1 00:00:04,533 --> 00:00:06,467 and may contain mature subject matter. 2 00:00:06,467 --> 00:00:10,600 Viewer discretion is advised. 3 00:00:10,734 --> 00:00:12,333 -Got the trackers? -Yes, we do. -Got the trackers. and may contain mature subject matter. 4 00:00:12,467 --> 00:00:14,100 TOM: We've come up with this cow tracking system 5 00:00:14,233 --> 00:00:15,266 that we're going to use. 6 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,600 Right over there you could see something 7 00:00:17,734 --> 00:00:19,467 open up in the sky. Something came out of it. 8 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:20,767 ERIK: It's really interesting 9 00:00:20,900 --> 00:00:22,600 that Steven mentioned the triangle. 10 00:00:22,734 --> 00:00:24,433 (Ariel chanting) 11 00:00:24,567 --> 00:00:27,533 -TRAVIS: Look at the screen. -GUY: It jumped to 47. 12 00:00:28,433 --> 00:00:30,600 THOMAS: There's something flickering right here. 13 00:00:30,734 --> 00:00:32,467 Back corner of the house! Back corner of the house! 14 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:34,100 -TRAVIS: Guys, what's going on? -THOMAS: It's moving. 15 00:00:34,233 --> 00:00:35,300 Something may be hacking us. 16 00:00:35,433 --> 00:00:36,767 TRAVIS: Oh, crap. Look at that! 17 00:00:36,900 --> 00:00:38,967 We're actively being electronically attacked. 18 00:00:39,100 --> 00:00:41,233 I'm leaving the ranch. I'm getting a bad headache. 19 00:00:42,467 --> 00:00:44,333 That was-- that was freaky weird. 20 00:00:44,467 --> 00:00:46,934 I was just suddenly short of breath. 21 00:00:47,066 --> 00:00:48,667 That's not good either, Travis. I don't like this. 22 00:00:50,367 --> 00:00:51,633 BRYANT: Well, let's get you out of here. 23 00:00:51,767 --> 00:00:52,800 TRAVIS: There's a static 24 00:00:52,934 --> 00:00:54,000 electricity feeling. 25 00:00:54,133 --> 00:00:56,500 This is an effect of these microwave 26 00:00:56,633 --> 00:00:58,433 and radio wave signals that are here. 27 00:00:59,367 --> 00:01:03,000 NARRATOR: There is a ranch in Northern Utah. 28 00:01:03,133 --> 00:01:05,567 It is considered the epicenter 29 00:01:05,700 --> 00:01:10,333 of the strangest and most disturbing phenomena on Earth: 30 00:01:10,467 --> 00:01:12,700 animal mutilations, 31 00:01:12,834 --> 00:01:15,033 bizarre UFO sightings 32 00:01:15,166 --> 00:01:20,233 and unusual energies that have proven harmful to humans. 33 00:01:20,367 --> 00:01:22,734 For 20 years, the federal government 34 00:01:22,867 --> 00:01:26,166 tried to find answers and failed. 35 00:01:26,300 --> 00:01:30,233 Now a new team of dedicated scientists, 36 00:01:30,367 --> 00:01:34,066 researchers and experts has taken over. 37 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,166 They are determined to solve the mystery and reveal... 38 00:01:40,633 --> 00:01:44,000 ...The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. 39 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,700 ERIK: Hey, guys. James Keenan's with us. 40 00:01:54,834 --> 00:01:57,367 -James, why don't you have a seat at the head of the table. -Hi, everyone. Thank you. 41 00:01:57,500 --> 00:01:59,133 -Nice to meet you. -TRAVIS: Hey! 42 00:01:59,266 --> 00:02:02,533 -James Keenan. Thank you. -Nice to meet you, man. -Have a seat. 43 00:02:02,667 --> 00:02:04,767 ERIK: We've spoken a little bit about 44 00:02:04,900 --> 00:02:08,133 James's area of expertise and study. 45 00:02:08,266 --> 00:02:12,100 He's a researcher and an author touching on a lot of the stuff 46 00:02:12,233 --> 00:02:14,600 that we're interested in here at the ranch, 47 00:02:14,734 --> 00:02:16,767 and has some interesting connections 48 00:02:16,900 --> 00:02:18,633 that he thinks he's found. 49 00:02:18,767 --> 00:02:20,800 All right. 50 00:02:20,934 --> 00:02:22,934 We've been applying hard science to figure out 51 00:02:23,066 --> 00:02:24,734 the bizarre phenomena that keep happening 52 00:02:24,867 --> 00:02:27,100 at Homestead Two and other parts of the ranch, 53 00:02:27,233 --> 00:02:30,066 but so far nothing definitive has been discovered. 54 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,700 So Erik Bard invited a researcher named 55 00:02:32,834 --> 00:02:34,600 James Keenan who has been studying 56 00:02:34,734 --> 00:02:36,433 this area for more than 25 years 57 00:02:36,567 --> 00:02:38,934 and had a theory about what might be causing 58 00:02:39,066 --> 00:02:41,300 all the strange phenomena here. 59 00:02:41,433 --> 00:02:43,300 James had never been on the ranch, 60 00:02:43,433 --> 00:02:45,767 but Erik explained to me that he conducted 61 00:02:45,900 --> 00:02:49,066 vector magnetometer surveys of the surrounding area, 62 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,266 measuring for the strength and the direction 63 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:52,767 of magnetic anomalies. 64 00:02:52,900 --> 00:02:55,433 And what he found pointed him here. 65 00:02:55,567 --> 00:02:58,367 JAMES: So my research started near the area. 66 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,600 This is the Uinta Basin. 67 00:03:03,734 --> 00:03:06,767 You see that area that I've put a blue marker over? 68 00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:09,633 I went in there and wanted to take some 69 00:03:09,767 --> 00:03:12,266 uh, vector magnetometer readings. 70 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,967 However, when I went to go put my magnetometer away, 71 00:03:16,100 --> 00:03:19,033 I carry with me a standard compass, 72 00:03:19,166 --> 00:03:21,700 just the typical Boy Scout compass. 73 00:03:21,834 --> 00:03:23,333 I had it on a rock. 74 00:03:23,467 --> 00:03:25,300 Uh, it was spinning. 75 00:03:26,834 --> 00:03:28,200 Uncontrollably spinning. 76 00:03:29,300 --> 00:03:31,867 And I thought to myself, well, maybe it's something 77 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,967 in my backpack or with the rock. 78 00:03:35,100 --> 00:03:36,800 So I picked up the compass, 79 00:03:36,934 --> 00:03:39,633 I put everything down, and I moved 80 00:03:39,767 --> 00:03:42,100 about five or six feet away, and it continued. 81 00:03:42,233 --> 00:03:44,133 At about what rate? 82 00:03:44,266 --> 00:03:46,233 Faster than a second hand. Yeah. 83 00:03:47,333 --> 00:03:49,600 ERIK: One of the stories that we've heard 84 00:03:49,734 --> 00:03:52,266 on a few occasions is 85 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,100 an old-school magnetic compass 86 00:03:54,233 --> 00:03:56,500 would begin rotating wildly. 87 00:03:56,633 --> 00:03:58,767 We've seen this kind of thing before 88 00:03:58,900 --> 00:04:00,767 with other instrumentation. 89 00:04:00,900 --> 00:04:03,100 What do we make of it? I don't know. 90 00:04:03,233 --> 00:04:05,533 Other than the fact that something 91 00:04:05,667 --> 00:04:09,133 is altering the magnetic environment. 92 00:04:10,033 --> 00:04:12,533 JAMES: So I continued to take magnetometer reads 93 00:04:12,667 --> 00:04:14,433 throughout this area 94 00:04:14,567 --> 00:04:16,834 west of the ranch, east of the ranch, 95 00:04:16,967 --> 00:04:19,567 south of the ranch, on the mesa. 96 00:04:19,700 --> 00:04:22,233 Most of it was typical reads. 97 00:04:22,367 --> 00:04:24,367 And we're talking hundreds of data points taken. 98 00:04:24,500 --> 00:04:27,867 But I had three reads that had the exact same 99 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,867 transient, magnetic read of anywhere 100 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,000 from a negative to the mid-40s. 101 00:04:37,066 --> 00:04:39,266 TRAVIS: What James reported was really interesting 102 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,000 because a normal magnetic field reading 103 00:04:41,133 --> 00:04:43,500 for this desert area should be positive 104 00:04:43,633 --> 00:04:45,567 and in the single digits 105 00:04:45,700 --> 00:04:47,934 up to about 80 microteslas. 106 00:04:48,066 --> 00:04:50,066 For him to get negative readings 107 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,533 and as much as minus 40 microteslas, 108 00:04:52,667 --> 00:04:56,200 that means there's something unusual underground, 109 00:04:56,333 --> 00:04:59,200 such as a void or a large metallic object, 110 00:04:59,333 --> 00:05:01,233 or even a structure. 111 00:05:02,300 --> 00:05:04,667 So not only was it here, 112 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,767 but it was right here, 113 00:05:07,900 --> 00:05:09,867 and I had one right there. 114 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:15,400 When I plugged these three anomalies, 115 00:05:15,533 --> 00:05:19,000 they lined up in this imaginary straight line. 116 00:05:19,133 --> 00:05:22,066 Guess where it ran straight through? 117 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:23,667 Skinwalker Ranch. 118 00:05:24,734 --> 00:05:28,667 I believe there is something underground. 119 00:05:31,233 --> 00:05:33,633 There's all kinds of rumors that have been floating around 120 00:05:33,767 --> 00:05:36,400 this ranch since the day that I stepped foot on it. 121 00:05:36,533 --> 00:05:40,600 Whether it be underground tunnels, underground bases, 122 00:05:40,734 --> 00:05:43,667 alien craft that's buried under here. 123 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,834 And, so, a lot of stories all indicating 124 00:05:46,967 --> 00:05:50,367 that there may be something under Skinwalker Ranch. 