1 00:00:13,223 --> 00:00:14,257 {\an8}(PRODUCER SPEAKING) 2 00:00:22,032 --> 00:00:24,467 You know, people always talk about the American dream. 3 00:00:24,467 --> 00:00:26,303 Well, what is the American dream? 4 00:00:26,303 --> 00:00:29,472 Who's to say what, what your dream should be, you know? 5 00:00:29,472 --> 00:00:31,308 I mean, my dream is different than everybody's. 6 00:00:31,308 --> 00:00:34,211 Because I don't really care for material items anymore. 7 00:00:34,211 --> 00:00:35,645 That's about ruled out with me. 8 00:00:35,645 --> 00:00:37,581 I don't have a vehicle, drives on foot 9 00:00:37,581 --> 00:00:39,316 or I call somebody to come get me. 10 00:00:39,316 --> 00:00:42,519 And, you know, so, uh, you know, it's, uh... 11 00:00:42,519 --> 00:00:43,720 This is my dream. 12 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:45,322 This is the way, you know, like I say, 13 00:00:45,322 --> 00:00:48,091 this is the (BLEEP) lifestyle of the rich and famous. 14 00:00:48,091 --> 00:00:50,327 Because I am rich in my own way, 15 00:00:50,327 --> 00:00:52,195 richer than anybody because 16 00:00:52,195 --> 00:00:53,830 I don't have anybody to answer to. 17 00:00:53,830 --> 00:00:56,066 I have everything I want to eat, everything I wanna do. 18 00:00:56,066 --> 00:00:58,401 I can amuse myself up here in so many ways. 19 00:00:58,401 --> 00:01:01,171 It's, uh, you know, ridiculous. 20 00:01:01,171 --> 00:01:03,773 But, uh, you know, and people that live down below, 21 00:01:03,773 --> 00:01:07,577 flatlanders, yeah, it's just like watching a rat race. 22 00:01:07,577 --> 00:01:09,613 It's just like when they put the rats in the box 23 00:01:09,613 --> 00:01:12,215 and they go running around like they're (BLEEP) crazy. 24 00:01:12,215 --> 00:01:13,383 Hell, I'm not like that. 25 00:01:13,383 --> 00:01:15,685 I can walk around up here at my own pace, do what I want. 26 00:01:15,685 --> 00:01:17,487 Nobody can make me go faster than I want. 27 00:01:18,355 --> 00:01:19,923 Nobody can tell me what to do. 28 00:01:21,458 --> 00:01:23,493 NARRATOR: In the age of technology, 29 00:01:23,493 --> 00:01:26,696 the electrical grid is expanding, 30 00:01:26,696 --> 00:01:29,366 and the world is getting smaller. 31 00:01:29,866 --> 00:01:32,769 For some, finding peace of mind means 32 00:01:32,769 --> 00:01:35,939 hiding out where no one thinks to look. 33 00:01:37,741 --> 00:01:38,875 To escape, 34 00:01:38,875 --> 00:01:42,112 they redefine "off the grid." 35 00:01:58,895 --> 00:02:00,797 You know, I don't think you could ever have 36 00:02:00,797 --> 00:02:02,432 too many weapons. 37 00:02:03,066 --> 00:02:04,868 They help me sleep good at night. 38 00:02:04,868 --> 00:02:07,003 They help me feed myself. 39 00:02:07,003 --> 00:02:10,707 So that is a very favorite tool of mine. 40 00:02:12,275 --> 00:02:19,015 My gun there on the sawbuck is a .62 caliber flintlock. 41 00:02:21,117 --> 00:02:25,288 It's a smoothbore. My dad always had a 20 gauge, 42 00:02:26,056 --> 00:02:27,991 and now I got a 20 gauge. 43 00:02:27,991 --> 00:02:30,794 And I can put shot in here and shoot turkeys. 44 00:02:30,794 --> 00:02:35,432 I can put a round ball in here and shoot a bear. 45 00:02:35,765 --> 00:02:37,434 It's a good little gun for that. 46 00:02:38,535 --> 00:02:42,138 Keep you fed, that's the main thing. 47 00:02:42,138 --> 00:02:43,940 NARRATOR: For the past 10 years, 48 00:02:44,241 --> 00:02:47,010 Bear Claw has lived beyond the grid, 49 00:02:47,010 --> 00:02:49,913 in the Clearwater Mountains of Idaho, 50 00:02:49,913 --> 00:02:52,582 surviving almost entirely off the land. 51 00:02:53,483 --> 00:02:56,920 In this region, it's now black bear season, 52 00:02:56,920 --> 00:02:59,923 and Bear Claw relies on hunting to deliver 53 00:02:59,923 --> 00:03:02,392 the protein he needs. 54 00:03:02,392 --> 00:03:04,427 BEAR CLAW: I'm gonna head down to this creek. 55 00:03:04,694 --> 00:03:06,529 It's warming up a little bit and, uh, 56 00:03:06,529 --> 00:03:09,432 bears really like to come down here to the water. 57 00:03:11,735 --> 00:03:14,571 My hunting career started when I was a young fella 58 00:03:14,571 --> 00:03:19,009 shooting birds, and to me, it's not a day-to-day success. 59 00:03:19,009 --> 00:03:20,844 It's the whole time. 60 00:03:20,844 --> 00:03:23,980 And the more you hunt, the better you are. 61 00:03:23,980 --> 00:03:26,283 There's always something out there. 62 00:03:26,283 --> 00:03:29,019 You gotta have adventure, right? 63 00:03:40,997 --> 00:03:44,034 Bears really like the grubs. They get big and fat 64 00:03:44,034 --> 00:03:46,202 this time of year, and they're really hatching out 65 00:03:46,202 --> 00:03:50,006 and it makes good food for them 66 00:03:50,006 --> 00:03:52,742 because it's got good protein in it. 67 00:03:52,742 --> 00:03:55,812 And I'll be darned, look at that now. 68 00:03:55,812 --> 00:03:58,748 Got some fresh bear claws right here. 69 00:04:00,150 --> 00:04:02,819 When a bear comes up to a tree, 70 00:04:02,819 --> 00:04:06,022 especially a big ol' mother tree like this, 71 00:04:06,022 --> 00:04:08,158 this will show you the home territory. 72 00:04:08,158 --> 00:04:12,128 And what they want to do is, the younger ones down here, 73 00:04:12,128 --> 00:04:14,197 and you can even see the baby bears have been crawling, 74 00:04:14,197 --> 00:04:16,333 clawing like their mother has. 75 00:04:16,333 --> 00:04:20,403 This is to, uh, mark their territory, is what they're doing. 76 00:04:20,403 --> 00:04:23,073 And then this big ol' daddy comes by 77 00:04:23,073 --> 00:04:26,109 and he can reach way up there. 78 00:04:26,109 --> 00:04:29,646 Gives you an idea how tall that bear is. 79 00:04:29,646 --> 00:04:32,449 That's a good six, six and a half footer. 80 00:04:34,551 --> 00:04:37,120 There's even some way up there. 