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You know, people always
talk about the American dream.
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Well, what is the American dream?
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Who's to say what, what
your dream should be, you know?
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I mean, my dream is
different than everybody's.
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Because I don't really care
for material items anymore.
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That's about ruled out with me.
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I don't have a vehicle, drives on foot
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or I call somebody to come get me.
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And, you know, so, uh,
you know, it's, uh...
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This is my dream.
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This is the way, you know, like I say,
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this is the (BLEEP) lifestyle
of the rich and famous.
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Because I am rich in my own way,
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richer than anybody because
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I don't have anybody to answer to.
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I have everything I want to eat,
everything I wanna do.
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I can amuse myself up here
in so many ways.
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It's, uh, you know, ridiculous.
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But, uh, you know,
and people that live down below,
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flatlanders, yeah,
it's just like watching a rat race.
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It's just like when
they put the rats in the box
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and they go running around
like they're (BLEEP) crazy.
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Hell, I'm not like that.
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I can walk around up here
at my own pace, do what I want.
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Nobody can make me go faster than I want.
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Nobody can tell me what to do.
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NARRATOR: In the age of technology,
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the electrical grid is expanding,
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and the world is getting smaller.
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For some, finding peace of mind means
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hiding out where no one thinks to look.
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To escape,
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they redefine "off the grid."
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You know, I don't
think you could ever have
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too many weapons.
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They help me sleep good at night.
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They help me feed myself.
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So that is a very favorite tool of mine.
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My gun there on the sawbuck
is a .62 caliber flintlock.
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It's a smoothbore. My dad
always had a 20 gauge,
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and now I got a 20 gauge.
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And I can put shot in here
and shoot turkeys.
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I can put a round ball in here
and shoot a bear.
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It's a good little gun for that.
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Keep you fed, that's the main thing.
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NARRATOR: For the past 10 years,
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Bear Claw has lived beyond the grid,
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in the Clearwater Mountains of Idaho,
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surviving almost entirely off the land.
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In this region,
it's now black bear season,
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and Bear Claw relies on hunting to deliver
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the protein he needs.
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BEAR CLAW: I'm gonna
head down to this creek.
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It's warming up a little bit and, uh,
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bears really like to come
down here to the water.
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My hunting career started
when I was a young fella
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shooting birds, and to me,
it's not a day-to-day success.
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It's the whole time.
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And the more you hunt, the better you are.
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There's always something out there.
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You gotta have adventure, right?
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Bears really like the grubs.
They get big and fat
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this time of year,
and they're really hatching out
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and it makes good food for them
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because it's got good protein in it.
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And I'll be darned, look at that now.
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Got some fresh bear claws right here.
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When a bear comes up to a tree,
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especially a big ol'
mother tree like this,
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this will show you the home territory.
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And what they want to do is,
the younger ones down here,
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and you can even see
the baby bears have been crawling,
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clawing like their mother has.
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This is to, uh, mark their territory,
is what they're doing.
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And then this big ol' daddy comes by
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and he can reach way up there.
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Gives you an idea how tall that bear is.
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That's a good six, six and a half footer.
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There's even some way up there.
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That's a good sign
of we're in the right place
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to find us a bear.
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Looks like we're getting closer
to what we're looking for.
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NARRATOR: In the middle of Lake Michigan,
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18 miles from the mainland,
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lies a world outside the grid.
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{\an8}Titus, where you at, boy?
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{\an8}Come on, come on. (CLAPS) Come on, boy!
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Come on, Titus!
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Come on, the boat's leaving! Let's go!
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It's traditional
that I always give him a baptism.
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He hates it, you hate it.
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Get in the boat.
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NARRATOR: Surrounded on all sides
by the freshwater of Lake Michigan,
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Dan Burton's home is 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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To survive all the way out here,
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Dan must make due with limited supplies
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and whatever he can find.
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So, he often embarks on salvage missions
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in search of materials he can use.
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DAN BURTON:
Back in the early days, you know,
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when there wasn't
all the railroads and stuff,
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the waterways were the main route.
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So you had ships passing by here
every day all the time.
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You know, there's treasure all over.
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You just gotta be out there
and willing to look for it,
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willing to dive in and get it.