125 00:05:51,433 --> 00:05:54,500 JAMES: When you look at this, you're cutting right directly 126 00:05:54,633 --> 00:05:56,767 through my focal and origin point, 127 00:05:56,900 --> 00:05:59,367 which is this location of Skinwalker Ranch. 128 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:03,734 Hmm. 129 00:06:04,767 --> 00:06:07,633 JAMES: It looks like a shark tooth. 130 00:06:07,767 --> 00:06:10,266 -That's interesting. -That is very interesting. 131 00:06:11,333 --> 00:06:13,633 TRAVIS: James Keenan, who studied the area 132 00:06:13,767 --> 00:06:15,467 but never been on the ranch before, 133 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,834 has pinpointed a location that he called a shark tooth. 134 00:06:18,967 --> 00:06:22,767 Well, we know that as the triangle. 135 00:06:23,834 --> 00:06:26,133 We call it that after an experiment last year... 136 00:06:26,266 --> 00:06:28,033 Three, two, one, let it launch. 137 00:06:28,166 --> 00:06:30,200 ...where we measured anomalous energy spikes 138 00:06:30,333 --> 00:06:32,533 from three different locations across the ranch 139 00:06:32,667 --> 00:06:35,133 that all pointed, or triangulated, 140 00:06:35,266 --> 00:06:36,633 to this same spot, 141 00:06:36,767 --> 00:06:39,734 except about a mile high above the ranch. 142 00:06:39,867 --> 00:06:41,700 And just last week, 143 00:06:41,834 --> 00:06:44,033 Steven Wall, the nephew of the Shermans, 144 00:06:44,166 --> 00:06:45,834 who were so scared 145 00:06:45,967 --> 00:06:47,900 by what they kept seeing in the 1990s, 146 00:06:48,033 --> 00:06:50,700 that they sold the ranch and refused to ever come back, 147 00:06:50,834 --> 00:06:53,900 he shared a crazy story about a possible portal 148 00:06:54,033 --> 00:06:56,500 appearing high above the triangle as well. 149 00:06:56,633 --> 00:06:59,633 Right over there you could see something open up in the sky. 150 00:06:59,767 --> 00:07:01,433 Something came out of it. 151 00:07:01,567 --> 00:07:02,800 It come working its way up through 152 00:07:02,934 --> 00:07:04,767 them Russian olive trees, and it went straight up, 153 00:07:04,900 --> 00:07:06,633 and that hole closed. 154 00:07:07,700 --> 00:07:09,066 So even though we've been focusing 155 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,200 our investigation of the triangle area 156 00:07:11,333 --> 00:07:12,800 high above the ground, 157 00:07:12,934 --> 00:07:15,600 the fact that James is getting anomalous readings 158 00:07:15,734 --> 00:07:17,900 at this spot below the ground 159 00:07:18,033 --> 00:07:21,233 makes me wonder if that's where we need to look next. 160 00:07:22,333 --> 00:07:24,300 TRAVIS: So what do you think it is? 161 00:07:24,433 --> 00:07:27,700 There seems to be the potential or the possibility 162 00:07:27,834 --> 00:07:31,633 for a tunnel system with a water feature 163 00:07:31,767 --> 00:07:34,567 going like this straight down for miles. 164 00:07:36,433 --> 00:07:38,967 So do you think a cavity or a tunnel 165 00:07:39,100 --> 00:07:41,533 could be an explanation for the anomaly? 166 00:07:41,667 --> 00:07:43,567 -Yes, absolutely. -All right. 167 00:07:46,567 --> 00:07:49,433 TRAVIS: Caverns with water flowing underneath the ranch 168 00:07:49,567 --> 00:07:51,633 might explain some strange magnetic anomalies 169 00:07:51,767 --> 00:07:56,867 if it's mineral water or there's salt or other ionic materials 170 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,867 in the water that can carry an electric current. 171 00:08:00,066 --> 00:08:03,300 It might also explain something that happened earlier this year. 172 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,266 -THOMAS: That's a lot of water that went away. -TRAVIS: Yeah. 173 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:08,867 TRAVIS: A few weeks ago, 174 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,200 we dug into a strange and deep pit 175 00:08:11,333 --> 00:08:13,266 that Thomas found near Homestead Two. 176 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,033 When we couldn't get to the bottom of it, 177 00:08:15,166 --> 00:08:18,367 we poured 45,000 gallons of dyed water 178 00:08:18,500 --> 00:08:20,200 into it just to see if it would appear 179 00:08:20,333 --> 00:08:21,667 somewhere else on the ranch. 180 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:23,266 It all just disappeared. 181 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,333 So now I'm wondering if James 182 00:08:25,467 --> 00:08:28,133 is really onto something that could not only explain 183 00:08:28,266 --> 00:08:31,633 where all that water went, but just maybe what's behind 184 00:08:31,767 --> 00:08:34,033 the weird phenomena on Skinwalker Ranch. 185 00:08:34,166 --> 00:08:37,266 What do you want from us about that spot? 186 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,433 Do a grid pattern search 187 00:08:40,567 --> 00:08:43,266 to see if there... 188 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,867 could be an explanation, 189 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,767 uh, below ground. 190 00:08:48,834 --> 00:08:52,367 Well, we're more than happy to pack you in to the Jeeps 191 00:08:52,500 --> 00:08:53,967 and head out and let you, 192 00:08:54,100 --> 00:08:55,467 -you know, continue your search. -TRAVIS: Yeah. 193 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,266 -JAMES: Okay. Sounds good. -BRYANT: Let's do it. 194 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:58,734 All right. 195 00:09:03,233 --> 00:09:05,100 TRAVIS: Since the team is very cautious 196 00:09:05,233 --> 00:09:07,100 about disturbing the ground on Skinwalker Ranch 197 00:09:07,233 --> 00:09:10,633 because bizarre injuries have coincided with digging... 198 00:09:11,533 --> 00:09:14,500 ...we let James conduct a non-invasive 199 00:09:14,633 --> 00:09:17,567 vector magnetometer survey right at the triangle 200 00:09:17,700 --> 00:09:20,033 to see if he could confirm any anomalies. 201 00:09:21,166 --> 00:09:23,900 THOMAS: So, James, you've personally seen caverns 202 00:09:24,033 --> 00:09:26,266 that seem like they're traveling down this direction. 203 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:30,400 Correct. And, uh, most of these were filled with, uh, water. 204 00:09:30,533 --> 00:09:33,533 -Okay. -THOMAS: Well, let's see what you find. 205 00:09:37,333 --> 00:09:40,567 JAMES: Can I have somebody log the numbers from a distance? 206 00:09:40,700 --> 00:09:42,533 -ERIK: Sure. -JAMES: I'll call them out. 207 00:09:46,967 --> 00:09:50,066 So we're 48.641. 208 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:53,200 43.842. 209 00:09:53,333 --> 00:09:55,567 49.941. 210 00:09:55,700 --> 00:09:58,066 That's weird. 211 00:09:58,200 --> 00:09:59,767 Hey, guys. So I've got something interesting here. 212 00:09:59,900 --> 00:10:05,100 We went from a-a peak value of 49.870 213 00:10:05,233 --> 00:10:07,934 down to a 43 to about a 45. 214 00:10:08,066 --> 00:10:11,100 The value is moving without me moving. 215 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:16,567 James's initial reading of about 49 microteslas 216 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:20,166 was pretty normal, but then for him to almost immediately 217 00:10:20,300 --> 00:10:23,734 get a six-point drop-- that makes no sense to me. 218 00:10:23,867 --> 00:10:26,867 The natural ground shouldn't be that inconsistent. 219 00:10:27,967 --> 00:10:30,433 -So right now it's changing. -JAMES: Correct. 220 00:10:30,567 --> 00:10:33,066 It's just climbing right now to 48. 221 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,300 It's just all over the place right here. 222 00:10:36,367 --> 00:10:38,667 TRAVIS: When his readings then started jumping back and forth, 223 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,667 that made me even more intrigued about what could be causing it. 224 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,533 Something strange is definitely going on here 225 00:10:44,667 --> 00:10:46,000 below this triangle area. 226 00:10:47,066 --> 00:10:49,200 JAMES: 41.328. 227 00:10:49,333 --> 00:10:51,667 -TRAVIS: Oh, hey. -ERIK: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 228 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:53,700 It's dropping. 229 00:10:53,834 --> 00:10:55,734 It dropped all the way down to 31. 230 00:10:55,867 --> 00:10:58,133 ERIK: What the heck? 231 00:11:00,266 --> 00:11:01,834 TRAVIS: We need to look underground. 232 00:11:01,967 --> 00:11:03,934 ZACH: I've brought a ground-penetrating radar. 233 00:11:04,066 --> 00:11:06,300 Hey, why don't you come take a look at this. 234 00:11:06,433 --> 00:11:08,000 That's going crazy. 235 00:11:08,133 --> 00:11:10,333 The ground beneath us is super conductive. 236 00:11:10,467 --> 00:11:13,266 -THOMAS: What the heck? -KALEB: We should start excavating. 237 00:11:19,033 --> 00:11:21,166 JAMES: It's dropping. 238 00:11:21,300 --> 00:11:24,233 Yeah. It dropped all the way down to 31. 239 00:11:24,367 --> 00:11:26,333 So I don't know how to interpret this. 240 00:11:26,467 --> 00:11:29,333 -I've got values from 49 to... -There was a 31. 