81 00:04:38,788 --> 00:04:40,523 That's a good sign of we're in the right place 82 00:04:40,523 --> 00:04:41,958 to find us a bear. 83 00:04:42,359 --> 00:04:44,895 Looks like we're getting closer to what we're looking for. 84 00:05:09,819 --> 00:05:12,055 NARRATOR: In the middle of Lake Michigan, 85 00:05:12,055 --> 00:05:14,524 18 miles from the mainland, 86 00:05:14,524 --> 00:05:18,361 lies a world outside the grid. 87 00:05:19,062 --> 00:05:22,265 {\an8}Titus, where you at, boy? 88 00:05:22,265 --> 00:05:26,436 {\an8}Come on, come on. (CLAPS) Come on, boy! 89 00:05:29,639 --> 00:05:31,575 Come on, Titus! 90 00:05:35,045 --> 00:05:36,613 Come on, the boat's leaving! Let's go! 91 00:05:42,485 --> 00:05:46,556 It's traditional that I always give him a baptism. 92 00:05:49,359 --> 00:05:52,596 He hates it, you hate it. 93 00:05:53,663 --> 00:05:55,031 Get in the boat. 94 00:05:56,199 --> 00:05:59,769 NARRATOR: Surrounded on all sides by the freshwater of Lake Michigan, 95 00:06:00,637 --> 00:06:04,241 Dan Burton's home is within the Beaver Island archipelago, 96 00:06:04,941 --> 00:06:06,710 a series of nine islands, 97 00:06:07,344 --> 00:06:10,547 several of which are completely uninhabited. 98 00:06:12,515 --> 00:06:14,584 To survive all the way out here, 99 00:06:14,584 --> 00:06:17,954 Dan must make due with limited supplies 100 00:06:17,954 --> 00:06:19,155 and whatever he can find. 101 00:06:20,390 --> 00:06:23,460 So, he often embarks on salvage missions 102 00:06:23,460 --> 00:06:26,196 in search of materials he can use. 103 00:06:27,797 --> 00:06:29,799 DAN BURTON: Back in the early days, you know, 104 00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:32,569 when there wasn't all the railroads and stuff, 105 00:06:32,569 --> 00:06:34,337 the waterways were the main route. 106 00:06:34,337 --> 00:06:37,507 So you had ships passing by here every day all the time. 107 00:06:37,507 --> 00:06:38,975 You know, there's treasure all over. 108 00:06:38,975 --> 00:06:41,411 You just gotta be out there and willing to look for it, 109 00:06:41,411 --> 00:06:43,446 willing to dive in and get it. 110 00:06:58,328 --> 00:07:00,864 One of the reasons we're out here today 111 00:07:00,864 --> 00:07:04,167 is we've had a lot of success. This has been a great spot. 112 00:07:08,104 --> 00:07:09,973 Keep our eyes open. 113 00:07:13,176 --> 00:07:14,244 {\an8}(PRODUCER SPEAKING) 114 00:07:17,013 --> 00:07:18,048 DAN: All right. 115 00:07:18,048 --> 00:07:21,251 Man, that does look like that's a potential, right there. 116 00:07:38,935 --> 00:07:40,704 {\an8}(PRODUCER SPEAKING) 117 00:07:41,338 --> 00:07:45,709 It looks like it is, uh, if I had to guess, 118 00:07:45,709 --> 00:07:49,079 an early, uh, early to mid, maybe '80s, 119 00:07:49,079 --> 00:07:50,513 snowmobile sitting down there. 120 00:07:50,513 --> 00:07:53,250 Either somebody had mechanical problems 121 00:07:53,250 --> 00:07:55,485 or it probably got bailed off on the ice and, uh, 122 00:07:55,485 --> 00:07:57,821 - nobody went back and got it. - (WHIMPERING) 123 00:07:57,821 --> 00:07:59,356 Hang on, Tity! 124 00:07:59,356 --> 00:08:01,491 Could always use a snowmobile. 125 00:08:01,825 --> 00:08:04,928 I say we grab it, finders' keepers, loser's weepers. 126 00:08:05,996 --> 00:08:07,831 NARRATOR: During winter months, 127 00:08:07,831 --> 00:08:10,233 Dan usually relies on snowshoes 128 00:08:10,233 --> 00:08:12,869 to walk across the ice to other islands. 129 00:08:12,869 --> 00:08:15,972 A snowmobile could afford him safer passage 130 00:08:15,972 --> 00:08:18,375 to find resources in the area. 131 00:08:18,375 --> 00:08:20,343 DAN: There's a good chance that snow machine will run. 132 00:08:21,077 --> 00:08:22,679 It's a different type of fishing. 133 00:08:22,679 --> 00:08:25,882 We'll pull, uh, we'll pull a snowmobile off the bottom. 134 00:09:02,419 --> 00:09:04,955 JOE RAY: Gets a little tight up here. 135 00:09:04,955 --> 00:09:06,656 I'll go ahead and give you a little room maybe. 136 00:09:06,656 --> 00:09:07,991 I don't know. 137 00:09:09,626 --> 00:09:11,928 We open up a little more right around here. 138 00:09:12,796 --> 00:09:15,131 NARRATOR: In a world below the grid, 139 00:09:15,131 --> 00:09:18,401 Joe Ray has spent the last two weeks underground. 140 00:09:18,868 --> 00:09:21,571 Today, he's headed for daylight. 141 00:09:22,339 --> 00:09:24,207 JOE: This next bend, we'll go to the left 142 00:09:24,207 --> 00:09:25,709 and we'll be there. 143 00:09:26,843 --> 00:09:29,179 This is another one of my exits here, 144 00:09:29,179 --> 00:09:30,714 and I have to go out. 145 00:09:30,714 --> 00:09:33,383 Not that I really like going out, but I have to come out, 146 00:09:34,517 --> 00:09:37,654 so we're on for a walk. 147 00:09:40,757 --> 00:09:44,761 Coming out of the cave really makes me sort of nervous. 148 00:09:44,761 --> 00:09:46,396 I don't feel safe out here. 149 00:09:46,396 --> 00:09:47,764 I mean, it's always dangerous. 150 00:09:47,764 --> 00:09:49,666 You never know what's gonna come. 151 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:53,236 Something falling on ya, something chasing ya. 152 00:09:54,404 --> 00:09:56,039 And once I get outside, 153 00:09:56,039 --> 00:09:58,041 anything can come from anywhere out here 154 00:09:58,041 --> 00:10:00,677 and you never can tell what's gonna happen. 155 00:10:01,845 --> 00:10:03,880 NARRATOR: Living below the grid, 156 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,316 Joe Ray rarely leaves his caves, 157 00:10:06,316 --> 00:10:09,886 only heading outside when absolutely necessary. 158 00:10:09,886 --> 00:10:11,988 JOE: We're gonna go down here. 159 00:10:11,988 --> 00:10:14,558 NARRATOR: This trip is a mission to find valuable 160 00:10:14,558 --> 00:10:18,361 materials he can sell, in hopes of purchasing 161 00:10:18,361 --> 00:10:20,597 ammunition for his rifles. 162 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,403 JOE: This is the shaft we'll be going down in right here. 163 00:10:26,403 --> 00:10:29,139 Looks like it's got shafts going off on both sides, 164 00:10:29,472 --> 00:10:31,975 and these shafts could actually go for miles. 165 00:10:32,542 --> 00:10:34,377 You know, I mean, there's no telling. 166 00:10:34,377 --> 00:10:36,279 There could be a goldmine down there, 167 00:10:36,279 --> 00:10:38,515 and there might not be (BLEEP) down there. 