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One of the reasons we're out here today
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is we've had a lot of success.
This has been a great spot.
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Keep our eyes open.
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DAN: All right.
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Man, that does look like
that's a potential, right there.
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It looks like it is, uh,
if I had to guess,
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an early, uh, early to mid, maybe '80s,
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snowmobile sitting down there.
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Either somebody had mechanical problems
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or it probably got bailed
off on the ice and, uh,
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- nobody went back and got it.
- (WHIMPERING)
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Hang on, Tity!
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Could always use a snowmobile.
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I say we grab it,
finders' keepers, loser's weepers.
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NARRATOR: During winter months,
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Dan usually relies on snowshoes
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to walk across the ice to other islands.
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A snowmobile could
afford him safer passage
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to find resources in the area.
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DAN: There's a good chance
that snow machine will run.
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It's a different type of fishing.
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We'll pull, uh, we'll pull
a snowmobile off the bottom.
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JOE RAY: Gets a little tight up here.
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I'll go ahead and give
you a little room maybe.
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I don't know.
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We open up a little more
right around here.
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NARRATOR: In a world below the grid,
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Joe Ray has spent the last
two weeks underground.
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Today, he's headed for daylight.
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JOE: This next bend, we'll go to the left
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and we'll be there.
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This is another one of my exits here,
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and I have to go out.
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Not that I really like going out,
but I have to come out,
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so we're on for a walk.
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Coming out of the cave really
makes me sort of nervous.
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I don't feel safe out here.
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I mean, it's always dangerous.
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You never know what's gonna come.
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Something falling on ya,
something chasing ya.
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And once I get outside,
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anything can come from anywhere out here
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and you never can tell
what's gonna happen.
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NARRATOR: Living below the grid,
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Joe Ray rarely leaves his caves,
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only heading outside
when absolutely necessary.
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JOE: We're gonna go down here.
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NARRATOR: This trip is
a mission to find valuable
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materials he can sell,
in hopes of purchasing
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ammunition for his rifles.
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JOE: This is the shaft
we'll be going down in right here.
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Looks like it's got shafts
going off on both sides,
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and these shafts could
actually go for miles.
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You know, I mean, there's no telling.
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There could be a goldmine down there,
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and there might not be (BLEEP) down there.
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NARRATOR: The region Joe calls home is
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the Ozark Mountains
of north central Arkansas.
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This area became
a hotbed of mining activity
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in the early 1900s.
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JOE: There's not very
many people that like to go
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down in shafts, but that's the difference
between me and them.
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Shaft, that's just a cave
that goes straight down.
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Yeah, it's a ways down there.
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I almost wanna jump in,
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but I know I probably couldn't make that.
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JOE: Well, a lot of people
might not think so,
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but, uh, you just have
to look at everything,
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think of all the things that
can happen and plan for them
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and then plan for what
you're not even thinking of,
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because the first thing out here
that will keep you alive
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before anything else is common sense.
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And if you don't have no common sense,
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you better keep your ass out of the woods.
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So, uh, let's go!
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(ROOSTER CROWS)
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JEANNY LEVERETT: Ah, chick, chick, chick.
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Ah, chick, chick, chick, chick.
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- You want some?
- (CLUCKING)
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Pepper, no.
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Ah, chick, chick, chick.
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Chick, chick, chick.
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Hey!
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No, Lee!
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DOC LEVERETT: (BLEEP), (BLEEP)!
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JEANNY: Rooster!
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DOC: All right, oh.
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NARRATOR: In Onion Creek, Washington,
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Doc and Jeanny Leverett
work every day to sustain
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their life above the grid.
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And some days, that means
getting by on limited resources.
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I got two eggs.
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Yeah, she's working overtime.
Maybe she heard we were in a food drought.
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Here.
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All right, you got one egg.
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JEANNY: Is it cracked?
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DOC: It's cracked,
but it's still good. We can eat it.
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- All right, here.
- I can go ahead and get it.
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DOC: I'm gonna get out of this junk,
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and then I'll, uh,
see what I can come up with.
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Okay, we can eat the rooster.
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DOC: (LAUGHS) Yeah, he's
already done his job anyway.
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NARRATOR: Out here,
Doc and Jeanny Leverett
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live 25 feet above the ground,
in the dense forests
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of eastern Washington
near the Canadian border.
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In their tree house,
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they don't have enough
power for refrigeration.
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So, one year ago, they bartered for
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a chicken and a rooster.
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Today, Doc's hoping
another trade can provide
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the renewable food source they need.
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DOC: We've been wanting to get a goat,
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but, uh, out here on the creek,
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we're not dealing so much in money.
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We use a creeker currency,
whatever you have on hand,
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and I prefer it.
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The thrill of the trade
is much more satisfying to me
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than to hand over some money.
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We're coming up on my little nursery here.
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Every one of these saplings
out here have value.
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Here's a good one.
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This one is a fir. That's what he says
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that he wants put up there, is fir.
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They're a quick growing plant, good tree.
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Just like finding money on the ground.
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So now I think we need
to get three or four more.
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That ought to be worth a good trade.
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One step closer to a goat.
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MIKE WEID: Any luck over there?
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DAN: Nope, no snowmobile yet.
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Maybe a rock and a log. (SCOFFS)
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NARRATOR: 18 miles from the mainland,
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far outside the grid,
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Dan Burton is attempting
to salvage a sunken snowmobile
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from the bottom of Lake Michigan.
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I'm sure it's here.
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I don't see anybody beating me to it.
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No, there aren't too many people
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going to salvage this thing.
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NARRATOR: To lift its 400-pound frame,
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he's recruited Mike Weid,
a barge operator and master diver
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who's lived on the island for 13 years.
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DAN: What was that right there?
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MIKE: Where, over here?
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DAN: Yeah, right here, look at that.
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MIKE: Oh, I see blue.
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Yup, that's it, that's it.
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DAN: Yeah.
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MIKE: I'm on.
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Anchors aweigh.
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I'm gonna get my suit on.
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It'd be nice to skin dive this one,
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- but as cold as the water is...
- MIKE: Yeah.
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DAN: I'll go down and check it out.
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Give it a little tug and see
what the situation looks like.
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Looks like she's sitting
pretty good at the bottom.
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- It's intact?
- DAN: Looks intact.
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MIKE: Okay.
DAN: She felt heavy.
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MIKE: That's fine, we got lift bags.
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NARRATOR: In order to extract
the snowmobile from the lake bottom,
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Dan and Mike
will utilize two lift barrels,
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filling each with compressed air.
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Their first step is
tying off a thousand-pound test line
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to either end of the machine.
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MIKE: Well, it looks pretty good.
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Yeah, you see why I wanted to go get it?
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MIKE: Yeah, let's sink
both of those lift barrels.
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DAN: Okay.
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We'll put one at each end
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and we'll take a tank down
and fill each one.
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That would raise it nice and gently.
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We gotta be careful when I'm coming up.
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We don't wanna get underneath it.
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Don't get anything hooked on it.
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DAN: Okay, all right,
let's lift this baby up, man.
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(HOWLING)
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NARRATOR: In the Clearwater
Mountains of Idaho,
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Bear Claw makes his home beyond the grid.
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His nearest neighbors are
mostly ranchers and loggers,
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making their living off of the land.
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(HOWLING)
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BEAR CLAW: Hey, neighbor!
CHRIS MORROW: What's up?
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BEAR CLAW: I was just up the mountain,
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and I saw some fresh bear sign.
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CHRIS: Up by your place?
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BEAR CLAW: Yeah, up by my place.
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You got time to grab a few dogs
and maybe we can catch a bear?
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All right, let me get my stuff together.
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BEAR CLAW: Hey, bandit.
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Hey, buddy!
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CHRIS: Come on!
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(DOGS BARKING)
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BEAR CLAW: Let's go catch a bear.
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Come on, guys.
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Come on, guys, up here, up here.
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NARRATOR: Whenever Bear Claw
and Chris hunt together,
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they split their bounty 50/50
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to ensure nothing goes to waste.
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Chris' hounds are trained
to chase their prey into a tree
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when they find it, and in
the dense forests of Idaho,
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it's nearly the only technique
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that provides a clear shot.
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BEAR CLAW: So when
I came down this morning,
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- I saw some bear tracks up here.
- CHRIS: Yeah.
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I figured we could maybe
start up here and then draw.
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Okay.
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BEAR CLAW: Come on, get it going.
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Get it going.
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CHRIS: Been digging right here.
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BEAR CLAW: Squirrel don't
pull a log open like that.
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CHRIS: It's pretty fresh.
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He's here somewhere.
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All right, let's go get him!
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Hey, wait a minute.
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They're on a hot track.
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CHRIS: Yeah, could be.
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- (WHIMPERING)
- BEAR CLAW: It's okay.
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PRODUCER: Dogs are sniffing.
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(HOWLING)
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BEAR CLAW: Get 'em, boys.
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CHRIS: They're after it.
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BEAR CLAW: Let's get up after them.
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{\an8}(SPEAKING)
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JOE: Well, it's time to take off
and see how far these tunnels go.
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NARRATOR: 70 feet below the grid,
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Joe Ray has descended into
an excelsior zinc mine,
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closed and abandoned in the mid-1900s.
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JOE: This shaft here is an old one.
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This is probably one
of the largest zinc mines
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up here at one time.
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Let's go check it out
and see what's happening.
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Well, here's some of the old drill bits
from the days gone by.
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{\an8}(JOE SPEAKING)
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Sort of a (BLEEP) there, it looks like.
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NARRATOR: Down here, Joe Ray is searching
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for valuable mineral ores he can sell,
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in hopes of buying
rifle ammunition he needs.
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The most common mineral he extracts
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is a white globular
formation called smithsonite,
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also known as turkey fat.
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JOE: Hmm, hold on a second.
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Look at this.
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This is probably a miner's pocket pistol.
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This is an old gun.
It'd be like a .32 short or something.
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This could bring me another $100 or so.
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Let's go on a little further
and, uh, keep going.
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{\an8}(MIKE SPEAKING)
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{\an8}(DAN SPEAKING)
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{\an8}(MIKE SPEAKING)
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NARRATOR:
Outside the grid in Lake Michigan,
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Dan Burton and master diver Mike Weid
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are attempting to salvage a snowmobile
from the lake bottom.
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This abandoned machine
could prove vital to Dan's survival
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during the cold winter months ahead.
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MIKE: All right, man.
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You got your snowmobile, buddy.
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Woo-ey!
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Let's lift this thing up, Mike.
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This will be the perfect
sled for the island.
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Twin cylinder.
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Looks like most of the parts are there.
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Look, it even got a windshield.
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MIKE: There we go.
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Easy, big girl.
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(MIKE LAUGHS)
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Look at that!
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(IMITATES MOTOR RUNNING)
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Yup, this is me.
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Give her a pull.
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I don't think it'll start.
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Cord is rotted off.
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Eh, I got all that at home, though.
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MIKE: A little wax, man,
you're good to go.
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DAN: Thanks, Mike.
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DOC: Well, I'mma
go see a man about a goat.
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NARRATOR: In Washington,
Doc and Jeanny Leverett
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work every day to sustain
their life above the grid.
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And today, that means
bartering with their closest
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neighbor for the renewable
food source they need.
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DOC: Dennis!
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I don't wanna get shot.
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Dennis!
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{\an8}(DENNIS NEWTSON SPEAKING)
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{\an8}DOC: Oh.
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{\an8}(DENNIS SPEAKING)
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{\an8}Hey, it's Doc! Don't shoot!
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{\an8}- (DENNIS SPEAKING)
- (LAUGHS)
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DOC: Howdy!
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TINA NEWTSON: Hey, what's up?
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DOC: How are we doin'?
DENNIS: Good.
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DOC: I come to talk to you.
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00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,529
- Sure, how you doin', Doc?
- DOC: Good, good, good.
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00:26:37,607 --> 00:26:38,875
I've got some saplings.
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00:26:38,875 --> 00:26:40,977
Can I take a look at the goat
'cause I kinda wanna...
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00:26:40,977 --> 00:26:42,913
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, so.
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TINA: Come on in!
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{\an8}DOC: Is this her?
TINA: Yeah.
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{\an8}- (DENNIS SPEAKING)
- TINA: This is Mag.
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DOC: Oh, hey, baby.
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TINA: She's a LaMancha boer.
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DOC: Yeah, how much
do you get out of her a day?
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A little bit under a gallon.
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DOC: Oh, wow!
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Okay, well, here's what I got.
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{\an8}You said you wanna plant
some new saplings, so.
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{\an8}- (DENNIS SPEAKING)
- DOC: I've dug up some sapling.
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00:27:07,337 --> 00:27:08,405
{\an8}(DENNIS SPEAKING)
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00:27:12,709 --> 00:27:13,777
{\an8}Well, you got any...
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00:27:13,777 --> 00:27:15,312
{\an8}You got anything that needs a fixing?
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00:27:16,646 --> 00:27:18,748
{\an8}(DENNIS SPEAKING)
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00:27:22,886 --> 00:27:23,954
{\an8}DOC: All right.
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Good, good.
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NARRATOR: When bartering,
Doc often utilizes
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his abilities as an engineer and mechanic.
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For 16 years in the Navy,
he learned to build engines
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and elevators on aircraft
carriers and cruisers.
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This is a micro version of what I used
to work on when I was in the military.
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Get a generator going, in any engine,
there's just a few things you need.
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You need spark,
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so we're hoping that these
spark plugs are good
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and then the coil is good.
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You need fuel.
That's what our tank is for.
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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,
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you'll have a runnin' motor.
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I was kinda going in a bad
direction as a young lad.
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Getting in lots of trouble,
lots of police activity,
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and the Navy pulled me up
and showed me the right directions.
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I would almost say it saved me.
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A lot of the lessons
that I learned in the Navy
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are helping me out here.
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The concept of problem-solving
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and self-reliance and using
what you have at hand,
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that's been one of the greatest
tools I've had out here.
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We have the rotation.
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We lost our choke.
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That spring in there is not doing its job.
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Since the choke is not gonna cooperate,
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I'm gonna make a manual choke
out of a piece of electrical tape.
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00:29:02,485 --> 00:29:06,122
Hmm, make it stay there.
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00:29:08,625 --> 00:29:10,160
(ENGINE STARTING)
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{\an8}(DOC SPEAKING)
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That's what Doc does.
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Oh, I take hunks of junks
and make them sort of work.
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BEAR CLAW: Get after them, hound dogs.
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NARRATOR: In the Clearwater
Mountains of Idaho,
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Bear Claw and Chris are closing in
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on a black bear sow in the area.
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BEAR CLAW: I can hear 'em
up yonder barking.
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CHRIS: Yeah.
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NARRATOR: After following
bear signs to this region of activity,
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they've released
their hounds in an attempt
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to tree their prey.
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BEAR CLAW: Getting close to 'em now.
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(DOGS BARKING)
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Hey, bear is up there.
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{\an8}(BEAR CLAW SPEAKING)
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{\an8}CHRIS: Yeah.
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BEAR CLAW: Let's go get that thing.
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CHRIS: That ain't a bad bear.
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No, that ain't a bad bear.
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00:30:30,407 --> 00:30:32,943
I think we got the angle
we're looking for.
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He's just gotta lift
his head up a little bit
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from that branch.
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00:30:43,220 --> 00:30:44,955
There's a new piece.
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00:30:48,124 --> 00:30:50,227
Lift it up a little more.
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00:30:50,794 --> 00:30:52,862
We're gonna get some bear down here.
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(GUNSHOT)
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BEAR CLAW: Sorry to take
your life, my brother.
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This is what mountain men do.
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Now comes the part of skinnin' him.
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NARRATOR: In the Clearwater Mountains,
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Bear Caw and Chris have
taken a 200-pound black bear.
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After working together,
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they'll split the meat
to ensure nothing goes to waste.
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BEAR CLAW: My dad was
a butcher so I really enjoy this,
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skinning and cutting
and fleshing and tanning.
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I learned a long time ago
from my father that we use
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00:31:42,979 --> 00:31:45,682
every bit of this meat.
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00:31:45,682 --> 00:31:49,152
It's just right that
we use the whole bear.
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00:32:09,573 --> 00:32:11,341
DOC: Well, if you were a little bigger,
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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.