241 00:11:30,433 --> 00:11:33,133 James Keenan, a researcher who believes there could be 242 00:11:33,266 --> 00:11:36,200 some kind of underground flooded cavern or tunnel system 243 00:11:36,333 --> 00:11:39,633 here at the so-called triangle area, has just picked up 244 00:11:39,767 --> 00:11:41,800 a series of anomalous readings 245 00:11:41,934 --> 00:11:44,066 with a handheld magnetometer. 246 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:45,667 So 31 to 49. 247 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,533 -JAMES: Correct. -Okay. 248 00:11:47,667 --> 00:11:50,166 TRAVIS: James's readings did indicate a very strange 249 00:11:50,300 --> 00:11:53,633 disturbance in the magnetic field here underground, 250 00:11:53,767 --> 00:11:55,400 so who knows if that could mean 251 00:11:55,533 --> 00:11:57,633 he's right about a flooded cavern or a tunnel, 252 00:11:57,767 --> 00:11:59,467 or some kind of unknown structure, 253 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,066 which people have speculated about in the past as well. 254 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,367 So I think the next step is to get 255 00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:06,633 some ground-penetrating radar equipment out here 256 00:12:06,767 --> 00:12:08,734 and see if we can get better data, 257 00:12:08,867 --> 00:12:11,800 or even an image of just what it could be. 258 00:12:11,934 --> 00:12:14,533 Well, James, this is great stuff. 259 00:12:14,667 --> 00:12:16,266 Uh, I think we've pretty much covered this area 260 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,266 and, you know, it's something weird 261 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,567 about this spot. Uh, so, you know, I say we just 262 00:12:21,700 --> 00:12:24,233 shut down, load up, and head back to the command center. 263 00:12:24,367 --> 00:12:26,800 -Sounds good to me. -All right. Well, I appreciate you doing this. 264 00:12:35,500 --> 00:12:37,367 ERIK: What's going on, guys? 265 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:39,100 KANDUS: We just reviewed 266 00:12:39,233 --> 00:12:41,900 -the footage from the game cams. -Oh. Cool. 267 00:12:42,033 --> 00:12:44,200 While I was working with Thomas Winterton 268 00:12:44,333 --> 00:12:46,367 to arrange for a ground-penetrating radar expert 269 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:48,400 to come check out the triangle area, 270 00:12:48,533 --> 00:12:51,433 the ranch caretakers Kandus Linde and Tom Lewis, 271 00:12:51,567 --> 00:12:52,967 who have been helping monitor 272 00:12:53,100 --> 00:12:54,767 the cattle on the ranch this summer, 273 00:12:54,900 --> 00:12:57,533 showed some very peculiar surveillance footage 274 00:12:57,667 --> 00:12:58,967 to Erik Bard. 275 00:12:59,100 --> 00:13:01,033 KANDUS: This one by the cow tree 276 00:13:01,166 --> 00:13:04,533 had a few things on it that we wanted you to get your eyes on. 277 00:13:04,667 --> 00:13:07,433 -Okay. -Yeah. 278 00:13:07,567 --> 00:13:09,200 -ERIK: And... -KANDUS: Yeah, start with that one. 279 00:13:09,333 --> 00:13:11,333 -ERIK: Okay. This one here? -KANDUS: Mm-hmm. 280 00:13:11,467 --> 00:13:12,367 -There. -ERIK: Okay. 281 00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:14,300 What? 282 00:13:15,767 --> 00:13:19,300 What are we looking at here? 283 00:13:19,433 --> 00:13:21,600 -Um, yeah, what is that? -KANDUS: We don't know. 284 00:13:24,900 --> 00:13:27,967 -ERIK: So... -KANDUS: And it's there and then it's not in each of the, 285 00:13:28,100 --> 00:13:30,667 -you know, the frames before and after. -ERIK: Okay. 286 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:32,767 With these game cams, everything's in focus, 287 00:13:32,900 --> 00:13:34,600 -everything's pretty clear. -ERIK: Uh-huh. 288 00:13:34,734 --> 00:13:37,000 And that is very unclear. 289 00:13:37,133 --> 00:13:39,066 ERIK: Okay. 290 00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:41,934 TOM: This particular photograph-- 291 00:13:42,066 --> 00:13:44,533 I couldn't tell what it was. It looked like something 292 00:13:44,667 --> 00:13:47,033 flying in the sky, to me, that was cloaked 293 00:13:47,166 --> 00:13:48,800 and really bizarre, 294 00:13:48,934 --> 00:13:51,200 so I don't have any idea 295 00:13:51,333 --> 00:13:54,133 what that would be in a natural sense. 296 00:13:54,266 --> 00:13:56,166 And 'cause this is Skinwalker Ranch, 297 00:13:56,300 --> 00:13:58,800 you kind of have to wonder what's going on. 298 00:13:58,934 --> 00:14:00,667 I've got tell you, I'm scratching my head 299 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:02,834 on some of the features that I see here. 300 00:14:03,900 --> 00:14:05,600 I'm not sure what to make 301 00:14:05,734 --> 00:14:08,900 of this unusual, dark spot in the sky. 302 00:14:09,033 --> 00:14:10,500 It's not unlike some of the other things 303 00:14:10,633 --> 00:14:12,567 that we've seen in our footage in the past. 304 00:14:12,700 --> 00:14:14,834 So we're going to be studying that image 305 00:14:14,967 --> 00:14:18,233 and look for more like it in coming days. 306 00:14:18,367 --> 00:14:20,900 KANDUS: Then, we noticed the cows 307 00:14:21,033 --> 00:14:24,233 left this area and didn't come back. 308 00:14:24,367 --> 00:14:26,033 -In the same time frame? -Mm-hmm. -Yeah. 309 00:14:26,166 --> 00:14:27,567 Well, I've got some of the recent 310 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:29,700 movement cow tracker data. 311 00:14:29,834 --> 00:14:32,567 -You know, this is cumulative data for the summer. -Mm-hmm. 312 00:14:32,700 --> 00:14:34,500 Okay. So... 313 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,333 So this is really more almost like a-a snapshot 314 00:14:39,467 --> 00:14:42,333 of where the-- uh, of where the herd were. 315 00:14:42,467 --> 00:14:44,533 We have the movement system. 316 00:14:44,667 --> 00:14:48,266 The GPS tags in the ears of some of the cattle 317 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,233 that allow us to study the movement of the herd 318 00:14:51,367 --> 00:14:52,767 over the course of time. 319 00:14:52,900 --> 00:14:54,533 One surprising result is where 320 00:14:54,667 --> 00:14:56,400 they tend not to congregate, 321 00:14:56,533 --> 00:14:59,333 as if they're avoiding certain regions of the property. 322 00:14:59,467 --> 00:15:02,100 We have indications of these tags 323 00:15:02,233 --> 00:15:04,433 being as far out of the field as here. 324 00:15:04,567 --> 00:15:07,467 -KANDUS: Mm-hmm. -ERIK: Okay? And we even have them going down into the, 325 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,000 -you know, into the Serengeti, right? Down here. -KANDUS: Yeah. 326 00:15:10,133 --> 00:15:13,233 ERIK: And yet there are regions within our own field, 327 00:15:13,367 --> 00:15:15,166 where the cows seem to avoid them. 328 00:15:16,867 --> 00:15:18,934 TOM: They've been here every day, every morning. 329 00:15:19,066 --> 00:15:21,800 -ERIK: So they love to hang out here. -Mm-hmm. 330 00:15:21,934 --> 00:15:25,166 And you're saying they left and, correlative with that, 331 00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:26,700 -we have the puff of smoke. -Mm-hmm. 332 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,567 TRAVIS: What made the footage of this blurry object 333 00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:33,333 and the correlation of the cattle movement 334 00:15:33,467 --> 00:15:35,633 away from that area so compelling 335 00:15:35,767 --> 00:15:38,967 is that it was in that location where last year 336 00:15:39,100 --> 00:15:40,734 one of the cows suddenly died, 337 00:15:40,867 --> 00:15:43,500 and not from natural causes. 338 00:15:43,633 --> 00:15:46,166 So it makes us all wonder what is going on 339 00:15:46,300 --> 00:15:48,066 with that particular area? 340 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,967 Does it have to do with whatever was captured in the footage? 341 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:55,667 Or could it be something below ground there? 342 00:15:57,867 --> 00:15:59,233 ERIK: Okay. 343 00:15:59,367 --> 00:16:01,834 -Well, keep them coming. -Yeah. -All right. 344 00:16:01,967 --> 00:16:05,166 -TOM: Thank you so much, Erik. -KANDUS: Yeah, no, thank you for your time. We'll see you later. 345 00:16:13,500 --> 00:16:15,367 -Looks like MALA's here. -BRYANT: Yeah. 346 00:16:15,500 --> 00:16:17,500 ERIK: You guys remember Zach? 347 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,000 -Looks like some new equipment. Hey, Zach. -ZACH: Hey, how's it going? 348 00:16:23,133 --> 00:16:25,200 -ERIK: Hey. Awesome to have you back. -BRYANT: Welcome back, man. 349 00:16:25,333 --> 00:16:27,500 -Good to see you. -ZACH: Thank you, thank you. Good to see you. 350 00:16:27,633 --> 00:16:28,834 ERIK: I'm thrilled to have Zach Zyla 351 00:16:28,967 --> 00:16:30,333 coming back out to the ranch. 352 00:16:30,467 --> 00:16:32,400 We're going to be taking a careful look 353 00:16:32,533 --> 00:16:36,133 in the triangle area where we got those very strange 354 00:16:36,266 --> 00:16:38,633 vector magnetometer readings with James Keenan. 