168 00:10:39,549 --> 00:10:41,685 NARRATOR: The region Joe calls home is 169 00:10:41,685 --> 00:10:44,921 the Ozark Mountains of north central Arkansas. 170 00:10:46,022 --> 00:10:49,526 This area became a hotbed of mining activity 171 00:10:49,526 --> 00:10:51,695 in the early 1900s. 172 00:10:53,330 --> 00:10:54,931 JOE: There's not very many people that like to go 173 00:10:54,931 --> 00:10:58,768 down in shafts, but that's the difference between me and them. 174 00:10:58,768 --> 00:11:01,438 Shaft, that's just a cave that goes straight down. 175 00:11:05,342 --> 00:11:08,111 Yeah, it's a ways down there. 176 00:11:08,111 --> 00:11:09,679 I almost wanna jump in, 177 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:11,615 but I know I probably couldn't make that. 178 00:11:16,219 --> 00:11:17,354 {\an8}(PRODUCER SPEAKING) 179 00:11:17,888 --> 00:11:20,056 JOE: Well, a lot of people might not think so, 180 00:11:20,056 --> 00:11:22,292 but, uh, you just have to look at everything, 181 00:11:22,292 --> 00:11:25,395 think of all the things that can happen and plan for them 182 00:11:25,395 --> 00:11:27,097 and then plan for what you're not even thinking of, 183 00:11:27,097 --> 00:11:29,833 because the first thing out here that will keep you alive 184 00:11:29,833 --> 00:11:32,302 before anything else is common sense. 185 00:11:32,302 --> 00:11:33,703 And if you don't have no common sense, 186 00:11:33,703 --> 00:11:35,906 you better keep your ass out of the woods. 187 00:11:42,812 --> 00:11:44,314 So, uh, let's go! 188 00:12:03,099 --> 00:12:05,168 (ROOSTER CROWS) 189 00:12:06,336 --> 00:12:08,438 JEANNY LEVERETT: Ah, chick, chick, chick. 190 00:12:08,438 --> 00:12:11,875 Ah, chick, chick, chick, chick. 191 00:12:14,978 --> 00:12:16,846 - You want some? - (CLUCKING) 192 00:12:19,082 --> 00:12:20,283 Pepper, no. 193 00:12:21,585 --> 00:12:24,054 Ah, chick, chick, chick. 194 00:12:24,054 --> 00:12:26,790 Chick, chick, chick. 195 00:12:29,926 --> 00:12:31,061 Hey! 196 00:12:31,895 --> 00:12:34,531 No, Lee! 197 00:12:36,333 --> 00:12:37,934 DOC LEVERETT: (BLEEP), (BLEEP)! 198 00:12:37,934 --> 00:12:39,703 JEANNY: Rooster! 199 00:12:39,703 --> 00:12:43,340 DOC: All right, oh. 200 00:12:43,773 --> 00:12:46,243 NARRATOR: In Onion Creek, Washington, 201 00:12:46,243 --> 00:12:49,846 Doc and Jeanny Leverett work every day to sustain 202 00:12:49,846 --> 00:12:52,449 their life above the grid. 203 00:12:52,449 --> 00:12:56,753 And some days, that means getting by on limited resources. 204 00:12:56,753 --> 00:12:58,255 I got two eggs. 205 00:12:58,255 --> 00:13:01,658 Yeah, she's working overtime. Maybe she heard we were in a food drought. 206 00:13:01,658 --> 00:13:03,293 Here. 207 00:13:06,496 --> 00:13:08,098 All right, you got one egg. 208 00:13:08,098 --> 00:13:09,199 JEANNY: Is it cracked? 209 00:13:09,199 --> 00:13:10,867 DOC: It's cracked, but it's still good. We can eat it. 210 00:13:10,867 --> 00:13:12,636 - All right, here. - I can go ahead and get it. 211 00:13:12,636 --> 00:13:14,738 DOC: I'm gonna get out of this junk, 212 00:13:14,738 --> 00:13:17,741 and then I'll, uh, see what I can come up with. 213 00:13:17,741 --> 00:13:20,010 Okay, we can eat the rooster. 214 00:13:20,010 --> 00:13:23,113 DOC: (LAUGHS) Yeah, he's already done his job anyway. 215 00:13:24,314 --> 00:13:27,284 NARRATOR: Out here, Doc and Jeanny Leverett 216 00:13:27,284 --> 00:13:30,654 live 25 feet above the ground, in the dense forests 217 00:13:30,654 --> 00:13:34,291 of eastern Washington near the Canadian border. 218 00:13:37,227 --> 00:13:38,361 In their tree house, 219 00:13:38,361 --> 00:13:41,631 they don't have enough power for refrigeration. 220 00:13:41,631 --> 00:13:43,733 So, one year ago, they bartered for 221 00:13:43,733 --> 00:13:46,169 a chicken and a rooster. 222 00:13:46,169 --> 00:13:49,573 Today, Doc's hoping another trade can provide 223 00:13:49,573 --> 00:13:52,676 the renewable food source they need. 224 00:13:53,476 --> 00:13:54,778 DOC: We've been wanting to get a goat, 225 00:13:54,778 --> 00:13:56,713 but, uh, out here on the creek, 226 00:13:56,713 --> 00:13:59,816 we're not dealing so much in money. 227 00:13:59,816 --> 00:14:02,152 We use a creeker currency, whatever you have on hand, 228 00:14:02,152 --> 00:14:03,887 and I prefer it. 229 00:14:03,887 --> 00:14:06,423 The thrill of the trade is much more satisfying to me 230 00:14:06,423 --> 00:14:09,693 than to hand over some money. 231 00:14:09,693 --> 00:14:12,529 We're coming up on my little nursery here. 232 00:14:12,529 --> 00:14:15,065 Every one of these saplings out here have value. 233 00:14:25,742 --> 00:14:26,743 Here's a good one. 234 00:14:26,743 --> 00:14:29,045 This one is a fir. That's what he says 235 00:14:29,045 --> 00:14:31,448 that he wants put up there, is fir. 236 00:14:31,448 --> 00:14:35,051 They're a quick growing plant, good tree. 237 00:14:39,456 --> 00:14:41,691 Just like finding money on the ground. 238 00:14:45,962 --> 00:14:48,632 So now I think we need to get three or four more. 239 00:14:49,132 --> 00:14:50,867 That ought to be worth a good trade. 240 00:14:53,470 --> 00:14:55,472 One step closer to a goat. 241 00:15:12,188 --> 00:15:13,223 MIKE WEID: Any luck over there? 242 00:15:13,223 --> 00:15:15,058 DAN: Nope, no snowmobile yet. 243 00:15:15,058 --> 00:15:16,893 Maybe a rock and a log. (SCOFFS) 244 00:15:18,161 --> 00:15:20,664 NARRATOR: 18 miles from the mainland, 245 00:15:20,664 --> 00:15:22,566 far outside the grid, 246 00:15:22,566 --> 00:15:26,202 Dan Burton is attempting to salvage a sunken snowmobile 247 00:15:26,202 --> 00:15:27,938 from the bottom of Lake Michigan. 248 00:15:27,938 --> 00:15:29,406 I'm sure it's here. 249 00:15:29,406 --> 00:15:31,374 I don't see anybody beating me to it. 250 00:15:31,374 --> 00:15:33,610 No, there aren't too many people 251 00:15:33,610 --> 00:15:35,712 going to salvage this thing. 