
00:36:25,562 --> 00:36:28,899
Sun's pretty good,
it should be dry in a couple of hours.
557
00:36:54,691 --> 00:36:57,260
JOE: This is the only other option
that I have right now
558
00:36:57,260 --> 00:37:00,130
unless I go back through
and want to swim and, uh,
559
00:37:00,130 --> 00:37:01,798
maybe drown.
560
00:37:01,798 --> 00:37:04,034
NARRATOR: Below the grid in Arkansas,
561
00:37:04,034 --> 00:37:06,903
heavy rains have flooded multiple tunnels
562
00:37:06,903 --> 00:37:11,708
obstructing Joe Ray's path
to a cache of personal belongings.
563
00:37:11,708 --> 00:37:14,744
For two hours,
he searched for an alternate route
564
00:37:14,744 --> 00:37:16,546
unaffected by the flood.
565
00:37:16,546 --> 00:37:20,784
JOE: I hear water.
So, uh, this doesn't sound good.
566
00:37:22,052 --> 00:37:24,120
We've got to get on in there and go.
567
00:37:25,155 --> 00:37:26,356
This is it.
568
00:37:28,892 --> 00:37:30,460
And I hope it's there.
569
00:37:33,063 --> 00:37:34,431
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
570
00:37:34,431 --> 00:37:37,634
Yep we've got a problem here,
this is already starting to water up here
571
00:37:37,634 --> 00:37:41,204
but it looks like
all my stuff is still here.
572
00:37:41,204 --> 00:37:42,539
{\an8}(JR CAMPBELL SPEAKING)
573
00:37:48,445 --> 00:37:50,480
NARRATOR: In North Central Arkansas,
574
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:52,883
heavy rains are causing flooding
575
00:37:52,883 --> 00:37:56,019
in the underground caves
of the Ozark Mountains.
576
00:37:56,019 --> 00:37:58,555
Navigating a labyrinth
of tunnels below the grid,
577
00:37:58,555 --> 00:38:03,393
Joe Ray has managed to reach
his most important belongings
578
00:38:03,393 --> 00:38:06,396
before rising waters
could inflict any damage.
579
00:38:09,466 --> 00:38:12,669
JOE: Thank God everything's still here
and it hadn't flooded in here yet
580
00:38:12,669 --> 00:38:16,239
because this is really
the most important to me.
581
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:18,975
Everything I've got here
is irreplaceable to me
582
00:38:18,975 --> 00:38:20,977
and I, I have to keep this.
583
00:38:32,455 --> 00:38:35,692
Well, this one was the first picture
we ever had made together.
584
00:38:36,793 --> 00:38:38,828
The very first one.
585
00:38:39,930 --> 00:38:43,233
If there was ever a soulmate made for me,
she was it.
586
00:38:43,233 --> 00:38:46,636
I'll probably never find
another one like her.
587
00:38:46,636 --> 00:38:49,940
I was really pretty wild before I met her.
588
00:38:49,940 --> 00:38:52,075
She saved me actually.
589
00:38:53,310 --> 00:38:56,079
The smile she had,
she always had this smile.
590
00:38:56,079 --> 00:38:57,414
(VOICE BREAKING)
591
00:39:00,250 --> 00:39:03,019
She brought such joy to my life.
592
00:39:04,254 --> 00:39:06,389
It's just hard to imagine her gone.
593
00:39:09,059 --> 00:39:11,761
But life goes on.
594
00:39:11,761 --> 00:39:14,231
I mean, she's not suffering anymore.
595
00:39:14,231 --> 00:39:16,466
So I'm happy for that.
596
00:39:16,466 --> 00:39:19,536
Because, I mean, she was to the point
where she suffered every day.
597
00:39:20,904 --> 00:39:24,007
NARRATOR: Joe cared for Mary
for nearly 15 years
598
00:39:24,007 --> 00:39:26,776
as she suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
599
00:39:26,776 --> 00:39:30,146
After she passed,
he retreated under the grid
600
00:39:30,146 --> 00:39:33,316
in search of peace and solitude.