355 00:16:38,767 --> 00:16:41,633 -What'd you bring? -I brought a ground-penetrating radar. 356 00:16:41,767 --> 00:16:44,667 Hopefully, we can see down to maybe ten to 15 feet, 357 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,800 but, more realistically, probably six to ten. 358 00:16:47,934 --> 00:16:49,133 All right, sounds good. 359 00:16:49,266 --> 00:16:51,800 ♪ ♪ 360 00:16:53,767 --> 00:16:55,166 THOMAS: I feel like we've looked above 361 00:16:55,300 --> 00:16:56,834 in this particular place pretty good, 362 00:16:56,967 --> 00:16:59,467 and so now it's time to GPR the triangle, 363 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,367 and see if we can draw our attention to specific places 364 00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:03,700 that we should dig. 365 00:17:03,834 --> 00:17:04,934 All right, I'd say let's get on it, 366 00:17:05,066 --> 00:17:07,300 and get this done as quick as we can. 367 00:17:08,367 --> 00:17:10,967 ERIK: GPR is ground-penetrating radar. 368 00:17:11,100 --> 00:17:13,400 We're broadcasting radar waves down into the ground 369 00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:15,367 and looking at the reflections 370 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:18,467 in order to get an idea of what may be beneath the surface. 371 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,934 ZACH: So I kind of see the triangle comes to a point 372 00:17:21,066 --> 00:17:22,233 right where our trucks are. 373 00:17:22,367 --> 00:17:24,633 Do you mind if we kind of start right here, 374 00:17:24,767 --> 00:17:26,033 kind of across this flag and then 375 00:17:26,166 --> 00:17:27,433 we'll start just kind of going back and forth? 376 00:17:27,567 --> 00:17:29,300 -THOMAS: You're the expert. -That's perfect. 377 00:17:29,433 --> 00:17:31,400 -ZACH: Let's go. -KALEB: Do what you need to. 378 00:17:31,533 --> 00:17:33,633 (beeping) 379 00:17:33,767 --> 00:17:36,533 ERIK: This is an area where we've seen unusual signals 380 00:17:36,667 --> 00:17:38,133 using other equipment. 381 00:17:38,266 --> 00:17:40,033 There may be something beneath the ground there, 382 00:17:40,166 --> 00:17:42,600 and we want to see if anything stands out. 383 00:17:42,734 --> 00:17:44,633 (beeping rapidly) 384 00:17:44,767 --> 00:17:45,867 ZACH: Hmm. 385 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,533 Interesting. 386 00:17:48,900 --> 00:17:51,734 Hey, why don't you, uh, come take a look at this. 387 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,333 That's going crazy. 388 00:17:56,667 --> 00:17:58,633 THOMAS: What the heck? 389 00:18:00,266 --> 00:18:02,133 -BRYANT: We ready to do this? -THOMAS: Let's dig. 390 00:18:02,266 --> 00:18:04,033 TRAVIS: Look at this, guys. 391 00:18:04,166 --> 00:18:06,700 I don't know what's going on, but it's detecting everywhere. 392 00:18:06,834 --> 00:18:07,934 -Like we're triggering something. -TRAVIS: Yeah. 393 00:18:08,066 --> 00:18:09,700 Did you hear the gamma rays just go off? 394 00:18:09,834 --> 00:18:11,133 -BRYANT: That's weird. -What the heck?! 395 00:18:11,266 --> 00:18:12,767 TRAVIS: There's something about this hole. 396 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,166 ZACH: That's going crazy. 397 00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:23,500 We're putting out an electromagnetic signal 398 00:18:23,633 --> 00:18:25,667 into the ground, and the ground's really making 399 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:26,867 that whole thing ring. 400 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,533 You see all these black and white lines? 401 00:18:29,667 --> 00:18:31,000 This is actually because, 402 00:18:31,133 --> 00:18:32,834 you know, the soil in the, you know, 403 00:18:32,967 --> 00:18:34,967 ground beneath us is highly conductive. 404 00:18:37,266 --> 00:18:39,367 TRAVIS: Certain minerals in the soil, like salt, 405 00:18:39,500 --> 00:18:41,033 which is common to this area, 406 00:18:41,166 --> 00:18:42,900 could make the ground conductive, 407 00:18:43,033 --> 00:18:45,166 but so could water or a water flow 408 00:18:45,300 --> 00:18:47,834 like James Keenan suggested to us when he said 409 00:18:47,967 --> 00:18:49,967 he believes there could be flooded tunnels 410 00:18:50,100 --> 00:18:51,967 under the triangle area. 411 00:18:52,100 --> 00:18:55,133 ZACH: Right here. You can see something kind of weird 412 00:18:55,266 --> 00:18:58,333 is going on in terms of, you know, maybe ground movement. 413 00:18:58,467 --> 00:19:00,433 Someone kind of dug up, mushed around 414 00:19:00,567 --> 00:19:02,233 and then, you know, backfilled everything. 415 00:19:02,367 --> 00:19:04,433 So that point right there, you're saying 416 00:19:04,567 --> 00:19:07,233 that's been disturbed possibly, is in this triangle. 417 00:19:07,367 --> 00:19:10,000 Within-- yeah, within kind of the two areas of the road. 418 00:19:11,066 --> 00:19:12,567 THOMAS: What the heck? 419 00:19:12,700 --> 00:19:14,633 Now that we have confirmation that 420 00:19:14,767 --> 00:19:17,600 the soil has been disturbed, does that mean that someone just 421 00:19:17,734 --> 00:19:20,867 dug here in the past, or was something actually buried here? 422 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,467 Or, more to the point, was something 423 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:24,100 constructed under the ground? 424 00:19:24,233 --> 00:19:27,100 There's really only one way to figure that out. 425 00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:30,533 Do you think it'd be a good, uh, next step 426 00:19:30,667 --> 00:19:33,967 that we potentially start excavating? 427 00:19:34,100 --> 00:19:35,633 I think it could be, uh, justified. 428 00:19:35,767 --> 00:19:36,800 Really? 429 00:19:38,166 --> 00:19:40,667 Well, that's-- that is interesting. 430 00:19:42,700 --> 00:19:44,700 BRYANT: It was a mandate given to me 431 00:19:44,834 --> 00:19:46,633 that we were to be very cautious, 432 00:19:46,767 --> 00:19:49,033 in particular with digging activities, 433 00:19:49,166 --> 00:19:52,400 but I know that there are answers that we're trying 434 00:19:52,533 --> 00:19:56,266 to get to the bottom of that may actually require 435 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:58,266 more of that sort of activity. 436 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,800 So if we do it in a safe manner, 437 00:20:00,934 --> 00:20:03,133 then I'm prepared to let the team dig. 438 00:20:03,266 --> 00:20:04,800 THOMAS: Okay. 439 00:20:04,934 --> 00:20:06,567 Okay. 440 00:20:06,700 --> 00:20:08,567 THOMAS: Well, let's get this loaded up. 441 00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:10,133 BRYANT: Thanks again for coming out. 442 00:20:10,266 --> 00:20:12,066 ZACH: Thanks for, uh, having me again. 443 00:20:19,867 --> 00:20:23,066 TRAVIS: We do have a mini excavator on the ranch 444 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:24,467 that Brandon, the ranch owner, 445 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:25,767 has given permission for us 446 00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:27,233 to conduct shallow digs with 447 00:20:27,367 --> 00:20:29,266 when we find evidence of anomalies. 448 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,767 So I think we need to take that step next and see what we find. 449 00:20:32,900 --> 00:20:35,900 -BRYANT: We ready to do this? -THOMAS: Let's dig. 450 00:20:36,033 --> 00:20:39,033 TRAVIS: Now, as we conduct our shallow dig for more scientific evidence 451 00:20:39,166 --> 00:20:41,100 of what could be buried in the triangle area, 452 00:20:41,233 --> 00:20:43,300 we're going to be very cautious 453 00:20:43,433 --> 00:20:45,800 since we already had a strange experience this year 454 00:20:45,934 --> 00:20:48,400 when we dug up the pit at Homestead Two. 455 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:51,767 ERIK: You guys should take a look at Kaleb's phone. 456 00:20:51,900 --> 00:20:54,100 KALEB: I don't have any control over it. 457 00:20:54,233 --> 00:20:55,767 It just goes right past my passcode. 458 00:20:55,900 --> 00:20:58,700 TRAVIS: Something strange happened to Kaleb's phone, 459 00:20:58,834 --> 00:21:00,266 like it was being hacked. 460 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,100 Something here is crying out for help. 461 00:21:02,233 --> 00:21:04,033 KALEB: Or is it giving us a warning? 462 00:21:04,166 --> 00:21:05,867 TRAVIS: You know, I'm a scientist. 463 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,033 Things have reasons for happening, but so many 464 00:21:09,166 --> 00:21:11,633 strange things happen here that I can't explain. 465 00:21:11,767 --> 00:21:15,033 BRYANT: All right. If you start feeling anything funny, 466 00:21:15,166 --> 00:21:17,000 let each other know, okay? 467 00:21:17,133 --> 00:21:18,467 Yep, got it. Thank you. 468 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:20,767 All right, Thomas! 469 00:21:27,066 --> 00:21:29,166 While Thomas digs with the mini excavator, 470 00:21:29,300 --> 00:21:32,300 Dragon and Kaleb will be sifting through the spoils 471 00:21:32,433 --> 00:21:34,433 for anything metallic that might explain 472 00:21:34,567 --> 00:21:36,667 why the soil here is so conductive. 