252 00:15:35,712 --> 00:15:38,348 NARRATOR: To lift its 400-pound frame, 253 00:15:38,348 --> 00:15:43,119 he's recruited Mike Weid, a barge operator and master diver 254 00:15:43,553 --> 00:15:46,590 who's lived on the island for 13 years. 255 00:15:47,524 --> 00:15:48,725 DAN: What was that right there? 256 00:15:48,725 --> 00:15:50,260 MIKE: Where, over here? 257 00:15:50,260 --> 00:15:51,995 DAN: Yeah, right here, look at that. 258 00:15:53,230 --> 00:15:54,397 MIKE: Oh, I see blue. 259 00:15:54,397 --> 00:15:55,966 Yup, that's it, that's it. 260 00:15:55,966 --> 00:15:57,067 DAN: Yeah. 261 00:15:57,767 --> 00:15:59,436 MIKE: I'm on. 262 00:15:59,436 --> 00:16:00,870 Anchors aweigh. 263 00:16:02,205 --> 00:16:03,974 I'm gonna get my suit on. 264 00:16:15,752 --> 00:16:17,153 It'd be nice to skin dive this one, 265 00:16:17,153 --> 00:16:19,356 - but as cold as the water is... - MIKE: Yeah. 266 00:16:20,924 --> 00:16:22,025 DAN: I'll go down and check it out. 267 00:16:22,025 --> 00:16:24,127 Give it a little tug and see what the situation looks like. 268 00:16:57,694 --> 00:16:59,296 Looks like she's sitting pretty good at the bottom. 269 00:16:59,829 --> 00:17:01,965 - It's intact? - DAN: Looks intact. 270 00:17:01,965 --> 00:17:03,667 MIKE: Okay. DAN: She felt heavy. 271 00:17:03,667 --> 00:17:05,235 MIKE: That's fine, we got lift bags. 272 00:17:05,569 --> 00:17:08,939 NARRATOR: In order to extract the snowmobile from the lake bottom, 273 00:17:08,939 --> 00:17:12,108 Dan and Mike will utilize two lift barrels, 274 00:17:12,676 --> 00:17:14,311 filling each with compressed air. 275 00:17:23,787 --> 00:17:27,824 Their first step is tying off a thousand-pound test line 276 00:17:27,824 --> 00:17:30,894 to either end of the machine. 277 00:17:47,277 --> 00:17:48,311 MIKE: Well, it looks pretty good. 278 00:17:48,645 --> 00:17:50,480 Yeah, you see why I wanted to go get it? 279 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,749 MIKE: Yeah, let's sink both of those lift barrels. 280 00:17:52,749 --> 00:17:54,084 DAN: Okay. 281 00:17:54,084 --> 00:17:55,352 We'll put one at each end 282 00:17:55,352 --> 00:17:57,587 and we'll take a tank down and fill each one. 283 00:17:57,587 --> 00:17:59,189 That would raise it nice and gently. 284 00:17:59,189 --> 00:18:00,957 We gotta be careful when I'm coming up. 285 00:18:00,957 --> 00:18:02,292 We don't wanna get underneath it. 286 00:18:02,292 --> 00:18:03,927 Don't get anything hooked on it. 287 00:18:03,927 --> 00:18:06,963 DAN: Okay, all right, let's lift this baby up, man. 288 00:18:16,806 --> 00:18:19,876 (HOWLING) 289 00:18:20,844 --> 00:18:23,113 NARRATOR: In the Clearwater Mountains of Idaho, 290 00:18:23,113 --> 00:18:26,783 Bear Claw makes his home beyond the grid. 291 00:18:26,783 --> 00:18:30,387 His nearest neighbors are mostly ranchers and loggers, 292 00:18:30,387 --> 00:18:33,557 making their living off of the land. 293 00:18:33,557 --> 00:18:37,694 (HOWLING) 294 00:18:40,630 --> 00:18:43,266 BEAR CLAW: Hey, neighbor! CHRIS MORROW: What's up? 295 00:18:43,266 --> 00:18:44,834 BEAR CLAW: I was just up the mountain, 296 00:18:44,834 --> 00:18:46,636 and I saw some fresh bear sign. 297 00:18:46,636 --> 00:18:47,804 CHRIS: Up by your place? 298 00:18:47,804 --> 00:18:49,573 BEAR CLAW: Yeah, up by my place. 299 00:18:49,573 --> 00:18:53,510 You got time to grab a few dogs and maybe we can catch a bear? 300 00:18:54,945 --> 00:18:57,047 All right, let me get my stuff together. 301 00:19:08,725 --> 00:19:09,726 BEAR CLAW: Hey, bandit. 302 00:19:09,726 --> 00:19:10,860 Hey, buddy! 303 00:19:10,860 --> 00:19:12,662 CHRIS: Come on! 304 00:19:12,662 --> 00:19:13,897 (DOGS BARKING) 305 00:19:13,897 --> 00:19:15,532 BEAR CLAW: Let's go catch a bear. 306 00:19:16,700 --> 00:19:17,968 Come on, guys. 307 00:19:17,968 --> 00:19:20,503 Come on, guys, up here, up here. 308 00:19:22,439 --> 00:19:25,008 NARRATOR: Whenever Bear Claw and Chris hunt together, 309 00:19:25,675 --> 00:19:28,278 they split their bounty 50/50 310 00:19:28,278 --> 00:19:30,580 to ensure nothing goes to waste. 311 00:19:33,116 --> 00:19:37,187 Chris' hounds are trained to chase their prey into a tree 312 00:19:37,187 --> 00:19:40,523 when they find it, and in the dense forests of Idaho, 313 00:19:40,523 --> 00:19:42,726 it's nearly the only technique 314 00:19:43,026 --> 00:19:44,628 that provides a clear shot. 315 00:19:45,328 --> 00:19:47,264 BEAR CLAW: So when I came down this morning, 316 00:19:48,365 --> 00:19:50,700 - I saw some bear tracks up here. - CHRIS: Yeah. 317 00:19:50,700 --> 00:19:54,638 I figured we could maybe start up here and then draw. 318 00:19:54,638 --> 00:19:56,139 Okay. 319 00:20:01,378 --> 00:20:02,946 BEAR CLAW: Come on, get it going. 320 00:20:02,946 --> 00:20:04,447 Get it going. 321 00:20:07,717 --> 00:20:09,319 CHRIS: Been digging right here. 322 00:20:11,621 --> 00:20:13,456 BEAR CLAW: Squirrel don't pull a log open like that. 323 00:20:13,456 --> 00:20:14,958 CHRIS: It's pretty fresh. 324 00:20:15,492 --> 00:20:16,726 He's here somewhere. 325 00:20:16,726 --> 00:20:18,962 All right, let's go get him! 326 00:20:34,544 --> 00:20:36,213 Hey, wait a minute. 327 00:20:37,447 --> 00:20:38,615 They're on a hot track. 328 00:20:39,249 --> 00:20:40,684 CHRIS: Yeah, could be. 329 00:20:52,729 --> 00:20:54,197 - (WHIMPERING) - BEAR CLAW: It's okay. 330 00:20:56,066 --> 00:20:58,034 PRODUCER: Dogs are sniffing. 331 00:21:02,172 --> 00:21:06,076 (HOWLING) 332 00:21:06,676 --> 00:21:08,912 BEAR CLAW: Get 'em, boys. 333 00:21:08,912 --> 00:21:10,480 CHRIS: They're after it. 334 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:12,949 BEAR CLAW: Let's get up after them. 335 00:21:13,516 --> 00:21:14,784 {\an8}(SPEAKING) 336 00:21:48,351 --> 00:21:51,922 JOE: Well, it's time to take off and see how far these tunnels go. 337 00:21:52,355 --> 00:21:54,324 NARRATOR: 70 feet below the grid, 338 00:21:54,324 --> 00:21:58,428 Joe Ray has descended into an excelsior zinc mine, 339 00:21:58,428 --> 00:22:01,698 closed and abandoned in the mid-1900s. 340 00:22:01,698 --> 00:22:03,433 JOE: This shaft here is an old one. 341 00:22:03,433 --> 00:22:06,069 This is probably one of the largest zinc mines 342 00:22:06,069 --> 00:22:07,437 up here at one time. 343 00:22:07,804 --> 00:22:09,940 Let's go check it out and see what's happening. 