601
00:39:33,316 --> 00:39:35,919
JOE: She's with me in spirit and soul.
602
00:39:35,919 --> 00:39:38,288
I can feel her in all the caves I go to.
603
00:39:38,288 --> 00:39:42,459
It's like she's always there
watching over me.
604
00:39:43,159 --> 00:39:45,528
She's like my angel now. (SNIFFLES)
605
00:39:47,797 --> 00:39:50,700
She's safe, so that's all that counts.
606
00:39:50,700 --> 00:39:53,503
I've got everything that
really matters to me right here.
607
00:39:53,503 --> 00:39:56,106
So, uh, let's, uh, hit the trail.
608
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:12,222
DAN: Tag A Long looking for some help.
609
00:40:12,222 --> 00:40:13,423
Anybody out there?
610
00:40:13,423 --> 00:40:14,524
Bird Dog, you out there?
611
00:40:14,524 --> 00:40:16,426
This is Tag A Long
still needing some help.
612
00:40:16,426 --> 00:40:17,794
Over.
613
00:40:17,794 --> 00:40:20,330
NARRATOR: In the remote waters
of Lake Michigan,
614
00:40:20,330 --> 00:40:22,332
outside the grid,
615
00:40:22,332 --> 00:40:26,937
Dan Burton's boat has been immobilized
on an uninhabited island.
616
00:40:26,937 --> 00:40:28,605
{\an8}(CAMERAMAN SPEAKING)
617
00:40:28,605 --> 00:40:30,907
We'll wait and see.
618
00:40:30,907 --> 00:40:34,611
NARRATOR: With no reply to his mayday
and sunset approaching,
619
00:40:34,611 --> 00:40:37,314
Dan's prepared for a long night.
620
00:40:37,314 --> 00:40:39,683
DAN: I don't know if anyone heard my call.
621
00:40:39,683 --> 00:40:41,451
If not, we're here.
622
00:40:41,451 --> 00:40:43,053
Trapped with hardly any boat traffic
623
00:40:43,053 --> 00:40:45,689
unless somebody comes through fishing,
so I just gotta keep...
624
00:40:45,689 --> 00:40:47,857
{\an8}CAMERAMAN: Wait, wait, wait.
625
00:40:47,857 --> 00:40:50,026
- (PROPELLERS WHIRRING)
- DAN: I can hear it.
626
00:40:51,461 --> 00:40:55,232
Yeah, see if I can catch him.
627
00:40:59,202 --> 00:41:00,270
{\an8}(CAMERAMAN SPEAKING)
628
00:41:00,270 --> 00:41:01,771
DAN: Knock on wood.
629
00:41:03,340 --> 00:41:04,874
NARRATOR: Small engine sea planes
630
00:41:04,874 --> 00:41:09,279
often deliver supplies
to the remote islands in Lake Michigan.
631
00:41:09,279 --> 00:41:11,214
(DAN WHOOPING)
632
00:41:11,214 --> 00:41:13,149
NARRATOR: And if this one spotted Dan,
633
00:41:13,149 --> 00:41:16,119
it will radio for help on his behalf.
634
00:41:16,119 --> 00:41:18,421
Thank you!
635
00:41:18,421 --> 00:41:22,759
It may be hours,
or even a day before rescue arrives,
636
00:41:22,759 --> 00:41:28,398
but life outside the grid
often means making it on your own.
637
00:41:28,398 --> 00:41:31,334
DAN: Well, we're gonna hang out,
make sure the boat stays here.
638
00:41:32,469 --> 00:41:34,104
Did you bring your sleeping bag?
639
00:41:55,525 --> 00:41:58,562
BEAR CLAW: We always carry
a sword on our saddle,
640
00:41:58,562 --> 00:42:03,533
cutting brush, stabbing bears,
things like that.
641
00:42:03,533 --> 00:42:04,834
This will work great.
642
00:42:07,203 --> 00:42:08,905
Looks like we've got
everything we need here.
643
00:42:08,905 --> 00:42:11,074
We'll have a shelter in no time.
644
00:42:12,475 --> 00:42:13,843
NARRATOR: In the Clearwater Mountains,
645
00:42:13,843 --> 00:42:16,780
Bear Claw has finally found a new camp,
646
00:42:16,780 --> 00:42:19,082
10 miles from the nearest wildfire.
647
00:42:19,082 --> 00:42:23,987
BEAR CLAW: I'm just tying a few poles up,
lashing them down.
648
00:42:25,422 --> 00:42:28,458
NARRATOR: He strategically crossed
the Clearwater River
649
00:42:28,458 --> 00:42:33,029
to use its waters as a fire break
and settled at high elevation,
650
00:42:33,029 --> 00:42:35,031
above the tree line.
651
00:42:35,031 --> 00:42:36,933
BEAR CLAW:
Looks like a good shelter to me.
652
00:42:39,970 --> 00:42:43,707
This is exactly the kind of campsite
I was hoping to find.
653
00:42:43,707 --> 00:42:46,676
I can see where the fire would go
654
00:42:46,676 --> 00:42:49,613
and if anything does happen,
I can see it coming.
655
00:42:49,613 --> 00:42:54,584
I could saddle them horses up,
and we can mosey on farther.
656
00:42:55,518 --> 00:42:56,853
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
657
00:42:58,788 --> 00:43:01,758
My home is wherever the sun goes down.
658
00:43:01,758 --> 00:43:03,960
That's where my home is.
659
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:09,833
The freedom that I have,
this is good for a man's soul.
660
00:43:15,171 --> 00:43:17,874
{\an8}NARRATOR: This season on The Boonies.
661
00:43:18,742 --> 00:43:21,811
{\an8}DAN: Living out here on the water,
you're always treasure hunting.
662
00:43:21,811 --> 00:43:23,246
{\an8}There's treasure all over.
663
00:43:23,246 --> 00:43:25,815
{\an8}I'm sure it's here.
I don't see anybody beating me to it.
664
00:43:25,815 --> 00:43:30,320
{\an8}You just got to be out there,
and, uh, willing to dive in and get it.
665
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:31,922
{\an8}This is an amazing place.
666
00:43:31,922 --> 00:43:33,890
{\an8}There's gonna be something
around every corner.
667
00:43:34,958 --> 00:43:37,727
JOE: This is the shaft
we'll be going down in, right here.
668
00:43:37,727 --> 00:43:40,130
And these shafts
could actually go for miles.
669
00:43:40,130 --> 00:43:41,865
I mean, it's always dangerous.
670
00:43:41,865 --> 00:43:43,500
You never know what's gonna come.
671
00:43:43,500 --> 00:43:45,869
{\an8}Let's go check it out
and see what's happening.
672
00:43:46,703 --> 00:43:48,471
{\an8}DOC: When you think you're all alone,
673
00:43:48,471 --> 00:43:49,973
{\an8}and you hear a tree crash,
674
00:43:49,973 --> 00:43:53,677
{\an8}it kinda makes... Makes the hair stick up
on the back of your head.
675
00:43:53,677 --> 00:43:56,079
{\an8}We got a bear hunting for food.
676
00:43:56,079 --> 00:43:57,948
{\an8}I don't mind sharing the woods with 'em
677
00:43:57,948 --> 00:44:02,185
{\an8}but I do not want to share my house.
678
00:44:02,185 --> 00:44:04,454
{\an8}BEAR CLAW: Waking up this morning,
679
00:44:04,454 --> 00:44:06,623
{\an8}knowing that I'm headed out
for a pack trip,
680
00:44:06,623 --> 00:44:08,225
{\an8}this is what I live for.
681
00:44:08,225 --> 00:44:10,026
{\an8}There is nothing more I would rather do.
682
00:44:12,262 --> 00:44:14,598
{\an8}- (HORSE WHINNIES)
- Whoa, whoa!