473 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:38,967 Now, Erik and I will be monitoring 474 00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:41,000 our spectrum analyzer, our gamma ray detector, 475 00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:43,867 the lightning strike meter, and we'll use a metal detector 476 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,900 to see if anything else happens as we disturb the ground. 477 00:21:54,633 --> 00:21:56,667 (beeping) 478 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:58,867 There's something right here. 479 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,633 Next scoop. 480 00:22:20,033 --> 00:22:21,767 TRAVIS: It's weird, Erik. Look. 481 00:22:21,900 --> 00:22:24,400 Nothing's happening. Before, it was going nuts. 482 00:22:24,533 --> 00:22:27,333 -ERIK: Okay. -I say keep on digging. 483 00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:34,233 (indistinct chatter) 484 00:22:34,367 --> 00:22:36,200 -(beeping) -Oh. 485 00:22:36,333 --> 00:22:37,567 W-What the heck? 486 00:22:37,700 --> 00:22:39,000 I don't understand 487 00:22:39,133 --> 00:22:41,166 what could be making the metal detector 488 00:22:41,300 --> 00:22:44,200 register strong hits and then nothing. 489 00:22:44,333 --> 00:22:47,400 Once again, it's a transient anomaly that is occurring. 490 00:22:47,533 --> 00:22:50,233 -BRYANT: That's weird. -What the heck? 491 00:22:50,367 --> 00:22:52,533 -(beeping) -THOMAS: Holy smokes. 492 00:22:52,667 --> 00:22:55,000 TRAVIS: What's going on with that? 493 00:22:55,133 --> 00:22:57,667 So now, since people warn against digging, 494 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,567 could these readings be because of that? 495 00:22:59,700 --> 00:23:02,767 Or is there something here underground causing it? 496 00:23:02,900 --> 00:23:04,600 (droning) 497 00:23:04,734 --> 00:23:06,433 Whoa, it was a lot stronger this time. 498 00:23:06,567 --> 00:23:08,100 I didn't even have to make it all the way to the ground 499 00:23:08,233 --> 00:23:09,500 before it went off. 500 00:23:09,633 --> 00:23:11,300 THOMAS: What the heck? 501 00:23:11,433 --> 00:23:13,433 TRAVIS: I-I'm a foot from the ground now. 502 00:23:13,567 --> 00:23:15,133 (beeping, droning) 503 00:23:15,266 --> 00:23:17,100 I'm not making it all the way to the bottom, 504 00:23:17,233 --> 00:23:20,166 -but when I come up out of the hole... -ERIK: Okay. 505 00:23:20,300 --> 00:23:22,333 TRAVIS: That's weird, man. 506 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,633 The deeper we dug there, the stronger 507 00:23:25,767 --> 00:23:27,567 the signal was getting on the metal detector. 508 00:23:27,700 --> 00:23:31,633 But we found no metal objects at all in the spoils at that point. 509 00:23:31,767 --> 00:23:35,266 So it made me think we must be getting closer and closer 510 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,834 to a really large metal object or a structure. 511 00:23:37,967 --> 00:23:39,333 (electronic squealing) 512 00:23:39,467 --> 00:23:41,967 -Did you hear the gamma rays just go off? -Yeah. 513 00:23:42,100 --> 00:23:44,367 -(electronic squealing) -KALEB: There it goes again. 514 00:23:47,433 --> 00:23:50,834 -Yeah, 24 microohms per hour. -What does that mean? 515 00:23:50,967 --> 00:23:52,266 ERIK: Well, what we're seeing is more than double 516 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:53,734 the normal background level. 517 00:23:53,867 --> 00:23:55,567 (electronic squealing) 518 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:58,233 -TRAVIS: Now it's just, like, wigged out. -It's malfunctioning. 519 00:23:58,367 --> 00:24:00,867 -THOMAS: What's going on? -KALEB: What in the world? 520 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,000 It's detecting everywhere. 521 00:24:03,133 --> 00:24:05,367 There's something about this hole. 522 00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:07,200 THOMAS: Well, is it me, or is this 523 00:24:07,333 --> 00:24:09,166 -almost like we're triggering something? -TRAVIS: Yeah. 524 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:12,066 (droning stops) 525 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,734 TRAVIS: What the crap? 526 00:24:16,166 --> 00:24:17,500 Look, there is nothing now. 527 00:24:17,633 --> 00:24:19,333 This thing was going crazy a minute ago. 528 00:24:20,433 --> 00:24:22,300 Something weird just happened here. 529 00:24:22,433 --> 00:24:24,834 It could be natural or unnatural. I don't know. 530 00:24:24,967 --> 00:24:26,800 THOMAS: What's charging it? 531 00:24:26,934 --> 00:24:30,467 Is this whole ranch a big generator? 532 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,500 Well, we've heard how many stories about 533 00:24:32,633 --> 00:24:35,633 the possibility of something underneath the ground, 534 00:24:35,767 --> 00:24:39,300 whether it be caverns, a base... 535 00:24:39,433 --> 00:24:43,567 So who's to say it couldn't be something even more crazy. 536 00:24:44,633 --> 00:24:46,633 We've heard stories of individuals 537 00:24:46,767 --> 00:24:48,667 going into these deep caves or caverns, 538 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,867 and we've even heard crazy stories about these openings 539 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,333 that lead to some sort of an underground base. 540 00:24:54,467 --> 00:24:56,300 We need to be careful of that 541 00:24:56,433 --> 00:24:58,633 and definitely study this area more. 542 00:24:58,767 --> 00:25:00,734 Yeah, the really exotic explanation is there's something 543 00:25:00,867 --> 00:25:02,300 under the ground here that's either 544 00:25:02,433 --> 00:25:04,433 -using this or causing this. -Mm-hmm. 545 00:25:04,567 --> 00:25:06,867 We just got to keep going deeper because 546 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,433 it's certainly not at eight-foot deep. 547 00:25:09,567 --> 00:25:12,633 We've now gone as deep as we can with this mini excavator. 548 00:25:12,767 --> 00:25:14,700 So whatever's here is deeper than we can 549 00:25:14,834 --> 00:25:15,934 actually reach today. 550 00:25:16,066 --> 00:25:17,467 I think what we need to do next 551 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,133 is to conduct a deeper magnetometry scan of this area 552 00:25:20,266 --> 00:25:22,700 to figure out just what's causing these energy spikes, 553 00:25:22,834 --> 00:25:24,934 and if it really could be a structure 554 00:25:25,066 --> 00:25:27,700 or a flooded tunnel system like James Keenan told us. 555 00:25:27,834 --> 00:25:30,800 BRYANT: I don't know that we are any less confused, 556 00:25:30,934 --> 00:25:34,467 but, you know, it definitely hammers home the point 557 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,367 that we have to study this area way more. 558 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:38,867 -TRAVIS: Yep. -BRYANT: All right, well, 559 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,000 let's pack it up and get out of here. 560 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,633 NATHAN: Here is the magnetic data of the whole property. 561 00:25:49,767 --> 00:25:51,934 We've got Homestead Two. 562 00:25:52,066 --> 00:25:53,900 There's extreme magnetic field anomaly 563 00:25:54,033 --> 00:25:56,066 compared to the rest of the background. 564 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,467 There's something going on in the ground, 565 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:00,100 particularly there at the homestead area. 566 00:26:10,066 --> 00:26:13,200 -TRAVIS: Hey, fellas. How y'all doing? -JEFF: Doing well. 567 00:26:13,333 --> 00:26:15,100 -How are you? -TRAVIS: After our shallow dig 568 00:26:15,233 --> 00:26:17,033 with the mini excavator at the triangle area 569 00:26:17,166 --> 00:26:19,000 didn't really find any definitive evidence 570 00:26:19,133 --> 00:26:20,900 of a structure or a tunnel, 571 00:26:21,033 --> 00:26:23,500 that means we need to dig much deeper. 572 00:26:23,633 --> 00:26:25,567 But before we can do anything more invasive 573 00:26:25,700 --> 00:26:27,700 or potentially risky like that, 574 00:26:27,834 --> 00:26:30,567 Brandon Fugal, the owner of Skinwalker Ranch, 575 00:26:30,700 --> 00:26:33,500 is going to want to see some hard scientific evidence. 576 00:26:33,633 --> 00:26:36,166 ERIK: Everybody, I want you to meet the team from Juniper Unmanned. 577 00:26:36,300 --> 00:26:37,567 (overlapping greetings) 578 00:26:37,700 --> 00:26:40,166 TRAVIS: So we invited Juniper Unmanned, 579 00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:41,567 a company that specializes 580 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:43,900 in both magnetometry and LiDAR technologies 581 00:26:44,033 --> 00:26:47,166 to help us perform a deeper and more comprehensive scan 582 00:26:47,300 --> 00:26:49,600 of the triangle, as well as other hot spots 583 00:26:49,734 --> 00:26:52,834 around the ranch where we keep seeing anomalies. 584 00:26:52,967 --> 00:26:54,600 ERIK: There are a few 585 00:26:54,734 --> 00:26:57,367 locations of interest relative to the magnetic question. 