344 00:22:23,153 --> 00:22:26,990 Well, here's some of the old drill bits from the days gone by. 345 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:31,294 {\an8}(JOE SPEAKING) 346 00:22:32,028 --> 00:22:34,764 Sort of a (BLEEP) there, it looks like. 347 00:22:36,266 --> 00:22:38,702 NARRATOR: Down here, Joe Ray is searching 348 00:22:38,702 --> 00:22:42,072 for valuable mineral ores he can sell, 349 00:22:42,072 --> 00:22:45,442 in hopes of buying rifle ammunition he needs. 350 00:22:46,042 --> 00:22:48,511 The most common mineral he extracts 351 00:22:48,511 --> 00:22:52,082 is a white globular formation called smithsonite, 352 00:22:52,082 --> 00:22:54,651 also known as turkey fat. 353 00:23:02,325 --> 00:23:03,660 JOE: Hmm, hold on a second. 354 00:23:03,660 --> 00:23:05,228 Look at this. 355 00:23:05,862 --> 00:23:07,831 This is probably a miner's pocket pistol. 356 00:23:08,565 --> 00:23:12,302 This is an old gun. It'd be like a .32 short or something. 357 00:23:12,302 --> 00:23:14,971 This could bring me another $100 or so. 358 00:23:15,906 --> 00:23:20,110 Let's go on a little further and, uh, keep going. 359 00:23:32,389 --> 00:23:34,057 {\an8}(MIKE SPEAKING) 360 00:23:36,126 --> 00:23:37,294 {\an8}(DAN SPEAKING) 361 00:23:37,294 --> 00:23:40,363 {\an8}(MIKE SPEAKING) 362 00:23:41,097 --> 00:23:44,334 NARRATOR: Outside the grid in Lake Michigan, 363 00:23:45,068 --> 00:23:47,737 Dan Burton and master diver Mike Weid 364 00:23:47,737 --> 00:23:51,107 are attempting to salvage a snowmobile from the lake bottom. 365 00:23:51,942 --> 00:23:55,545 This abandoned machine could prove vital to Dan's survival 366 00:23:55,545 --> 00:23:57,881 during the cold winter months ahead. 367 00:24:43,627 --> 00:24:44,694 MIKE: All right, man. 368 00:24:44,694 --> 00:24:46,029 You got your snowmobile, buddy. 369 00:24:46,029 --> 00:24:47,297 Woo-ey! 370 00:24:47,297 --> 00:24:49,499 Let's lift this thing up, Mike. 371 00:24:50,300 --> 00:24:52,402 This will be the perfect sled for the island. 372 00:24:52,402 --> 00:24:53,904 Twin cylinder. 373 00:24:54,371 --> 00:24:56,406 Looks like most of the parts are there. 374 00:24:56,740 --> 00:24:58,708 Look, it even got a windshield. 375 00:25:01,077 --> 00:25:02,145 MIKE: There we go. 376 00:25:02,145 --> 00:25:04,047 Easy, big girl. 377 00:25:04,047 --> 00:25:05,348 (MIKE LAUGHS) 378 00:25:05,348 --> 00:25:07,517 Look at that! 379 00:25:11,187 --> 00:25:12,923 (IMITATES MOTOR RUNNING) 380 00:25:13,423 --> 00:25:14,558 Yup, this is me. 381 00:25:14,558 --> 00:25:16,192 Give her a pull. 382 00:25:16,192 --> 00:25:17,327 I don't think it'll start. 383 00:25:17,327 --> 00:25:18,795 Cord is rotted off. 384 00:25:18,795 --> 00:25:21,398 Eh, I got all that at home, though. 385 00:25:21,398 --> 00:25:24,935 MIKE: A little wax, man, you're good to go. 386 00:25:24,935 --> 00:25:26,102 DAN: Thanks, Mike. 387 00:25:43,220 --> 00:25:45,589 DOC: Well, I'mma go see a man about a goat. 388 00:25:45,589 --> 00:25:48,258 NARRATOR: In Washington, Doc and Jeanny Leverett 389 00:25:48,258 --> 00:25:52,195 work every day to sustain their life above the grid. 390 00:25:52,195 --> 00:25:54,931 And today, that means bartering with their closest 391 00:25:54,931 --> 00:25:58,368 neighbor for the renewable food source they need. 392 00:25:58,368 --> 00:26:00,570 DOC: Dennis! 393 00:26:02,005 --> 00:26:03,306 I don't wanna get shot. 394 00:26:04,107 --> 00:26:05,342 Dennis! 395 00:26:05,342 --> 00:26:06,443 {\an8}(DENNIS NEWTSON SPEAKING) 396 00:26:06,443 --> 00:26:07,711 {\an8}DOC: Oh. 397 00:26:07,711 --> 00:26:08,845 {\an8}(DENNIS SPEAKING) 398 00:26:08,845 --> 00:26:10,647 {\an8}Hey, it's Doc! Don't shoot! 399 00:26:11,114 --> 00:26:12,649 {\an8}- (DENNIS SPEAKING) - (LAUGHS) 400 00:26:16,820 --> 00:26:18,121 DOC: Howdy! 401 00:26:18,121 --> 00:26:19,890 TINA NEWTSON: Hey, what's up? 402 00:26:19,890 --> 00:26:22,025 DOC: How are we doin'? DENNIS: Good. 403 00:26:22,025 --> 00:26:24,160 DOC: I come to talk to you. 404 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,529 - Sure, how you doin', Doc? - DOC: Good, good, good. 405 00:26:37,607 --> 00:26:38,875 I've got some saplings. 406 00:26:38,875 --> 00:26:40,977 Can I take a look at the goat 'cause I kinda wanna... 407 00:26:40,977 --> 00:26:42,913 Yeah, yeah, absolutely, so. 408 00:26:42,913 --> 00:26:44,281 TINA: Come on in! 409 00:26:44,281 --> 00:26:45,348 {\an8}DOC: Is this her? TINA: Yeah. 410 00:26:45,348 --> 00:26:47,484 {\an8}- (DENNIS SPEAKING) - TINA: This is Mag. 411 00:26:48,418 --> 00:26:49,586 DOC: Oh, hey, baby. 412 00:26:49,586 --> 00:26:51,187 TINA: She's a LaMancha boer. 413 00:26:51,555 --> 00:26:53,156 DOC: Yeah, how much do you get out of her a day? 414 00:26:53,523 --> 00:26:55,225 A little bit under a gallon. 415 00:26:55,225 --> 00:26:56,826 DOC: Oh, wow! 416 00:26:56,826 --> 00:26:58,261 Okay, well, here's what I got. 417 00:26:58,261 --> 00:27:00,897 {\an8}You said you wanna plant some new saplings, so. 418 00:27:00,897 --> 00:27:02,432 {\an8}- (DENNIS SPEAKING) - DOC: I've dug up some sapling. 419 00:27:07,337 --> 00:27:08,405 {\an8}(DENNIS SPEAKING) 420 00:27:12,709 --> 00:27:13,777 {\an8}Well, you got any... 421 00:27:13,777 --> 00:27:15,312 {\an8}You got anything that needs a fixing? 422 00:27:16,646 --> 00:27:18,748 {\an8}(DENNIS SPEAKING) 423 00:27:22,886 --> 00:27:23,954 {\an8}DOC: All right. 424 00:27:23,954 --> 00:27:25,488 Good, good. 425 00:27:27,157 --> 00:27:29,659 NARRATOR: When bartering, Doc often utilizes 426 00:27:29,659 --> 00:27:32,529 his abilities as an engineer and mechanic. 427 00:27:32,529 --> 00:27:36,132 For 16 years in the Navy, he learned to build engines 428 00:27:36,132 --> 00:27:40,303 and elevators on aircraft carriers and cruisers. 429 00:27:40,303 --> 00:27:44,374 This is a micro version of what I used to work on when I was in the military. 430 00:27:50,313 --> 00:27:55,151 Get a generator going, in any engine, there's just a few things you need. 431 00:27:55,151 --> 00:27:56,219 You need spark, 432 00:27:56,219 --> 00:27:58,188 so we're hoping that these spark plugs are good 433 00:27:58,188 --> 00:27:59,389 and then the coil is good. 434 00:28:00,257 --> 00:28:02,259 You need fuel. That's what our tank is for. 435 00:28:02,259 --> 00:28:04,027 And you gotta have rotation. 436 00:28:04,027 --> 00:28:07,097 And if you have all three of those in the right combination, 437 00:28:07,097 --> 00:28:08,965 you'll have a runnin' motor. 438 00:28:14,004 --> 00:28:16,539 I was kinda going in a bad direction as a young lad. 439 00:28:16,539 --> 00:28:19,910 Getting in lots of trouble, lots of police activity, 440 00:28:19,910 --> 00:28:23,513 and the Navy pulled me up and showed me the right directions. 441 00:28:23,513 --> 00:28:25,749 I would almost say it saved me. 442 00:28:25,749 --> 00:28:28,485 A lot of the lessons that I learned in the Navy 443 00:28:28,485 --> 00:28:29,819 are helping me out here. 444 00:28:29,819 --> 00:28:32,222 The concept of problem-solving 445 00:28:32,222 --> 00:28:35,025 and self-reliance and using what you have at hand, 446 00:28:35,025 --> 00:28:37,961 that's been one of the greatest tools I've had out here. 447 00:28:41,665 --> 00:28:42,732 We have the rotation. 448 00:28:48,838 --> 00:28:50,340 We lost our choke. 449 00:28:50,340 --> 00:28:53,209 That spring in there is not doing its job. 450 00:28:53,944 --> 00:28:56,112 Since the choke is not gonna cooperate, 451 00:28:56,112 --> 00:29:00,884 I'm gonna make a manual choke out of a piece of electrical tape. 452 00:29:02,485 --> 00:29:06,122 Hmm, make it stay there. 453 00:29:08,625 --> 00:29:10,160 (ENGINE STARTING) 454 00:29:11,127 --> 00:29:13,230 {\an8}(DOC SPEAKING) 455 00:29:19,436 --> 00:29:21,037 That's what Doc does. 456 00:29:21,037 --> 00:29:24,307 Oh, I take hunks of junks and make them sort of work. 457 00:29:47,931 --> 00:29:50,300 BEAR CLAW: Get after them, hound dogs. 458 00:29:50,300 --> 00:29:52,502 NARRATOR: In the Clearwater Mountains of Idaho, 459 00:29:52,502 --> 00:29:54,804 Bear Claw and Chris are closing in 460 00:29:54,804 --> 00:29:57,574 on a black bear sow in the area. 461 00:29:58,074 --> 00:30:00,143 BEAR CLAW: I can hear 'em up yonder barking. 462 00:30:00,844 --> 00:30:02,145 CHRIS: Yeah. 463 00:30:02,445 --> 00:30:06,116 NARRATOR: After following bear signs to this region of activity, 464 00:30:06,116 --> 00:30:08,752 they've released their hounds in an attempt 465 00:30:08,752 --> 00:30:10,353 to tree their prey. 466 00:30:10,353 --> 00:30:12,522 BEAR CLAW: Getting close to 'em now. 467 00:30:12,522 --> 00:30:14,157 (DOGS BARKING) 468 00:30:14,791 --> 00:30:17,327 Hey, bear is up there. 469 00:30:20,130 --> 00:30:21,197 {\an8}(BEAR CLAW SPEAKING) 470 00:30:21,197 --> 00:30:22,532 {\an8}CHRIS: Yeah. 471 00:30:22,532 --> 00:30:24,067 BEAR CLAW: Let's go get that thing. 472 00:30:26,870 --> 00:30:28,204 CHRIS: That ain't a bad bear. 473 00:30:28,204 --> 00:30:29,973 No, that ain't a bad bear. 474 00:30:30,407 --> 00:30:32,943 I think we got the angle we're looking for. 475 00:30:37,747 --> 00:30:40,817 He's just gotta lift his head up a little bit 476 00:30:40,817 --> 00:30:42,819 from that branch. 477 00:30:43,220 --> 00:30:44,955 There's a new piece. 478 00:30:48,124 --> 00:30:50,227 Lift it up a little more. 479 00:30:50,794 --> 00:30:52,862 We're gonna get some bear down here. 480 00:30:52,862 --> 00:30:54,297 (GUNSHOT) 481 00:31:04,374 --> 00:31:06,843 BEAR CLAW: Sorry to take your life, my brother. 482 00:31:08,011 --> 00:31:09,779 This is what mountain men do. 483 00:31:10,647 --> 00:31:12,916 Now comes the part of skinnin' him. 484 00:31:12,916 --> 00:31:14,885 NARRATOR: In the Clearwater Mountains, 485 00:31:14,885 --> 00:31:18,622 Bear Caw and Chris have taken a 200-pound black bear. 486 00:31:19,522 --> 00:31:21,091 After working together, 487 00:31:21,091 --> 00:31:23,927 they'll split the meat to ensure nothing goes to waste. 488 00:31:24,427 --> 00:31:27,097 BEAR CLAW: My dad was a butcher so I really enjoy this, 489 00:31:29,032 --> 00:31:35,171 skinning and cutting and fleshing and tanning. 490 00:31:39,843 --> 00:31:42,979 I learned a long time ago from my father that we use 491 00:31:42,979 --> 00:31:45,682 every bit of this meat. 492 00:31:45,682 --> 00:31:49,152 It's just right that we use the whole bear. 493 00:32:09,573 --> 00:32:11,341 DOC: Well, if you were a little bigger, 494 00:32:11,341 --> 00:32:14,144 I'd put a saddle on you. 495 00:32:14,144 --> 00:32:16,313 Make this trip a lot easier. 496 00:32:16,313 --> 00:32:17,781 NARRATOR: In Onion Creek, Washington, 497 00:32:17,781 --> 00:32:20,650 Doc Leverett has successfully bartered 498 00:32:20,650 --> 00:32:24,321 for a LaMancha bear goat, the kind of renewable food source 499 00:32:24,321 --> 00:32:27,724 he needs to sustain his life above the grid. 500 00:32:27,724 --> 00:32:29,092 DOC: Jeanny! 501 00:32:29,092 --> 00:32:30,293 JEANNY: Yeah! 502 00:32:30,293 --> 00:32:32,295 DOC: We got us a goat. 503 00:32:32,295 --> 00:32:33,730 JEANNY: Oh, look at her. 504 00:32:33,730 --> 00:32:35,131 (BLEATING) 505 00:32:35,498 --> 00:32:37,167 - What was her name? - DOC: Maddie. 506 00:32:37,167 --> 00:32:39,269 JEANNY: Maddie. We can take her for a test spin, I guess. 507 00:32:39,269 --> 00:32:40,737 DOC: Okay, come on, Maddie. 508 00:32:40,737 --> 00:32:41,938 Maddie, Maddie. 509 00:32:53,817 --> 00:32:56,152 JEANNY: You got her? DOC: Yeah, I got her. 510 00:32:56,152 --> 00:32:57,454 JEANNY: If she kicks me, I'm gonna kick you back. 511 00:32:57,988 --> 00:32:59,189 DOC: Easy there, Maddie. 512 00:32:59,890 --> 00:33:01,458 JEANNY: This is gonna take a little bit of practice. 513 00:33:01,458 --> 00:33:03,760 DOC: Okay, there's a joke here, 514 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:05,462 but I think I'm gonna leave it alone, okay? 515 00:33:05,462 --> 00:33:07,163 (BOTH LAUGH) 516 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:11,601 JEANNY: Hey, there we go. 517 00:33:11,601 --> 00:33:13,837 DOC: That was a good one, good girl. 518 00:33:14,971 --> 00:33:16,039 Hey, come on! 519 00:33:16,039 --> 00:33:17,941 You're gonna need some of this. 520 00:33:18,441 --> 00:33:20,577 JEANNY: I'm not gonna be able to get much more out of her, I don't think. 521 00:33:21,478 --> 00:33:23,013 DOC: I got somethin' that I didn't have to pay for 522 00:33:23,013 --> 00:33:24,814 'cause Mother Nature provided for me, 523 00:33:24,814 --> 00:33:26,850 and then I picked up the change 524 00:33:26,850 --> 00:33:29,819 with what I had in my head. It don't get any better than that. 525 00:33:29,819 --> 00:33:32,956 If every deal I made went that way, life would be grand. 526 00:33:32,956 --> 00:33:34,591 Try it. 527 00:33:38,495 --> 00:33:40,196 It is pretty good. 528 00:33:40,497 --> 00:33:41,831 DOC: Oh, that's good stuff. 529 00:33:41,831 --> 00:33:43,967 - JEANNY: Yeah. - We got a milk-producing lawn mower. 530 00:33:43,967 --> 00:33:46,403 (LAUGHS) Yup, rock on. 531 00:34:18,902 --> 00:34:20,537 JOE: It's like huntin'. 532 00:34:20,537 --> 00:34:23,206 Huntin' animals, huntin' something to sell 533 00:34:23,206 --> 00:34:25,008 as you watch and look and, you know, 534 00:34:25,008 --> 00:34:28,211 more grounds you cover the better off you are. 535 00:34:28,211 --> 00:34:29,913 NARRATOR: In northern Arkansas, 536 00:34:29,913 --> 00:34:34,084 in an abandoned mine shaft 70 feet below the grid, 537 00:34:34,084 --> 00:34:36,786 Joe Ray is searching for a valuable mineral 538 00:34:36,786 --> 00:34:41,691 known as turkey fat, one he can sell to buy rifle ammunition. 539 00:34:47,364 --> 00:34:49,199 Well, this is just all falling apart. 540 00:34:49,199 --> 00:34:51,434 I thought that was gonna be a good place. 541 00:34:52,202 --> 00:34:54,638 Ah, nothin' there either. 542 00:35:07,717 --> 00:35:10,353 This is a nice little piece here. 543 00:35:10,353 --> 00:35:13,623 There's a vein of little quartz that runs right in this. 544 00:35:16,192 --> 00:35:17,661 It's real small. 545 00:35:34,511 --> 00:35:38,348 Well, maybe I got somethin' right, oh, yeah! Hang on. 546 00:35:39,549 --> 00:35:41,284 {\an8}(SPEAKING) 547 00:35:41,718 --> 00:35:42,953 Oh, hell. 548 00:35:44,688 --> 00:35:46,957 This is just fantastic. 549 00:35:50,227 --> 00:35:52,896 This is a pretty good-sized piece of turkey fat. 550 00:35:53,330 --> 00:35:56,566 The nodules are what makes them the value. 551 00:35:56,566 --> 00:35:59,236 When you've got these, that's got all these baby nodules, 552 00:35:59,236 --> 00:36:00,670 and the big nodules, 553 00:36:00,670 --> 00:36:03,473 that's, uh, what the collectors go crazy for. 554 00:36:03,473 --> 00:36:05,642 They go gaga for that (BLEEP). 555 00:36:05,642 --> 00:36:08,111 I've seen small pieces of it go for, like, 80 or 90 bucks, 556 00:36:08,111 --> 00:36:10,914 and this is probably three or four times bigger 557 00:36:10,914 --> 00:36:12,182 than any that I've seen. 558 00:36:13,350 --> 00:36:15,151 I'm gonna take this piece of turkey fat 559 00:36:15,151 --> 00:36:19,089 and these other little pieces of crystal I got here and, uh, 560 00:36:19,856 --> 00:36:21,458 I'm gonna head on out and take them 561 00:36:21,458 --> 00:36:23,159 over to my mineral buyer later this afternoon 562 00:36:23,159 --> 00:36:24,561 and barter for whatever I need. 563 00:36:25,929 --> 00:36:27,163 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 564 00:36:30,233 --> 00:36:31,668 Well, it's rainin'. 565 00:36:31,668 --> 00:36:34,137 This is gonna be super slick getting outta here, fellas. 566 00:36:34,137 --> 00:36:36,606 So, y'all probably gonna need to put the cameras away 567 00:36:36,606 --> 00:36:38,508 to make this a lot safer for everybody. 568 00:36:38,508 --> 00:36:42,045 So, it's time to get on up and let's get out of here. 569 00:36:51,321 --> 00:36:53,323 DAN: With the snow we get and the rough terrain 570 00:36:53,323 --> 00:36:55,125 and the non-groomed trails, 571 00:36:55,125 --> 00:36:57,761 it's important to have a proper snow machine. 572 00:36:58,261 --> 00:37:02,032 NARRATOR: Far outside the grid, on Beaver Island, 573 00:37:02,499 --> 00:37:06,636 Dan Burton is attempting to repair his newfound snowmobile, 574 00:37:06,636 --> 00:37:10,240 after a successful salvage mission on Lake Michigan. 575 00:37:10,240 --> 00:37:11,775 DAN: The sled was in pretty good shape. 576 00:37:12,242 --> 00:37:14,644 That's one thing we have as advantage of is, you know, 577 00:37:14,644 --> 00:37:17,480 it's all fresh water so we don't corrode as fast. 578 00:37:18,281 --> 00:37:20,717 Kinda got the carburetors temporarily wired on until 579 00:37:20,717 --> 00:37:22,786 I get the air breather and everything else in it. 580 00:37:35,131 --> 00:37:37,067 (WHIRRING) 581 00:37:45,775 --> 00:37:47,744 So, we're still sucking air in this carburetor, 582 00:37:47,744 --> 00:37:50,780 we're gonna just to try to tighten it up a little bit temporarily. 583 00:37:51,781 --> 00:37:54,985 A sled like this that was running would be at least $500. 584 00:37:55,352 --> 00:37:58,221 You know, it was just sweat equity. 585 00:37:58,221 --> 00:38:01,157 You find it, you fix it, and hopefully you don't 586 00:38:01,157 --> 00:38:02,659 have to put too much money into it. 587 00:38:03,059 --> 00:38:04,861 That's what we do on Beaver Island. 588 00:38:04,861 --> 00:38:06,696 That's what life is all about, 589 00:38:06,696 --> 00:38:09,366 is looking at what you've done at the end of the day. 590 00:38:20,610 --> 00:38:24,548 Come on, girl, come on. 591 00:38:43,833 --> 00:38:44,868 Woo! 592 00:38:45,869 --> 00:38:47,203 {\an8}(DAN SPEAKING) 593 00:38:50,407 --> 00:38:52,542 Leave it there until winter. (CHUCKLES) 594 00:39:14,297 --> 00:39:16,132 JOE: Hell, I've done come over here fixing to go up 595 00:39:16,132 --> 00:39:18,301 and see my friend Bee, see if I can, uh, 596 00:39:18,301 --> 00:39:21,504 sell all the minerals and stuff I've got here. 597 00:39:22,372 --> 00:39:24,140 NARRATOR: In the Ozark Mountains, 598 00:39:24,140 --> 00:39:27,177 Joe Ray has emerged from below the grid, 599 00:39:27,177 --> 00:39:29,679 after discovering valuable minerals 600 00:39:29,679 --> 00:39:32,249 in an abandoned mine shaft. 601 00:39:32,249 --> 00:39:34,618 Now, he'll attempt to sell them 602 00:39:34,618 --> 00:39:38,121 and earn the money he needs to buy rifle ammunition. 603 00:39:40,357 --> 00:39:42,826 JOE: Hello, Bee, how's it goin'? 604 00:39:42,826 --> 00:39:45,228 BEE DELOZIER: Long time no see, Joe. 605 00:39:45,228 --> 00:39:47,664 JOE: Yeah, it's a long ways over the hill. 606 00:40:01,478 --> 00:40:03,513 BEE: When you coming back to society? 607 00:40:03,513 --> 00:40:06,416 I've got my own society up in the woods. 608 00:40:06,416 --> 00:40:08,151 They don't bother me there as much. 609 00:40:08,151 --> 00:40:09,719 I don't have to put up with people. 610 00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:11,354 That's the way I love it. 611 00:40:11,354 --> 00:40:13,123 Goin' underground, I don't have to put up with anybody. 612 00:40:13,123 --> 00:40:15,725 - BEE: Yeah, I don't know. - It's a whole new world down there. 613 00:40:15,725 --> 00:40:18,895 I found a small crystal vein when I was down in the tunnel. 614 00:40:23,934 --> 00:40:25,468 BEE: Smithsonite. 615 00:40:28,038 --> 00:40:30,273 This is definitely worth a little bit of cash. 616 00:40:30,273 --> 00:40:33,944 So, I mean, I'm looking at maybe, I don't know, 150 bucks? 617 00:40:34,945 --> 00:40:36,179 You go 200? 618 00:40:37,414 --> 00:40:39,282 BEE: Ah, 175? 619 00:40:39,282 --> 00:40:40,450 Okay. 620 00:40:40,450 --> 00:40:43,053 BEE: 175 sounds like a good deal. 621 00:40:43,653 --> 00:40:45,288 How about 180? 622 00:40:45,288 --> 00:40:46,690 JOE: Hey, that'll work great. 623 00:40:46,690 --> 00:40:48,425 This way you don't have to owe me any change. 624 00:40:48,425 --> 00:40:49,793 (BEE LAUGHS) 625 00:40:49,793 --> 00:40:51,561 You be careful going back over the hill, you hear? 626 00:40:51,661 --> 00:40:52,862 Gimme a hug before I go. 627 00:40:52,862 --> 00:40:54,798 - BEE: Yeah... (INDISTINCT) - Might be a while. 628 00:40:56,233 --> 00:40:57,734 NARRATOR: With the sale complete, 629 00:40:57,734 --> 00:41:00,904 Joe has enough money to buy the ammunition he needs 630 00:41:00,904 --> 00:41:02,572 for the month to come. 631 00:41:03,673 --> 00:41:06,109 And though supply runs like this 632 00:41:06,109 --> 00:41:08,511 require him to leave the caves, 633 00:41:08,511 --> 00:41:11,047 as soon as his business is done, 634 00:41:11,047 --> 00:41:13,917 he quickly recedes back below the grid. 635 00:41:15,485 --> 00:41:17,387 JOE: Finding stuff is great 'cause, I mean, 636 00:41:17,387 --> 00:41:19,956 that's what I live off of and that's what supports me. 637 00:41:19,956 --> 00:41:22,559 I mean, it's not like going to an 8:00 to 5:00 job, 638 00:41:22,559 --> 00:41:24,361 sitting in a cubicle and looking out the window going, 639 00:41:24,361 --> 00:41:25,695 "Ah, what am I doing here?" 640 00:41:25,695 --> 00:41:27,664 And I don't miss none of that at all. 641 00:41:27,664 --> 00:41:30,033 But I can always go out, dig, 642 00:41:30,033 --> 00:41:32,535 and, uh, find something I can sell and make money with 643 00:41:32,535 --> 00:41:35,305 'cause that's what you gotta do up here to survive. 644 00:41:55,258 --> 00:41:58,261 BEAR CLAW: Me and the dogs are gonna eat good tonight. 645 00:41:59,095 --> 00:42:01,765 NARRATOR: On the ridgelines of the Clearwater Mountains, 646 00:42:01,765 --> 00:42:05,268 beyond the grid, Bear Claw returns to camp, 647 00:42:05,268 --> 00:42:07,170 after a 10-hour hunt. 648 00:42:08,772 --> 00:42:11,374 BEAR CLAW: Bear meat's kinda strong, 649 00:42:12,709 --> 00:42:14,778 hell, you eat bear at night, you wake up with howling 650 00:42:14,778 --> 00:42:16,713 in the morning, so. 651 00:42:18,982 --> 00:42:21,384 You know, I learned when I was a kid, 652 00:42:21,384 --> 00:42:24,254 my mom always said the squeal was the only part 653 00:42:24,254 --> 00:42:26,556 of the hog that got away. 654 00:42:27,257 --> 00:42:30,160 Use everything you can. 655 00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:32,362 We certainly don't wanna be wasteful. 656 00:42:32,896 --> 00:42:36,800 Lucky enough, I was raised by good folks. 657 00:42:50,113 --> 00:42:52,415 It's ready. I can hardly wait. 658 00:42:57,053 --> 00:42:59,289 Mmm, man, oh, man. 659 00:43:00,290 --> 00:43:02,826 The best meat in the whole wide world tonight. 660 00:43:07,430 --> 00:43:09,432 NARRATOR: Hiding from civilization, 661 00:43:09,432 --> 00:43:13,670 far beyond the grid, even a solitary man 662 00:43:13,670 --> 00:43:16,106 can't get by on his own all the time. 663 00:43:16,106 --> 00:43:20,143 BEAR CLAW: I'm so fortunate to live here with all these fine neighbors. 664 00:43:20,143 --> 00:43:23,113 When I get hungry and want some meat, 665 00:43:23,113 --> 00:43:25,382 I go over and ask 'em to hunt. 666 00:43:25,382 --> 00:43:29,252 It really helps in a real serious way. 667 00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:34,591 NARRATOR: On the edge of the world, pride isn't an option. 668 00:43:34,591 --> 00:43:37,193 You give us some milk, we'll give you some goodies. 669 00:43:37,193 --> 00:43:40,263 That sounds like a fair trade, don't you think? Huh? 670 00:43:41,831 --> 00:43:44,701 {\an8}NARRATOR: And relying on a few trusted allies 671 00:43:44,701 --> 00:43:46,970 {\an8}can be the only way to endure. 672 00:43:46,970 --> 00:43:48,772 {\an8}JOE: Today was a good success. 673 00:43:48,772 --> 00:43:51,641 {\an8}You never have too much ammunition out here, trust me. 674 00:43:54,578 --> 00:43:56,446 {\an8}NARRATOR: For those who choose this life, 675 00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:59,649 {\an8}a little help can go a long way. 676 00:44:00,183 --> 00:44:02,352 {\an8}DAN: Living in an isolated area where you only have 677 00:44:02,352 --> 00:44:05,055 {\an8}a handful of neighbors, you have to work together. 678 00:44:05,055 --> 00:44:07,724 {\an8}Even in the toughest of times, you gotta band together. 679 00:44:07,724 --> 00:44:10,126 {\an8}I mean, that's what it takes to survive.