586 00:26:57,500 --> 00:26:59,166 The homestead area out to the west 587 00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:00,834 is very interesting to us. 588 00:27:00,967 --> 00:27:04,834 There are a few concentrated regions here in the east field 589 00:27:04,967 --> 00:27:08,300 that are also-- they have some interesting history. 590 00:27:08,433 --> 00:27:11,133 So no shortage of interesting sites on this ranch. 591 00:27:11,266 --> 00:27:13,000 -THOMAS: Let's get it done. -JEFF: Great. 592 00:27:18,300 --> 00:27:20,500 TRAVIS: We want to know if there could be a connection 593 00:27:20,633 --> 00:27:23,767 between the pit at Homestead Two where all that water disappeared 594 00:27:23,900 --> 00:27:26,333 earlier this year, and the triangle area, 595 00:27:26,467 --> 00:27:28,567 which may have flooded tunnels below it. 596 00:27:28,700 --> 00:27:29,934 So I'm really interested in 597 00:27:30,066 --> 00:27:32,633 what the magnetometry scan is gonna tell us. 598 00:27:32,767 --> 00:27:35,667 THOMAS: You think this will work? 599 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,967 Yeah, I think this will be a good place to get started. 600 00:27:38,100 --> 00:27:40,000 Well, heck. Let us get out of your way. Right? 601 00:27:40,133 --> 00:27:41,934 You guys get it going. I want to see it fly. 602 00:27:42,066 --> 00:27:43,567 Okay. I'm going to power up the drone. 603 00:27:45,433 --> 00:27:46,567 Taking off. 604 00:27:51,367 --> 00:27:54,467 (drone buzzing) 605 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,834 Starting to route. 606 00:27:56,967 --> 00:27:58,800 TRAVIS: Juniper's drone is equipped 607 00:27:58,934 --> 00:28:00,900 with a sophisticated magnetometer device 608 00:28:01,033 --> 00:28:03,000 that will scan the entire area 609 00:28:03,133 --> 00:28:05,500 sensing for any magnetic anomalies 610 00:28:05,633 --> 00:28:07,700 100 or more feet underground, 611 00:28:07,834 --> 00:28:10,333 so if there are tunnels or structures there, 612 00:28:10,467 --> 00:28:12,800 we should get a good indication of it. 613 00:28:14,433 --> 00:28:17,200 All right, I'm at altitude. 614 00:28:17,333 --> 00:28:19,166 Turning onto its first line. 615 00:28:19,300 --> 00:28:21,200 THOMAS: That's really cool. 616 00:28:21,333 --> 00:28:23,800 CHRIS: The magnetometer is nice and stable. 617 00:28:23,934 --> 00:28:25,467 Of course, I'm very excited to see 618 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:27,166 all the data that we're collecting, 619 00:28:27,300 --> 00:28:29,900 but I think the magnetic survey really 620 00:28:30,033 --> 00:28:33,000 holds the greatest promise for providing insights 621 00:28:33,133 --> 00:28:35,467 into some of the strange things that have happened 622 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,567 out at the homesteads and at the point of the mesa. 623 00:28:38,700 --> 00:28:41,834 All right, so it's about to turn and head towards us. 624 00:28:41,967 --> 00:28:44,500 TRAVIS: We spent the better part of the day running 625 00:28:44,633 --> 00:28:47,533 these magnetometry and LiDAR surveys in the triangle area, 626 00:28:47,667 --> 00:28:50,166 Homestead Two, and the eastern field. 627 00:28:50,300 --> 00:28:52,533 So, hopefully, once we process all the data, 628 00:28:52,667 --> 00:28:54,967 we'll have a much more complete picture of what 629 00:28:55,100 --> 00:28:58,367 could be going on both above and below the property. 630 00:28:58,500 --> 00:29:00,767 CHRIS: The magnetometer is nice and stable. 631 00:29:00,900 --> 00:29:03,934 TRAVIS: Then, we can talk to Brandon and decide as a team 632 00:29:04,066 --> 00:29:06,433 how much harder and deeper we are willing 633 00:29:06,567 --> 00:29:09,800 to poke this nest to get to the bottom of Skinwalker Ranch. 634 00:29:09,934 --> 00:29:12,133 CHRIS: Gear down. 635 00:29:16,934 --> 00:29:18,266 All right, guys. Well, let's pack up, 636 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,133 -and let's get out of here. -Sounds good. 637 00:29:24,867 --> 00:29:26,867 -ERIK: Hey, gentlemen. -TRAVIS: Hey, Chris. 638 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,600 JEFF: Hey, guys. Good to see you again. 639 00:29:28,734 --> 00:29:30,066 -How you doing? -Howdy. 640 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,066 We're pretty excited about, uh, the data 641 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,700 that, uh, we've been able to produce for you all. 642 00:29:34,834 --> 00:29:37,100 TRAVIS: Juniper compiled all this data 643 00:29:37,233 --> 00:29:39,033 of pretty much the entire ranch, 644 00:29:39,166 --> 00:29:40,800 and we can't wait to see 645 00:29:40,934 --> 00:29:42,967 if there are any anomalous readings 646 00:29:43,100 --> 00:29:45,567 that they got under the ground here on the ranch. 647 00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:48,800 It would be better for us to go to those locations 648 00:29:48,934 --> 00:29:52,700 that you gentlemen found interesting in this survey. 649 00:29:54,567 --> 00:29:56,867 NICHOLAS: Uh, what I'm showing here, this is, uh, 650 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,767 our LiDAR point cloud 651 00:29:58,900 --> 00:30:01,233 of the entire section that we collected. 652 00:30:01,367 --> 00:30:04,600 As the first area that I'd like to point out, 653 00:30:04,734 --> 00:30:08,266 it is just southeast of the helicopter pad. 654 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:11,967 Uh, there are a couple of circles that show up 655 00:30:12,100 --> 00:30:13,900 in the ground surface. 656 00:30:14,033 --> 00:30:15,767 As you're walking along, you might not notice 657 00:30:15,900 --> 00:30:17,767 the difference in the terrain. 658 00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:19,767 TRAVIS: There is clearly a circle right here. 659 00:30:19,900 --> 00:30:21,400 You can clearly see the circle there. 660 00:30:21,533 --> 00:30:23,467 That is very interesting, and, you know, 661 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,700 it's not far from where the cow died. 662 00:30:25,834 --> 00:30:27,900 -No. It's right by that. -TRAVIS: Yeah. 663 00:30:28,033 --> 00:30:30,567 I mean, it's within ten feet, right? Or 20 feet, maybe. 664 00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:32,900 NICHOLAS: Looks like there is-- there is a depression 665 00:30:33,033 --> 00:30:35,367 -going all the way around it. -TRAVIS: What is that? 666 00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:37,133 Probably 50 feet across? 667 00:30:37,266 --> 00:30:39,367 I-I think they're about ten to 20 feet across. 668 00:30:40,433 --> 00:30:43,433 It definitely does not look like a natural feature to us 669 00:30:43,567 --> 00:30:45,767 -here at the office. -ERIK: Yeah, I'm really anxious 670 00:30:45,900 --> 00:30:48,700 to have a look at the magnetometry results. 671 00:30:49,767 --> 00:30:52,934 NATHAN: Here is the magnetic data 672 00:30:53,066 --> 00:30:54,667 of the whole property. 673 00:30:56,033 --> 00:30:57,934 And, as you'll see, 674 00:30:58,066 --> 00:31:00,967 we've got some hot, bright colors 675 00:31:01,100 --> 00:31:03,133 in the southeast, and it moves off 676 00:31:03,266 --> 00:31:06,433 to greens and blues, cooler colors, to the north. 677 00:31:06,567 --> 00:31:08,433 The cooler colors represent 678 00:31:08,567 --> 00:31:11,433 lower magnetic intensity readings, 679 00:31:11,567 --> 00:31:14,633 and the warmer colors are higher. 680 00:31:14,767 --> 00:31:18,200 If I move a little to the west here, we have Homestead Two. 681 00:31:18,333 --> 00:31:19,834 TRAVIS: Really? 682 00:31:19,967 --> 00:31:22,266 There's extreme magnetic field anomaly 683 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,200 compared to the rest of the background right there. 684 00:31:25,333 --> 00:31:28,333 You know what? That's exactly where we always have trouble 685 00:31:28,467 --> 00:31:30,433 -with the... -With everything. 686 00:31:30,567 --> 00:31:32,367 Yeah, with everything. Can you zoom in 687 00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:33,767 a little bit closer right there? 688 00:31:33,900 --> 00:31:36,767 I want to see exactly where that is in the road. 689 00:31:36,900 --> 00:31:39,500 I mean, it's clearly a magnetic anomaly there. 690 00:31:39,633 --> 00:31:41,100 The really high magnetic readings 691 00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:43,000 at Homestead Two are incredible. 692 00:31:43,133 --> 00:31:45,600 We've had so much happen there above ground this year 693 00:31:45,734 --> 00:31:47,000 with our portal investigations, 694 00:31:47,133 --> 00:31:49,533 but this scientific data is telling us 695 00:31:49,667 --> 00:31:51,967 there has to be something below ground 696 00:31:52,100 --> 00:31:54,433 like a void or maybe even a structure. 697 00:31:54,567 --> 00:31:56,834 I really think we need to convince Brandon to let us 698 00:31:56,967 --> 00:31:59,567 drill a hole there and see what that is. 699 00:32:00,700 --> 00:32:03,500 NATHAN: We did a survey over the triangle, 700 00:32:03,633 --> 00:32:04,867 a magnetic survey. 701 00:32:05,967 --> 00:32:07,333 Here's the triangle. 702 00:32:07,467 --> 00:32:10,767 There's something going on right here. 703 00:32:10,900 --> 00:32:12,667 TRAVIS: Could you stop right there 704 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:14,533 and-and go a little bit more transparent 705 00:32:14,667 --> 00:32:17,333 with the magnetic data, just a little bit? 706 00:32:17,467 --> 00:32:19,100 Right there. 707 00:32:19,233 --> 00:32:22,200 What's really interesting about the magnetic anomaly 708 00:32:22,333 --> 00:32:25,200 at the triangle is how it looks like an elongated feature 709 00:32:25,333 --> 00:32:27,734 or possibly two main objects 710 00:32:27,867 --> 00:32:30,100 with something running between them. 711 00:32:30,233 --> 00:32:33,867 So from the lore about some kind of base under the ranch, 712 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,433 to James Keenan's theory about a tunnel, 713 00:32:36,567 --> 00:32:38,266 we really need Brandon's blessing 714 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,200 to explore deeper underground there. 715 00:32:40,333 --> 00:32:42,100 Well, I'd say, uh, 716 00:32:42,233 --> 00:32:43,900 that's some interesting stuff, and it gives us 717 00:32:44,033 --> 00:32:45,700 some things to dig deeper into 718 00:32:45,834 --> 00:32:48,600 and maybe even some spots to go look at a little closer. 719 00:32:48,734 --> 00:32:51,734 This is really great. It's a feature-rich report 720 00:32:51,867 --> 00:32:54,400 -that we're getting out of this. -TRAVIS: Great. Thank you very much, guys. 721 00:32:54,533 --> 00:32:56,200 -BRYANT: Yeah. -Thank you very much. -Appreciate it. 722 00:32:56,333 --> 00:32:58,200 ERIK: So it's telling us there's something going on 723 00:32:58,333 --> 00:33:00,266 in the ground, 724 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,333 particularly there at the homestead area. 725 00:33:02,467 --> 00:33:04,433 So we're being led by the data 726 00:33:04,567 --> 00:33:06,433 to explore that even more deeply. 727 00:33:06,567 --> 00:33:09,166 A-And then, uh, around the triangle, 728 00:33:09,300 --> 00:33:10,967 th-the weird, oscillating, 729 00:33:11,100 --> 00:33:12,767 uh, magnetic anomaly is just weird. 730 00:33:12,900 --> 00:33:15,467 Maybe we just didn't dig deep enough 731 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,333 -to see if there's an opening. -ERIK: Drill more, drill deeper. 732 00:33:18,467 --> 00:33:20,166 -I agree with that. -Given that, 733 00:33:20,300 --> 00:33:21,567 I think we should call Brandon 734 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:23,800 -and talk to him about it. -Yeah, let's do that. 735 00:33:23,934 --> 00:33:26,400 ERIK: I'd like to know what he thinks as well. 736 00:33:27,433 --> 00:33:29,667 The Sherman family has revealed 737 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,900 the actual location where they were told not to dig. 738 00:33:33,033 --> 00:33:34,967 TRAVIS: Erik, let's see where that is. 739 00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:37,467 Is there a landmark or a rock right there? 740 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,867 We need to maybe do some careful excavation. 741 00:33:50,333 --> 00:33:53,467 I see him now. Yep. There's Dragon. 742 00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:58,233 TRAVIS: After conducting comprehensive magnetometry 743 00:33:58,367 --> 00:34:00,600 and LiDAR scans across the ranch with the representatives 744 00:34:00,734 --> 00:34:01,934 from Juniper, 745 00:34:02,066 --> 00:34:03,567 we got the data back, 746 00:34:03,700 --> 00:34:05,734 which revealed that at each area of interest, 747 00:34:05,867 --> 00:34:09,066 the triangle, Homestead Two, and in the eastern field, 748 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:11,567 there appear to be anomalous features, 749 00:34:11,700 --> 00:34:14,700 or possibly structures below the ranch. 750 00:34:15,767 --> 00:34:18,800 So we've asked Brandon to fly in from Salt Lake City 751 00:34:18,934 --> 00:34:21,533 to meet with us so we can explain why we 752 00:34:21,667 --> 00:34:24,100 now think it's necessary to do some excavations 753 00:34:24,233 --> 00:34:26,633 and deeper drilling than we've ever done before... 754 00:34:26,767 --> 00:34:29,100 -Hey, guys. -TRAVIS: ...to find out what could be causing 755 00:34:29,233 --> 00:34:31,500 the bizarre phenomena on his property. 756 00:34:32,533 --> 00:34:34,233 Hopefully, he'll agree. 757 00:34:34,367 --> 00:34:36,233 ERIK: We want to brief you on some plans 758 00:34:36,367 --> 00:34:39,633 that we have for exploring even beneath the ground. 759 00:34:39,767 --> 00:34:41,734 -Wow. -What I'd like to do is 760 00:34:41,867 --> 00:34:44,233 I'd like to bring it up on the map and discuss 761 00:34:44,367 --> 00:34:46,533 the motivations, discuss the data that we have. 762 00:34:46,667 --> 00:34:48,066 Let's do it. 763 00:34:50,867 --> 00:34:52,967 ERIK: I'd like to start with the area 764 00:34:53,100 --> 00:34:55,600 where we saw the passing of that cow last year. 765 00:34:55,734 --> 00:34:57,633 We did see some features 766 00:34:57,767 --> 00:34:59,633 in our LiDAR surveys, 767 00:34:59,767 --> 00:35:01,834 possibly something beneath the ground 768 00:35:01,967 --> 00:35:03,934 could-could account for some of what's been reported. 769 00:35:04,066 --> 00:35:06,800 And we now know that cows are avoiding that spot. 770 00:35:06,934 --> 00:35:09,100 So it's interesting. 771 00:35:10,133 --> 00:35:12,433 BRANDON: I feel like there are few areas on the ranch, 772 00:35:12,567 --> 00:35:16,266 let alone anywhere in the world, where you can see 773 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,667 that type of activity. 774 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,700 -ERIK: It's a diversity of activities. -Yeah. 775 00:35:20,834 --> 00:35:22,700 -And our second spot here... -Yeah. 776 00:35:22,834 --> 00:35:25,900 ...you can tell is right by the Homestead Two area. 777 00:35:26,967 --> 00:35:28,934 -We had a magnetometer... -Mm-hmm. 778 00:35:29,066 --> 00:35:31,834 ...uh, that would measure the amplitude 779 00:35:31,967 --> 00:35:34,266 and specific direction of the magnetic field, 780 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,133 and in that spot, it showed 781 00:35:37,266 --> 00:35:42,033 there's extreme magnetic field anomaly right there. 782 00:35:42,166 --> 00:35:43,533 We definitely need to investigate it further. 783 00:35:43,667 --> 00:35:46,266 This seems to be a very real... 784 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,266 area of interest. Very real. 785 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,533 Let's just continue across the property on our map. 786 00:35:52,667 --> 00:35:55,033 This triangle area has a long history. 787 00:35:55,166 --> 00:35:57,133 TRAVIS: I mean, this is right underneath where 788 00:35:57,266 --> 00:36:00,834 last year we lost the balloon at 5,000 feet above the ranch. 789 00:36:02,133 --> 00:36:04,166 Three, two, one, let it launch. 790 00:36:04,300 --> 00:36:06,900 Last year we launched a weather balloon equipped 791 00:36:07,033 --> 00:36:08,734 with energy detectors about a mile high 792 00:36:08,867 --> 00:36:11,500 above the triangle area hoping to get some data. 793 00:36:11,633 --> 00:36:15,367 It's-it's not... This is not updating. 794 00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:17,367 MATT: So somewhere the sensor stopped working. 795 00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:20,367 TRAVIS: But the sensors suddenly just stopped returning data, 796 00:36:20,500 --> 00:36:22,266 and we never found the balloon. 797 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,700 We thought something up there must have caused that, 798 00:36:24,834 --> 00:36:27,400 but could it be because of this possible cavern 799 00:36:27,533 --> 00:36:30,600 or tunnel system we've now detected deep underground? 800 00:36:30,734 --> 00:36:34,100 So what have you observed most recently in this area 801 00:36:34,233 --> 00:36:36,233 that would cause you to... 802 00:36:36,367 --> 00:36:38,600 to believe that we need to dig deeper? 803 00:36:38,734 --> 00:36:40,767 -Strange behavior of the metal detectors... -TRAVIS: Mm-hmm. 804 00:36:40,900 --> 00:36:42,533 ...in very specific locations. 805 00:36:42,667 --> 00:36:46,033 We also have, in the opinion of Zach Zyla, 806 00:36:46,166 --> 00:36:48,400 that in fact, yes, our soil is 807 00:36:48,533 --> 00:36:51,533 unusually highly conductive. 808 00:36:51,667 --> 00:36:53,667 Well, I think that's noteworthy. 809 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,333 There's something to it that's important. 810 00:36:55,467 --> 00:36:56,767 We need to see what's underground. 811 00:36:56,900 --> 00:37:00,100 We've identified multiple locations 812 00:37:00,233 --> 00:37:02,266 where we feel like there will be a... 813 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,633 an in-sight payoff if we do some drilling. 814 00:37:05,767 --> 00:37:07,467 What are you recommending? 815 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:10,667 We're not talking about poking small holes in the ground. 816 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,233 Yeah, these-these might be as much as 20 inches or so. 817 00:37:13,367 --> 00:37:15,300 -Wow. -And we're going to hope to get down 818 00:37:15,433 --> 00:37:18,900 beyond 50-foot deep, maybe even to 100-foot deep, 819 00:37:19,033 --> 00:37:20,767 at least in a couple of spots. 820 00:37:23,567 --> 00:37:25,600 BRANDON: The ranch is a complicated place. 821 00:37:25,734 --> 00:37:28,000 There are great risks associated 822 00:37:28,133 --> 00:37:30,767 with any activity on the property. 823 00:37:30,900 --> 00:37:34,400 We're always concerned about disturbing the earth 824 00:37:34,533 --> 00:37:37,667 because we've seen some very disturbing things happen 825 00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:40,266 as we have disturbed the earth in the past. 826 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,567 Most notably, Thomas Winterton's incident, 827 00:37:43,700 --> 00:37:45,100 but also others. 828 00:37:45,233 --> 00:37:48,967 This triangle area has unexpected similarities 829 00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:51,333 -to the Homestead Two area. -Yeah. 830 00:37:51,467 --> 00:37:53,800 Well, I have some interesting news to share. 831 00:37:53,934 --> 00:37:56,967 You know, I recently conferenced with Ryan Skinner, 832 00:37:57,100 --> 00:37:59,834 who has-has really gained the confidence 833 00:37:59,967 --> 00:38:02,066 of the Sherman family. 834 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,333 Specifically, Gwen Sherman. 835 00:38:04,467 --> 00:38:07,066 And Gwen revealed 836 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,900 that there is an actual location 837 00:38:10,033 --> 00:38:14,066 of the area on the ranch where the Shermans said not to dig. 838 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,100 ♪ ♪ 839 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,600 BRANDON: There is an actual location 840 00:38:29,734 --> 00:38:32,100 of the area on the ranch where the Shermans said 841 00:38:32,233 --> 00:38:33,734 not to dig. 842 00:38:35,700 --> 00:38:37,567 TRAVIS: I was stunned when Brandon told us 843 00:38:37,700 --> 00:38:39,900 how he had just gotten ahold of new information 844 00:38:40,033 --> 00:38:42,567 about the Sherman family and another location 845 00:38:42,700 --> 00:38:44,800 where something strange could be buried underground 846 00:38:44,934 --> 00:38:46,433 on Skinwalker Ranch. 847 00:38:46,567 --> 00:38:48,567 I'd like to share with you the coordinates. 848 00:38:48,700 --> 00:38:51,433 40 degrees. 849 00:38:51,567 --> 00:38:52,633 15 minutes. 850 00:38:52,767 --> 00:38:57,000 23.0652 seconds north. 851 00:38:58,934 --> 00:39:01,667 Erik, let's see where exactly that is. 852 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:03,333 ERIK: Uh... 853 00:39:03,467 --> 00:39:05,700 BRANDON: Is there a landmark or a rock right there? 854 00:39:05,834 --> 00:39:08,100 -CAMERON: There's something right on that point. -BRANDON: Look at that. 855 00:39:13,133 --> 00:39:15,266 TRAVIS: It's really interesting to me 856 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:17,367 that when Erik types in 857 00:39:17,500 --> 00:39:19,500 the coordinates and he puts the pin in, 858 00:39:19,633 --> 00:39:21,200 it shows up right in the middle of this rock. 859 00:39:21,333 --> 00:39:23,834 That is really an intriguing thing. 860 00:39:23,967 --> 00:39:26,166 Obviously, we need to go look at the rock. 861 00:39:26,300 --> 00:39:28,533 We need to walk around it and survey it, and then we need 862 00:39:28,667 --> 00:39:32,533 to maybe do some, uh, careful excavation. 863 00:39:36,633 --> 00:39:39,033 TRAVIS: This spot is very near Homestead Two, 864 00:39:39,166 --> 00:39:41,667 and between Homestead Two and the triangle, 865 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:43,767 so could there be some kind of connection 866 00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:46,200 between these three points that might reveal something 867 00:39:46,333 --> 00:39:48,467 if we can just get deep underground? 868 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:51,533 Dragon, do you feel comfortable? 869 00:39:55,734 --> 00:39:58,500 After doing everything that we can 870 00:39:58,633 --> 00:40:00,934 in a noninvasive way, 871 00:40:01,066 --> 00:40:04,300 well, in talking with these guys and seeing 872 00:40:04,433 --> 00:40:06,333 where the investigation is, 873 00:40:06,467 --> 00:40:08,934 it's gotten to the point where, 874 00:40:09,066 --> 00:40:10,934 you know, we kind of need to really 875 00:40:11,066 --> 00:40:13,633 start exploring under the ground here. 876 00:40:21,433 --> 00:40:24,333 If you're prepared to take on that responsibility, 877 00:40:24,467 --> 00:40:27,266 then I'd like to proceed aggressively, 878 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:28,900 especially while the weather permits. 879 00:40:30,734 --> 00:40:33,000 One thing that we have learned over the course 880 00:40:33,133 --> 00:40:36,767 of the last few years, is that strange activity 881 00:40:36,900 --> 00:40:39,266 has been reported on this property 882 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,300 going back at least to the early 1900s. 883 00:40:42,433 --> 00:40:45,100 Maybe even hundreds to thousands of years. 884 00:40:45,233 --> 00:40:46,500 BRANDON: Exactly. 885 00:40:46,633 --> 00:40:48,767 And I believe the search for the truth 886 00:40:48,900 --> 00:40:52,934 trumps any previous effort to try to cloak 887 00:40:53,066 --> 00:40:57,300 or-or really, I think, keep a lot of these events secret. 888 00:40:57,433 --> 00:41:00,900 And even though there has been warning given in the past, 889 00:41:01,033 --> 00:41:03,000 I feel like we have an imperative 890 00:41:03,133 --> 00:41:06,233 to dig both literally and figuratively 891 00:41:06,367 --> 00:41:10,133 to get to the bottom of what is at work at Skinwalker Ranch. 892 00:41:13,033 --> 00:41:15,700 We're going to find some answers to something 893 00:41:15,834 --> 00:41:18,600 that has baffled people for eons, maybe. 894 00:41:18,734 --> 00:41:21,934 I-I'm comfortable with executing immediately 895 00:41:22,066 --> 00:41:25,500 and taking a very aggressive approach on this property. 896 00:41:25,633 --> 00:41:27,734 I guess we've got marching orders. 897 00:41:27,867 --> 00:41:30,500 And we'll keep you updated and posted on everything as well. 898 00:41:30,633 --> 00:41:32,934 -Okay, well, with that... -Let me walk you guys out. 899 00:41:33,066 --> 00:41:35,000 ...let's head out. 900 00:41:35,133 --> 00:41:38,500 BRYANT: There's no question that it's a distinct possibility 901 00:41:38,633 --> 00:41:41,700 that some of the phenomenon that are taking place 902 00:41:41,834 --> 00:41:43,400 on Skinwalker Ranch is associated 903 00:41:43,533 --> 00:41:45,533 with something beneath the ranch. 904 00:41:45,667 --> 00:41:48,166 I know that I have given a lot of pushback 905 00:41:48,300 --> 00:41:50,367 about disturbing the earth 906 00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:52,667 and digging and things of that nature, 907 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:55,867 but I realize that, for the investigation, 908 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,333 it's probably a necessary exercise. 909 00:41:58,467 --> 00:42:01,433 THOMAS: The only way we're going to get answers is to dig. 910 00:42:01,567 --> 00:42:04,000 I'm not scared to dig, but I am cautious. 911 00:42:04,133 --> 00:42:07,166 There's a superstitious side of me 912 00:42:07,300 --> 00:42:09,734 that still believes that there's something that takes place 913 00:42:09,867 --> 00:42:11,433 when you dig on this ranch. 914 00:42:11,567 --> 00:42:13,333 ERIK: People have said for a long time 915 00:42:13,467 --> 00:42:15,300 that when you start digging on the ranch, 916 00:42:15,433 --> 00:42:17,066 it stirs up activity. 917 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,066 We're no longer in our comfort zone. 918 00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:21,567 And we're dealing with the ranch in a way 919 00:42:21,700 --> 00:42:24,066 that may never have been attempted before. 920 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:26,800 BRANDON: This is a key moment 921 00:42:26,934 --> 00:42:30,133 where we're about to embark on the next frontier. 922 00:42:30,266 --> 00:42:31,934 We all take a deep breath, 923 00:42:32,066 --> 00:42:36,500 and we all carefully consider not only the risks, 924 00:42:36,633 --> 00:42:40,100 but also the gravity of what lies ahead 925 00:42:40,233 --> 00:42:43,567 and what we may yet reveal at Skinwalker Ranch. 926 00:42:48,900 --> 00:42:51,133 THOMAS: We're going to dig at this site where the cow died. 927 00:42:51,266 --> 00:42:53,734 That is magnetic right there. That is crazy. 928 00:42:53,867 --> 00:42:56,767 ERIK: We're going to poke three holes out of the triangle. 929 00:42:56,900 --> 00:42:59,500 Hey, guys. This thing's hopping all over the place. 930 00:42:59,633 --> 00:43:01,867 Magnetic north has been shifted. 931 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:03,700 It's pointing toward where they're drilling. 932 00:43:03,834 --> 00:43:05,166 The drill's having some kind of effect 933 00:43:05,300 --> 00:43:07,166 on the magnetic field at the ranch. 934 00:43:07,300 --> 00:43:09,967 The Shermans said not to dig 935 00:43:10,100 --> 00:43:11,200 right in the middle of that rock. 936 00:43:11,333 --> 00:43:12,734 Oh, crap. Look at that. 937 00:43:12,867 --> 00:43:14,133 THOMAS: What is that? 938 00:43:14,266 --> 00:43:17,333 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS