1 00:00:01,501 --> 00:00:03,200 I wasn't expecting this. 2 00:00:03,367 --> 00:00:06,000 [narrator] Previously on "Blind Frog Ranch"... 3 00:00:06,167 --> 00:00:08,367 -Good to see you, Charlie boy. -Good to see you. 4 00:00:08,534 --> 00:00:10,767 Charlie is back on the ranch. 5 00:00:10,934 --> 00:00:13,167 There's a lot of things going on in this ranch 6 00:00:13,334 --> 00:00:14,868 that people don't understand. 7 00:00:15,033 --> 00:00:16,367 [Josh] Hey, you guys hear that? 8 00:00:16,534 --> 00:00:17,801 [Eric] What was that? 9 00:00:17,801 --> 00:00:20,167 [Jim] Could it be something deep in the earth that actually 10 00:00:20,334 --> 00:00:21,367 is spiraling? 11 00:00:21,534 --> 00:00:25,267 Could there be a vortex under the ground? 12 00:00:25,434 --> 00:00:26,534 [Josh] All right. 13 00:00:26,701 --> 00:00:29,200 And following clues from an old Mormon journal... 14 00:00:29,367 --> 00:00:30,467 [Josh] If we're in the right spot. 15 00:00:30,634 --> 00:00:33,000 where in the hell do we go from here? 16 00:00:33,167 --> 00:00:36,267 ...the team has discovered an impassable doorway 17 00:00:36,434 --> 00:00:38,100 to the underground. 18 00:00:38,267 --> 00:00:40,367 [Josh] I think this rock was put here on purpose. 19 00:00:40,534 --> 00:00:43,167 But how in the hell do we get in here? 20 00:00:43,334 --> 00:00:46,701 But their efforts to locate the fabled Golden Staircase... 21 00:00:46,868 --> 00:00:47,801 [Josh] Look for the truck. 22 00:00:47,968 --> 00:00:49,467 You'll need to run a straight line. 23 00:00:49,634 --> 00:00:51,868 ...are nearing catastrophic failure. 24 00:00:52,033 --> 00:00:53,067 [Josh] Here they come. 25 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,167 Chili! Are you guys all right? 26 00:00:58,334 --> 00:00:59,300 No, we're not. 27 00:00:59,467 --> 00:01:00,567 We're having a bunch of trouble. 28 00:01:06,601 --> 00:01:08,667 Legends of ancient treasures... 29 00:01:08,834 --> 00:01:10,901 [James] It could go thousands of years back. 30 00:01:11,067 --> 00:01:13,000 ...and unexplained phenomena... 31 00:01:13,167 --> 00:01:15,167 [Chili] Oh, [bleep] this. I'm not messing with that. 32 00:01:15,334 --> 00:01:20,667 ...meet at a 160-acre property in northeast Utah known as 33 00:01:20,834 --> 00:01:22,567 Blind Frog Ranch. 34 00:01:22,734 --> 00:01:26,667 For decades, teams have searched the land for long lost 35 00:01:26,834 --> 00:01:29,701 Aztec gold. But the closer they get... 36 00:01:29,868 --> 00:01:31,601 Look at that! It's gold! 37 00:01:31,767 --> 00:01:33,667 ...the harder the land fights back. 38 00:01:33,834 --> 00:01:36,567 Whoa! What the hell's going on? 39 00:01:36,734 --> 00:01:38,501 Now, a prolific miner... 40 00:01:38,667 --> 00:01:40,467 We're standing on a pile of gold. 41 00:01:40,634 --> 00:01:42,200 ...and a legendary treasure hunter... 42 00:01:42,367 --> 00:01:44,767 There must be another tunnel entrance, something. 43 00:01:44,934 --> 00:01:46,267 ...armed with new evidence... 44 00:01:46,434 --> 00:01:47,868 -[Chili] Look at this. -[Josh] What the hell is that? 45 00:01:48,033 --> 00:01:49,267 ...and a fabled artifact... 46 00:01:49,434 --> 00:01:51,167 There's a date on that, 1912. 47 00:01:51,334 --> 00:01:54,400 ...will take on a 500-year-old curse... 48 00:01:54,567 --> 00:01:56,567 Fire in the hole! 49 00:01:56,734 --> 00:01:58,868 ...and a land littered with traps. 50 00:01:59,033 --> 00:02:00,367 [Eric] Whoa, whoa, whoa! 51 00:02:00,534 --> 00:02:03,300 To find a $3 billion treasure... 52 00:02:03,467 --> 00:02:05,300 -[explosion bangs] -[Chili] Whoa! 53 00:02:05,467 --> 00:02:08,467 ...they won't stop until they uncovered the mystery of 54 00:02:08,634 --> 00:02:09,801 what lurks below... 55 00:02:09,968 --> 00:02:12,701 -[Eric] Guys, it's caving! -[Josh] Oh, [bleep], run! 56 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:15,467 ...at Blind Frog Ranch. 57 00:02:20,100 --> 00:02:21,100 [Chili] Copy that. 58 00:02:26,868 --> 00:02:28,767 [static buzzing] 59 00:02:35,767 --> 00:02:39,567 On the northern edge of the ranch, Josh and Chili are 60 00:02:39,734 --> 00:02:42,367 searching for the Golden Staircase. 61 00:02:42,534 --> 00:02:45,767 And after discovering an impassable stone door... 62 00:02:45,934 --> 00:02:47,667 What if there is a cave underneath here 63 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:49,367 or some sort of a mine? 64 00:02:49,534 --> 00:02:53,667 They're conducting an aerial SAR scan to look for an entry 65 00:02:53,834 --> 00:02:56,100 point to a potential cavern system. 66 00:02:58,567 --> 00:02:59,767 [Josh] We need a fourth pass 67 00:02:59,934 --> 00:03:02,701 exactly the same, so we can hit 200. 68 00:03:02,868 --> 00:03:07,100 In order for the waves emitted by the SAR device to penetrate 69 00:03:07,267 --> 00:03:11,167 deep into the earth and reveal the full extent of any caverns 70 00:03:11,334 --> 00:03:16,968 below, the plane must make four flybys, with each pass executed 71 00:03:17,133 --> 00:03:19,367 at a lower altitude than the last. 72 00:03:21,868 --> 00:03:23,067 [static buzzing] 73 00:03:23,234 --> 00:03:24,400 [Josh] [bleep]! 74 00:03:25,667 --> 00:03:28,300 But as Chili and the pilot make their descent to 75 00:03:28,467 --> 00:03:32,667 their fourth and final pass, the plane's instruments 76 00:03:32,834 --> 00:03:34,167 begin to malfunction. 77 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,067 [Josh] Chili, come in. Are you guys all right? 78 00:03:39,234 --> 00:03:41,000 [Chili] [indistinct] a certain spot over there. 79 00:03:43,167 --> 00:03:44,467 What the hell is that? 80 00:03:44,634 --> 00:03:45,701 [static buzzing] 81 00:03:45,868 --> 00:03:48,000 Chili, I'm not reading you well. 82 00:03:54,767 --> 00:03:58,200 Over the years, strange electronic anomalies 83 00:03:58,367 --> 00:04:00,567 have been a common problem on the ranch. 84 00:04:02,367 --> 00:04:03,801 From equipment failures... 85 00:04:03,968 --> 00:04:05,801 [crew] The computer went out! 86 00:04:05,968 --> 00:04:07,567 ...to radio interference... 87 00:04:07,734 --> 00:04:09,167 [distorted radio chatter] 88 00:04:09,334 --> 00:04:11,667 [Duane] I can't hear ya. My radio's not working. 89 00:04:11,834 --> 00:04:14,000 ...and unexplained energy readings. 90 00:04:14,167 --> 00:04:16,601 I've never seen data that looks like that before. 91 00:04:16,767 --> 00:04:19,501 These events have occurred all across the property, 92 00:04:21,367 --> 00:04:23,868 but never with the stakes so high. 93 00:04:38,100 --> 00:04:40,133 [Josh] You have no way to tell bearing or altitude? 94 00:04:42,601 --> 00:04:44,868 Without a functioning altimeter, 95 00:04:45,033 --> 00:04:48,667 Chili and the pilot can't get an accurate reading of altitude 96 00:04:48,834 --> 00:04:52,601 or atmospheric pressure, making it almost impossible for 97 00:04:52,767 --> 00:04:57,267 them to fly the precise path the SAR scan requires 98 00:04:57,434 --> 00:05:00,100 and greatly increasing their chances of 99 00:05:00,267 --> 00:05:01,767 a catastrophic crash. 100 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,067 -We're blind. -[Matt] Oh, boy. 101 00:05:04,234 --> 00:05:05,467 We're totally blind. 102 00:05:05,634 --> 00:05:08,767 And without the final pass, the team will be left 103 00:05:08,934 --> 00:05:11,901 with an incomprehensible and misleading map of 104 00:05:12,067 --> 00:05:13,067 the caverns below. 105 00:05:31,968 --> 00:05:33,901 -[Charlie] Hey, buddy. -[Mark] Hey, Charlie. 106 00:05:35,067 --> 00:05:36,767 [Charlie] You already at work? 107 00:05:36,934 --> 00:05:38,300 [Mark] Yes, sir. 108 00:05:38,467 --> 00:05:39,567 How you been? 109 00:05:41,667 --> 00:05:44,167 Yeah, we're recovering pretty good. 110 00:05:45,300 --> 00:05:49,300 After learning from Jim Segala that a dark energy lies under 111 00:05:49,467 --> 00:05:50,767 the Bead Site... 112 00:05:50,934 --> 00:05:54,200 We saw this undulating large energy mass that was flowing 113 00:05:54,367 --> 00:05:55,367 around the ground. 114 00:05:55,367 --> 00:05:57,400 And the biggest spike was at the Bead Site. 115 00:05:58,868 --> 00:06:01,367 ...Charlie believes that their work at the sacred 116 00:06:01,534 --> 00:06:05,601 location may be what caused him and Duane to fall ill. 117 00:06:06,901 --> 00:06:10,801 So he's called in local spiritual leader Mark Julian to 118 00:06:10,968 --> 00:06:13,701 assess what the forces may be at work. 119 00:06:16,167 --> 00:06:18,000 When Duane goes down and I go down, 120 00:06:19,100 --> 00:06:20,667 there's something going on. 121 00:06:20,834 --> 00:06:23,467 I'm looking for some help and some answers on this thing. 122 00:06:26,767 --> 00:06:28,100 [Mark] You know, this is ancient land. 123 00:06:29,467 --> 00:06:32,801 As far as you can see, it's all sacred to all 124 00:06:32,968 --> 00:06:34,601 the Native people. 125 00:06:34,767 --> 00:06:36,000 The spiritual side, 126 00:06:36,167 --> 00:06:39,000 you can't mess with that, you know. 127 00:06:39,167 --> 00:06:41,467 I would stay completely away from this stuff. 128 00:06:41,634 --> 00:06:46,267 Anything you do, ask permission first, give an offering, 129 00:06:46,434 --> 00:06:48,868 just show all the respect you can. 130 00:06:49,033 --> 00:06:51,367 [Charlie] And we've tried to show, you know, respect to the land 131 00:06:51,534 --> 00:06:54,667 and not disturb things when we found them, 132 00:06:54,834 --> 00:06:56,167 covered them back up. 133 00:06:56,334 --> 00:06:59,901 But, you know, I think we've hit a nerve, 134 00:07:00,133 --> 00:07:01,601 when we found that altar. 135 00:07:04,067 --> 00:07:05,868 This looks like a structure or something. 136 00:07:07,868 --> 00:07:10,000 It looks like some type of crematorium. 137 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,701 Things really, I'm going to say curse-wise, 138 00:07:15,868 --> 00:07:17,067 kind of picked up for us. 139 00:07:17,067 --> 00:07:20,367 And, you know, Duane was the first one that went down, 140 00:07:20,534 --> 00:07:21,567 couldn't move his arms. 141 00:07:21,734 --> 00:07:24,167 And then I got sick for seven months. 142 00:07:24,334 --> 00:07:26,000 That is not good, especially with it being 143 00:07:26,167 --> 00:07:27,501 an ancient burial site. 144 00:07:27,667 --> 00:07:30,767 This is, especially this area right here, this is not where 145 00:07:30,934 --> 00:07:32,167 you want to mess around here. 146 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,367 Before all of this started, I told Duane, this is not 147 00:07:36,534 --> 00:07:39,167 going to be good for you. And here we are. 148 00:07:39,334 --> 00:07:41,100 Here's the consequences of all of this. 149 00:07:42,801 --> 00:07:45,801 Mark believes that by disturbing the altar, 150 00:07:45,968 --> 00:07:49,801 Charlie and the team may have unknowingly provoked whatever 151 00:07:49,968 --> 00:07:54,267 spirits are tied to the land, potentially unleashing a curse 152 00:07:54,434 --> 00:07:57,367 that could explain the mysterious illness now 153 00:07:57,534 --> 00:08:00,868 gripping both Charlie and Duane. 154 00:08:01,033 --> 00:08:03,601 [Charlie] The Bead Site is a sacred area 155 00:08:03,767 --> 00:08:05,868 for reasons still really unknown. 156 00:08:06,968 --> 00:08:08,968 Were we affected by the curse? 157 00:08:09,133 --> 00:08:11,467 We don't know for certain, but I'll be working on that 158 00:08:11,634 --> 00:08:12,901 from here on out. 159 00:08:13,968 --> 00:08:18,000 I've never believed in curses before, but I have no idea. 160 00:08:19,367 --> 00:08:21,167 We're looking for answers. 161 00:08:21,334 --> 00:08:25,000 We're looking at how can we fix this where we can operate 162 00:08:25,167 --> 00:08:26,834 up here without people getting hurt. 163 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:30,701 [Mark] This place is cursed. 164 00:08:33,167 --> 00:08:36,267 You know, this may be beyond me, and we probably need to get 165 00:08:36,434 --> 00:08:39,901 somebody local in and help you a little bit more. 166 00:08:40,067 --> 00:08:41,400 [Charlie] If we need all the help we can get. 167 00:08:41,567 --> 00:08:43,567 -Yeah. -Who do you have in mind? 168 00:08:43,734 --> 00:08:44,868 Don Mitchell. 169 00:08:45,033 --> 00:08:46,868 He's local, so I think that's a good thing. 170 00:08:48,167 --> 00:08:50,267 Let's get Don on the phone and see if we can get him 171 00:08:50,434 --> 00:08:51,400 out here. -[Mark] Yeah. 172 00:08:51,567 --> 00:08:52,767 Maybe that'll help you out, brother. 173 00:08:54,567 --> 00:08:55,567 I hope so. 174 00:09:11,267 --> 00:09:16,601 Across the ranch, to complete their SAR scan, Josh and Chili 175 00:09:16,767 --> 00:09:21,100 must execute a fourth and final pass of their target area, 176 00:09:21,267 --> 00:09:24,267 this time at the lowest possible altitude. 177 00:09:28,901 --> 00:09:31,701 But with an interference affecting their instruments 178 00:09:31,868 --> 00:09:36,267 and radio communication with Josh, Chili and the pilot must 179 00:09:36,434 --> 00:09:39,100 fly without knowing their exact altitude. 180 00:09:40,567 --> 00:09:41,601 -Get on it. -[Matt] One more pass. 181 00:09:52,467 --> 00:09:54,100 Yeah, that's good. That's good right there. 182 00:09:55,367 --> 00:09:57,801 If he cuts back over here to the truck... 183 00:09:57,968 --> 00:09:59,367 [Josh] OK, come a little bit more to your right. 184 00:10:02,267 --> 00:10:03,400 There you go. 185 00:10:04,767 --> 00:10:06,367 A little more to your right. 186 00:10:06,534 --> 00:10:08,300 Push north. Push just a little bit north. 187 00:10:11,868 --> 00:10:12,868 Keep it steady. 188 00:10:13,033 --> 00:10:14,067 [Chili] Copy that. 189 00:10:27,100 --> 00:10:28,901 [Matt] Not even close. 190 00:10:29,067 --> 00:10:30,567 And it's got to be perfect. 191 00:10:30,734 --> 00:10:32,601 We're going to have to go and try it again. 192 00:10:32,767 --> 00:10:34,400 [Josh] [bleep]. 193 00:10:35,767 --> 00:10:38,167 OK, we didn't get a good reading on that. 194 00:10:38,334 --> 00:10:39,367 Let's do that one again. 195 00:10:39,534 --> 00:10:41,367 [Matt] Get a little lower. 196 00:10:41,534 --> 00:10:42,767 The lower, the more we can see. 197 00:10:50,100 --> 00:10:51,868 The lower, the better. We'll get a better reading. 198 00:11:01,300 --> 00:11:04,000 [Josh] What we're doing is really dangerous. 199 00:11:04,167 --> 00:11:06,000 I do want this deeper scan, and they're saying they're 200 00:11:06,167 --> 00:11:07,868 going to do it, but I'm nervous about it. 201 00:11:08,033 --> 00:11:09,267 Let's grab these cones. 202 00:11:09,267 --> 00:11:11,400 We've got to set these cones out in this direction here. 203 00:11:11,567 --> 00:11:12,667 I mean, there's no room for error. 204 00:11:12,834 --> 00:11:14,868 They're going to be very, very low. 205 00:11:15,033 --> 00:11:17,467 And once they get about 200 yards out from us, 206 00:11:17,634 --> 00:11:18,767 we start to lose comms. 207 00:11:20,367 --> 00:11:22,567 So I have to try and get them on that very precise 208 00:11:22,734 --> 00:11:23,601 path before then. 209 00:11:24,901 --> 00:11:26,467 Go, Chili. 210 00:11:26,634 --> 00:11:28,467 Look for the cones and my truck. 211 00:11:28,634 --> 00:11:31,067 You'll need to run a straight line right across those cones. 212 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,701 But if there's any trouble with that plane, they can wreck. 213 00:11:36,868 --> 00:11:37,868 We're going to have to be careful. 214 00:11:43,100 --> 00:11:44,100 [Josh] We're ready. 215 00:11:49,467 --> 00:11:50,467 All right, here he comes. 216 00:11:51,868 --> 00:11:52,901 He's looking good. 217 00:11:53,968 --> 00:11:55,100 He's staying straight. 218 00:11:55,267 --> 00:11:56,567 [Matt] Try to get as low as we can. 219 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,000 Keep that altitude. 220 00:12:12,601 --> 00:12:13,767 [Matt] Here. 221 00:12:21,100 --> 00:12:22,767 Beautiful. That was the one. 222 00:12:23,901 --> 00:12:24,901 Chili, that was beautiful. 223 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,000 That was a good pass. 224 00:12:28,067 --> 00:12:29,067 We got what we need. 225 00:12:40,367 --> 00:12:44,200 With the full SAR scan complete, the team should now 226 00:12:44,367 --> 00:12:48,367 have a comprehensive view of what caverns may exist within 227 00:12:48,534 --> 00:12:49,901 their target area, 228 00:12:50,767 --> 00:12:55,100 where they suspect a path may exist to the Golden Staircase. 229 00:12:56,100 --> 00:12:59,667 Maybe what Golden Staircase, whatever it is, holds 230 00:12:59,834 --> 00:13:01,567 this treasure. 231 00:13:01,734 --> 00:13:05,567 And a potential trove of treasure worth billions. 232 00:13:06,667 --> 00:13:08,968 Land that sucker. We're done. 233 00:13:16,968 --> 00:13:18,467 2 [mysterious music plays] 234 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:26,100 OK, guys, so we got 235 00:13:26,267 --> 00:13:29,167 the results of the SAR survey back. 236 00:13:29,334 --> 00:13:32,834 After discovering a stone doorway they believe is 237 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,667 blocking the path to the Golden Staircase, 238 00:13:36,834 --> 00:13:41,767 the team performed an SAR scan of the area 300 yards beyond 239 00:13:41,934 --> 00:13:44,834 the door, searching for an alternate way 240 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,767 into the underground. 241 00:13:46,934 --> 00:13:48,367 Chili, that was beautiful. 242 00:13:48,534 --> 00:13:50,100 We got what we need. 243 00:13:50,267 --> 00:13:53,167 The scan should show them an image of the underground 244 00:13:53,334 --> 00:13:57,667 terrain up to 200 feet deep, depicting any voids 245 00:13:57,834 --> 00:13:59,100 and formation changes. 246 00:14:01,467 --> 00:14:02,968 [Eric] I think we got some good data out of it. 247 00:14:03,133 --> 00:14:05,667 I mean, it's nothing like when we saw under the pyramids in 248 00:14:05,834 --> 00:14:08,734 Egypt, nothing that high tech, but I think it's gonna work 249 00:14:08,901 --> 00:14:11,067 for us. -We got good imagery back? 250 00:14:11,234 --> 00:14:13,000 We did. I can show it to you here. 251 00:14:14,167 --> 00:14:16,067 [James] So that's into the hillside. 252 00:14:16,234 --> 00:14:17,267 So we're looking down. 253 00:14:17,434 --> 00:14:18,834 This is a plan view, basically. 254 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:23,400 That's going down vertically into the soil. 255 00:14:23,567 --> 00:14:25,501 This is the area where the stone door is. 256 00:14:25,667 --> 00:14:27,467 This is the creek. 257 00:14:27,634 --> 00:14:31,167 We have definite indications of a void here and a void there. 258 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,000 -That's a void. -[Eric] Yeah. 259 00:14:36,167 --> 00:14:38,767 Could be the very top of that cavern system. 260 00:14:38,934 --> 00:14:42,167 So could this void continue like a passageway, or is there 261 00:14:42,334 --> 00:14:43,501 just a hole right there? 262 00:14:43,501 --> 00:14:46,367 Yes, this void, it does continue, and that's part of 263 00:14:46,534 --> 00:14:48,067 the cave system. 264 00:14:48,234 --> 00:14:52,000 [Ron] What do you reckon that this is as far as rock? 265 00:14:53,267 --> 00:14:54,834 [Eric] That would be sandstone at the surface. 266 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,000 We may have some fracturing going on there. 267 00:14:57,167 --> 00:14:59,834 We may have a really hard cemented formation. 268 00:15:00,067 --> 00:15:01,567 We've seen that in other areas of the ranch. 269 00:15:02,567 --> 00:15:05,767 As we go down further, you can see a different shade. 270 00:15:07,033 --> 00:15:09,100 Is this indicating different rock? 271 00:15:09,267 --> 00:15:10,467 [Eric] That's a different formation. 272 00:15:10,634 --> 00:15:12,467 That formation we have drilled before. 273 00:15:14,067 --> 00:15:17,200 It's easier to drill through, but we hit a coal seam 274 00:15:17,367 --> 00:15:19,200 and some methane there. -[Ron] OK. 275 00:15:19,367 --> 00:15:20,934 And so it's a little bit sketchy. 276 00:15:22,300 --> 00:15:25,300 The results of this SAR survey are really exciting. 277 00:15:25,467 --> 00:15:27,267 I mean, we're seeing 278 00:15:27,434 --> 00:15:29,501 the very top of an opening, 279 00:15:29,667 --> 00:15:32,501 but if we go any further beyond that 280 00:15:33,968 --> 00:15:34,968 to the south, 281 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,467 I just do not want to drill. 282 00:15:38,567 --> 00:15:40,834 It's in an area where we've encountered 283 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,100 volatile conditions. 284 00:15:42,267 --> 00:15:43,200 Hey, fire, fire, fire! 285 00:15:43,367 --> 00:15:44,267 [Denzel] You guys got a fire going. 286 00:15:44,434 --> 00:15:45,367 [Josh] [bleep]! 287 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:47,400 [Duane] Shut it down. 288 00:15:49,100 --> 00:15:51,467 [Eric] So I want to avoid that area. 289 00:15:51,634 --> 00:15:53,868 That's like half of the image, is that bad area. 290 00:15:54,033 --> 00:15:55,300 [Eric] Yeah. 291 00:15:57,767 --> 00:15:59,501 What's going to get us in there the fastest? 292 00:16:00,667 --> 00:16:03,968 I mean, this is my first target right here. 293 00:16:04,133 --> 00:16:05,234 This is the ideal spot right here. 294 00:16:05,234 --> 00:16:06,501 Yeah, exactly, so that's where we're going to go. 295 00:16:06,667 --> 00:16:08,067 That's the biggest opening. 296 00:16:08,234 --> 00:16:10,367 How deep do you think we're going to have to drill down? 297 00:16:10,534 --> 00:16:13,601 I believe we're looking at about 60 feet, maybe 60, 298 00:16:13,767 --> 00:16:16,834 maybe 80 feet to the top of that void. 299 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,567 Can we tell from this scan if it's shown any water down in 300 00:16:19,734 --> 00:16:21,601 that void? -[Eric] Not really. 301 00:16:21,767 --> 00:16:24,033 The SAR survey is not going to tell us that. 302 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:25,300 However... 303 00:16:26,267 --> 00:16:28,934 there is a possibility that is filled with water. 304 00:16:29,100 --> 00:16:31,968 And we're also getting into the rainy season where storms 305 00:16:32,133 --> 00:16:33,067 are coming through. 306 00:16:34,033 --> 00:16:35,267 For years... 307 00:16:35,434 --> 00:16:36,734 Wait, can you hear that? 308 00:16:36,901 --> 00:16:40,367 ...underground water has been an impassable obstacle in 309 00:16:40,534 --> 00:16:42,501 the team's hunt for Aztec treasure. 310 00:16:42,667 --> 00:16:44,467 [Josh] What the hell's going on? 311 00:16:44,634 --> 00:16:48,567 But the abnormally dry season opened a narrow window to 312 00:16:48,734 --> 00:16:52,167 access and excavate the Keyhole Chamber. 313 00:16:52,334 --> 00:16:54,100 [Josh] Look up above you. 314 00:16:54,267 --> 00:16:56,667 Water's gotten at least that high recently. 315 00:16:56,834 --> 00:16:59,167 Last year, the year before this thing was probably totally 316 00:16:59,334 --> 00:17:00,534 filled with water. 317 00:17:02,667 --> 00:17:05,267 There's a possibility that it's filled with water. 318 00:17:05,434 --> 00:17:07,667 But it's a risk I think we could take. 319 00:17:07,834 --> 00:17:09,367 Utah's been pretty dry this season, right? 320 00:17:09,534 --> 00:17:10,634 Yes. 321 00:17:10,634 --> 00:17:12,200 [Ron] So we probably ain't gonna be messing with 322 00:17:12,367 --> 00:17:14,200 a whole lot of groundwater. -[Eric] Exactly. 323 00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:17,100 This is the driest summer I think it's been in years. 324 00:17:17,267 --> 00:17:19,868 This has to get done this season, and it has to get done 325 00:17:20,033 --> 00:17:21,367 before the rainy season hits us. 326 00:17:21,534 --> 00:17:22,601 Yes. 327 00:17:22,601 --> 00:17:24,000 You've just got to get in there and go for it. 328 00:17:24,167 --> 00:17:25,100 [Eric] Yep. 329 00:17:25,267 --> 00:17:26,567 Right now, that's the bottom line. 330 00:17:26,567 --> 00:17:28,100 -[Eric] Yeah. -[Josh] That's our best option right there. 331 00:17:29,501 --> 00:17:32,934 It has been years of fighting flooded tunnels up here 332 00:17:33,100 --> 00:17:34,567 on this ranch. 333 00:17:34,734 --> 00:17:37,934 This year is the only year they've had this dry up here. 334 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,767 This is our window to get into the underground. 335 00:17:40,934 --> 00:17:41,934 This is our chance. 336 00:17:43,100 --> 00:17:44,234 [Eric] This is our best option. 337 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:46,467 We get a drill rig in here, and we drill right at 338 00:17:46,634 --> 00:17:47,734 that spot. -[Ron] OK. 339 00:17:47,901 --> 00:17:48,868 Agreed. 340 00:17:57,501 --> 00:17:59,767 As night fell before drill day, 341 00:18:01,834 --> 00:18:04,767 the Uintas were hit with an unusual storm 342 00:18:04,934 --> 00:18:06,400 before the rainy season. 343 00:18:10,267 --> 00:18:13,834 In just eight hours, the creek doubled in depth 344 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:18,167 and the typically arid terrain has been soaked with rainwater. 345 00:18:31,567 --> 00:18:33,767 [Chili] With this weather, that creek's going to come up real fast. 346 00:18:33,934 --> 00:18:35,000 I know it is. 347 00:18:39,868 --> 00:18:43,501 [Eric] It's going to turn really bad this afternoon, and so a lot of 348 00:18:43,667 --> 00:18:46,167 rain, and you can feel it getting colder, too, 349 00:18:46,334 --> 00:18:47,734 so you never know up here. 350 00:18:48,767 --> 00:18:50,033 [Josh] All right, let's get wet. 351 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,267 Go for it, man. Punch it, pork chop. 352 00:18:52,434 --> 00:18:53,467 -Ha-ha! -[Chili] Stay on it. 353 00:18:53,634 --> 00:18:56,567 -[heavy splashing] -[overlapping talking] 354 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,100 All right, Josh. 355 00:19:05,467 --> 00:19:06,968 -Ah, [bleep]. -[Josh] What is it? 356 00:19:10,367 --> 00:19:12,400 The driller says they can't get across the creek 357 00:19:13,467 --> 00:19:14,868 because of this rain. 358 00:19:15,033 --> 00:19:17,267 I think that's where we need to drill. 359 00:19:17,434 --> 00:19:20,100 Well, if there's no way we can get them across that creek, 360 00:19:20,267 --> 00:19:21,501 what the hell are we going to do? 361 00:19:23,968 --> 00:19:25,601 This is our only shot right now, this season. 362 00:19:25,767 --> 00:19:27,567 I know, I know. 363 00:19:27,734 --> 00:19:28,801 We got to get it done. 364 00:19:31,267 --> 00:19:32,467 Take it one step at a time here. 365 00:19:37,267 --> 00:19:38,467 All right, here they are. 366 00:19:45,467 --> 00:19:46,467 -[Jared] Morning. -[Eric] Jared. 367 00:19:46,634 --> 00:19:47,567 -How you doing? -Jared. 368 00:19:47,734 --> 00:19:49,267 How you doing? Chili. 369 00:19:49,434 --> 00:19:50,868 [Eric] So what's the deal here? 370 00:19:51,033 --> 00:19:54,200 So looking down at the hill and the slope and the angle, 371 00:19:56,100 --> 00:19:57,868 this weighs almost 100,000 pounds. 372 00:19:58,033 --> 00:19:59,734 -[Eric] OK. -When I start going down 373 00:19:59,901 --> 00:20:01,367 with the rain coming down, I'll just slip 374 00:20:01,534 --> 00:20:02,567 and the rig will be stuck down there. 375 00:20:04,167 --> 00:20:05,467 So I don't think it was going to work. 376 00:20:05,634 --> 00:20:08,067 And then we can't get none of the tools there. 377 00:20:08,234 --> 00:20:09,300 -It isn't gonna make it. -Could you drag, 378 00:20:09,467 --> 00:20:10,667 drag stuff across or...? 379 00:20:10,834 --> 00:20:12,934 It's going to be too much. 380 00:20:13,100 --> 00:20:14,834 -[Eric] You're saying it's -- -It's not going to happen. 381 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:15,934 [Eric] OK. 382 00:20:16,100 --> 00:20:17,100 [Eric] I would not send it down there. 383 00:20:17,267 --> 00:20:18,534 We'll have a rig stuck down there. 384 00:20:20,067 --> 00:20:24,868 Based on the SAR results, Eric planned to drill at a spot 385 00:20:25,033 --> 00:20:28,100 across the creek, but the slippery conditions 386 00:20:28,267 --> 00:20:31,501 left by the overnight storm have made getting the drill 387 00:20:31,667 --> 00:20:33,367 there impossible. 388 00:20:33,534 --> 00:20:37,267 Without access to the site, the team will lose their last 389 00:20:37,434 --> 00:20:40,767 chance at getting into the Golden Staircase before 390 00:20:40,934 --> 00:20:42,734 the treasure hunting season ends. 391 00:20:44,501 --> 00:20:46,000 [Josh] Yeah, we got to do something. I mean, you're here. 392 00:20:46,167 --> 00:20:47,467 Like I said, you've got all the equipment here anyways. 393 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,601 [Josh] Well, we had those other voids. 394 00:20:50,767 --> 00:20:52,467 Aren't those on this side of the creek instead of the other 395 00:20:52,634 --> 00:20:54,200 side of the creek? -Let me see what I got here. 396 00:20:57,467 --> 00:20:58,467 Yes. 397 00:21:01,934 --> 00:21:04,467 They present a very, very dangerous situation. 398 00:21:06,467 --> 00:21:09,267 So there are actually two spots that I think we can drill 399 00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:10,667 and get down into that cavern. 400 00:21:11,834 --> 00:21:14,200 One of those spots I just don't want to drill. 401 00:21:14,367 --> 00:21:17,734 That area tends to be a little bit more volatile. 402 00:21:17,901 --> 00:21:21,067 We've drilled it on that trend before, and we've hit some 403 00:21:21,234 --> 00:21:24,567 methane gas, hydrogen sulfide, poison gas there. 404 00:21:24,734 --> 00:21:26,000 It's not an ideal location. 405 00:21:27,868 --> 00:21:30,200 We've got more overburden over there, though, than we did. 406 00:21:30,367 --> 00:21:31,634 There's a ton more overburden. 407 00:21:31,634 --> 00:21:35,601 We're down in this colluvial basin in here, so we may have 408 00:21:35,767 --> 00:21:38,367 to drill, you know, I mean, 20, 40, deeper 409 00:21:38,534 --> 00:21:40,067 than we expected. 410 00:21:40,234 --> 00:21:43,667 It's not my first option, I would recommend, but we gotta 411 00:21:43,834 --> 00:21:44,767 get into this thing. 412 00:21:47,033 --> 00:21:48,067 There's one spot 413 00:21:49,567 --> 00:21:52,000 that we can do it, which is right about here. 414 00:21:53,567 --> 00:21:56,367 But that's the only other spot that should put it 415 00:21:56,534 --> 00:21:58,267 right over here. 416 00:21:58,434 --> 00:22:00,467 We need to be really, really super careful. 417 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,501 That's the deal with drilling, and you know this, 418 00:22:03,667 --> 00:22:05,100 you never know what you're gonna encounter 419 00:22:05,267 --> 00:22:06,601 when you're drilling. 420 00:22:06,767 --> 00:22:08,934 You put me on another hole, I'll get you to the depth. 421 00:22:09,100 --> 00:22:10,667 OK. 422 00:22:10,834 --> 00:22:13,300 So we're going to have to drill this alternate location. 423 00:22:13,467 --> 00:22:14,367 We have no other choice. 424 00:22:15,467 --> 00:22:17,033 We're nearing the end of the season. 425 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:18,834 I mean, we have storms rolling in. 426 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,100 You get to a certain point, you have to shut things down. 427 00:22:22,267 --> 00:22:23,868 It's going to be a risk, but I think that gives us 428 00:22:24,033 --> 00:22:27,100 our best chance to get into that cavern system. 429 00:22:27,267 --> 00:22:28,767 -Let's get some drilling done. -[Josh] Let's get on it. 430 00:22:35,767 --> 00:22:37,267 2 Drill is here. Let's have him place it. 431 00:22:38,367 --> 00:22:42,067 The team is attempting to access the Golden Staircase. 432 00:22:42,234 --> 00:22:44,934 And after the storm has stopped the drill from reaching 433 00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:49,767 the team's intended drill site, Eric has selected a new but far 434 00:22:49,934 --> 00:22:52,367 more dangerous location. 435 00:22:52,534 --> 00:22:54,667 Last year, we encountered volatile 436 00:22:54,834 --> 00:22:58,501 conditions when we hit coal seams, which are explosive. 437 00:22:58,667 --> 00:22:59,667 Hey, fire, fire, fire, fire! 438 00:22:59,834 --> 00:23:01,167 [Denzel] You guys got a fire going. 439 00:23:01,334 --> 00:23:03,868 [Eric] And it completely shut us down. 440 00:23:04,033 --> 00:23:07,133 So we need to be really, really super careful. 441 00:23:09,601 --> 00:23:12,567 What we expect to see here in the subsurface is 442 00:23:12,734 --> 00:23:15,667 the sandstone, which could be moderately cemented. 443 00:23:15,834 --> 00:23:18,567 But we also have the risk of a coal seam, so we'll need to 444 00:23:18,734 --> 00:23:20,033 drill it super slowly. 445 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,667 So I'm going to want to take samples every four feet. 446 00:23:23,834 --> 00:23:25,968 -So every auger? -Yeah, that's fine. 447 00:23:26,133 --> 00:23:27,367 [Eric] OK. 448 00:23:27,367 --> 00:23:28,767 [Josh] So every bit he pulls up, you want to sample? 449 00:23:28,934 --> 00:23:30,033 -[Eric] Yes. -[Josh] All right. 450 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:31,133 Let's do it. 451 00:23:35,367 --> 00:23:36,634 Go ahead and spin it! 452 00:23:38,767 --> 00:23:42,200 [Eric] So I need to be really, really super careful when we're 453 00:23:42,367 --> 00:23:43,467 doing this drilling. 454 00:23:45,267 --> 00:23:49,400 And I have them slow down the rotation, the RPMs. 455 00:23:49,567 --> 00:23:52,868 But in doing so, too, it causes us more time to drill. 456 00:23:54,467 --> 00:23:58,601 Hey, John, you want to get me a sample just from the outside 457 00:23:58,767 --> 00:24:01,033 of that, just a little bit? -Yeah. 458 00:24:02,667 --> 00:24:03,667 Right there, yeah. 459 00:24:10,367 --> 00:24:11,567 -Perfect, thank you. -[Josh] Good? 460 00:24:13,133 --> 00:24:14,834 [Eric] I'll be taking samples, 461 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,767 looking for things like coal 462 00:24:16,934 --> 00:24:20,501 or anything volatile. If we hit that, that's it. 463 00:24:20,667 --> 00:24:22,501 We're going to have to shut it down. 464 00:24:22,667 --> 00:24:25,467 So what I do, basically, I look at what type of rock we're 465 00:24:25,634 --> 00:24:27,200 going through. What's the grain size? 466 00:24:27,367 --> 00:24:28,601 How hard is it? 467 00:24:28,601 --> 00:24:32,567 I'll be looking for evidence of coal seams or petroleum. 468 00:24:32,734 --> 00:24:35,767 And so in that way, I create an underground map 469 00:24:35,934 --> 00:24:36,868 of where we're drilling. 470 00:24:59,567 --> 00:25:00,601 Oh, yeah? 471 00:25:01,601 --> 00:25:02,667 [drill clanking] 472 00:25:02,834 --> 00:25:04,000 Great! 473 00:25:05,133 --> 00:25:06,567 [Thomas] It's gonna take a while to punch through that. 474 00:25:10,501 --> 00:25:12,767 What's a while? We don't have a while. 475 00:25:12,934 --> 00:25:13,868 A few hours. 476 00:25:15,968 --> 00:25:17,100 We wouldn't have this problem 477 00:25:17,267 --> 00:25:18,434 if we could've drilled that other site. 478 00:25:18,434 --> 00:25:19,667 -[Eric] No. -[Josh] We were right at the bedrock 479 00:25:21,267 --> 00:25:23,100 The drill move and the risk of coal 480 00:25:23,267 --> 00:25:24,667 have slowed us down tremendously. 481 00:25:26,968 --> 00:25:29,067 And now it looks like there's a lot of fractured rock down 482 00:25:29,234 --> 00:25:31,400 there, and so the drillers are having a really tough time 483 00:25:31,567 --> 00:25:32,767 getting through it. 484 00:25:32,934 --> 00:25:34,267 I'm hoping when we come back tomorrow, 485 00:25:34,434 --> 00:25:35,868 we'll start making some actual progress, 486 00:25:36,934 --> 00:25:39,400 or else all we'll have to show for this season is a 10-foot 487 00:25:39,567 --> 00:25:40,734 hole in the ground. 488 00:25:40,734 --> 00:25:42,400 -It's not great. -[Eric] No, it's not good at all. 489 00:26:16,133 --> 00:26:19,734 This is the area that we did some work in here. 490 00:26:21,033 --> 00:26:22,567 And then over there is the altar site, 491 00:26:22,734 --> 00:26:24,133 is over that area. 492 00:26:25,367 --> 00:26:27,934 Charlie has returned to the Bead Site, 493 00:26:28,100 --> 00:26:31,667 where he believes a strange energy is the source of health 494 00:26:31,834 --> 00:26:33,667 issues for him and Duane. 495 00:26:34,767 --> 00:26:39,033 And today, he and Mark have brought in local Shoshone tribe 496 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,968 member Don Mitchell to help cleanse Charlie and the site. 497 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,000 This is... 498 00:26:50,267 --> 00:26:52,167 I can't even 499 00:26:52,334 --> 00:26:56,267 start to explain how this is making me feel. 500 00:26:58,167 --> 00:27:01,067 [Charlie] I went into this thinking this is something we should 501 00:27:01,234 --> 00:27:04,868 think of scientifically. But now, I don't know. 502 00:27:05,934 --> 00:27:08,400 I have physically felt the presence of 503 00:27:08,567 --> 00:27:10,067 the dark and the light. 504 00:27:11,300 --> 00:27:13,868 I'm starting to think there's an ongoing battle here, 505 00:27:14,033 --> 00:27:16,968 and there has to be a mediator in there somewhere, 506 00:27:18,033 --> 00:27:19,367 between those two factions. 507 00:27:20,868 --> 00:27:22,367 And maybe that person is Don. 508 00:27:26,367 --> 00:27:27,501 Yeah, this is, uh... 509 00:27:31,567 --> 00:27:33,200 Strange. 510 00:27:33,367 --> 00:27:34,267 Strange. 511 00:27:37,767 --> 00:27:40,667 Definitely has a different, ominous -- 512 00:27:40,834 --> 00:27:43,467 not only the look, but the... 513 00:27:43,634 --> 00:27:44,767 the feel. 514 00:27:46,167 --> 00:27:47,767 Do you feel that? 515 00:27:47,934 --> 00:27:49,467 Do you feel like we're being watched? 516 00:27:50,767 --> 00:27:51,767 Yes. 517 00:28:03,133 --> 00:28:06,667 There's something about this area right in here 518 00:28:06,834 --> 00:28:09,200 that's not right. 519 00:28:09,367 --> 00:28:10,300 It's not right at all. 520 00:28:14,267 --> 00:28:18,367 Before I go any further, Charlie, let's put an offering 521 00:28:18,534 --> 00:28:21,067 down of some tobacco right now. 522 00:28:24,467 --> 00:28:27,601 For many indigenous communities, tobacco is 523 00:28:27,767 --> 00:28:31,300 considered a sacred medicine, a way for people to connect 524 00:28:31,467 --> 00:28:35,467 with the land, with others, and with the spiritual world. 525 00:28:35,634 --> 00:28:37,567 Before Don enters the Bead Site, 526 00:28:37,734 --> 00:28:38,968 he will make an offering 527 00:28:39,133 --> 00:28:42,467 to indicate his peaceful intentions to the spirits that 528 00:28:42,634 --> 00:28:44,167 may occupy the location. 529 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,000 [Don] We come in a good way. 530 00:28:50,267 --> 00:28:51,267 We mean no disrespect. 531 00:28:52,868 --> 00:28:54,567 We're just here to maybe get some answers 532 00:28:54,734 --> 00:28:55,767 from the old ones, 533 00:28:57,367 --> 00:28:58,667 even in this light wind. 534 00:29:00,868 --> 00:29:02,567 The energy here 535 00:29:02,734 --> 00:29:04,000 is strong, 536 00:29:05,067 --> 00:29:06,267 and... 537 00:29:07,367 --> 00:29:08,367 the feeling is, 538 00:29:09,367 --> 00:29:11,267 um, undisturbed. 539 00:29:14,767 --> 00:29:16,200 And what's strange is... 540 00:29:19,367 --> 00:29:20,400 You have this 541 00:29:21,767 --> 00:29:25,067 kind of heaviness. It should be lighter here. 542 00:29:26,267 --> 00:29:27,267 Some things 543 00:29:28,467 --> 00:29:31,367 took place here that's a little beyond us. 544 00:29:33,767 --> 00:29:36,033 -Are you OK to go for a little walk? -[Charlie] Yes. 545 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:37,767 -Mark? -Yes. 546 00:29:42,100 --> 00:29:44,167 [Don] OK, Charlie, we're going to face the spirits. 547 00:29:45,968 --> 00:29:47,033 We're going to need some beads. 548 00:30:04,567 --> 00:30:06,767 2 After a slow start the previous day... 549 00:30:06,934 --> 00:30:08,968 [Eric] I'm going to go take a look at this. 550 00:30:09,133 --> 00:30:12,067 ...the team has made progress at their drill site, 551 00:30:12,234 --> 00:30:14,467 digging 20 feet into the ground. 552 00:30:15,767 --> 00:30:17,467 -[Eric] That looks good. -[Josh] Beautiful. 553 00:30:18,567 --> 00:30:19,567 [Eric] Yes! 554 00:30:21,367 --> 00:30:23,501 It's a new day. I'm feeling excited. 555 00:30:23,667 --> 00:30:26,067 I want to get down into this chamber. 556 00:30:26,234 --> 00:30:27,567 And we're making steady progress. 557 00:30:29,767 --> 00:30:32,501 Our goal today is to stay on track and keep going down. 558 00:30:34,968 --> 00:30:36,767 He's starting to gain some under here. 559 00:30:36,934 --> 00:30:39,267 [Thomas] We're gaining a few inches every pass, so that's good. 560 00:30:39,434 --> 00:30:40,467 [Josh] That's good. 561 00:30:46,367 --> 00:30:47,367 And a mile away, 562 00:30:49,167 --> 00:30:51,367 Charlie is investigating the Bead Site. 563 00:30:53,767 --> 00:30:55,667 OK, Charlie, take off your gloves. 564 00:30:59,300 --> 00:31:01,267 He's joined by Mark Julian 565 00:31:01,434 --> 00:31:04,000 and Shoshone medicine man Don Mitchell. 566 00:31:06,467 --> 00:31:08,267 [Don] Bless yourself with your right hand. 567 00:31:08,434 --> 00:31:10,167 Just wave that smoke on you. 568 00:31:12,067 --> 00:31:14,167 As they approach the potentially cursed 569 00:31:14,334 --> 00:31:18,767 location, Don has prepared a series of rites and rituals 570 00:31:18,934 --> 00:31:22,567 to clear the strange energy from the land and Charlie. 571 00:31:24,767 --> 00:31:27,267 [Don] Father, bring Charlie before you. 572 00:31:28,367 --> 00:31:30,267 I ask that you put blessings upon him. 573 00:31:38,234 --> 00:31:39,934 We ask that you watch over Charlie. 574 00:31:41,234 --> 00:31:42,367 Watch over his family. 575 00:31:44,267 --> 00:31:45,501 He has been respectful. 576 00:31:47,934 --> 00:31:49,133 And he has been sorrowful. 577 00:31:50,367 --> 00:31:53,300 And been afflicted with this, been afflicted with that. 578 00:31:53,467 --> 00:31:54,767 We ask that you take that away. 579 00:31:56,467 --> 00:31:59,400 But mainly for the others that are here. 580 00:32:01,934 --> 00:32:02,934 That are watching. 581 00:32:04,267 --> 00:32:06,033 Those that might have been angered. 582 00:32:07,234 --> 00:32:10,868 We want to continue to be in harmony with all things 583 00:32:11,033 --> 00:32:12,200 and all beings. 584 00:32:13,367 --> 00:32:17,167 We come to you for forgiveness in those transgressions. 585 00:32:17,334 --> 00:32:20,167 Please be with us and watch over us as only you can. 586 00:32:20,334 --> 00:32:21,400 We thank you again, Appe, 587 00:32:21,567 --> 00:32:23,501 for everything that you've done in this way. 588 00:32:42,267 --> 00:32:46,767 So that the not-so-good things don't follow you home. 589 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:52,567 We're going to need some beads. 590 00:33:00,868 --> 00:33:01,868 There. 591 00:33:02,968 --> 00:33:05,834 And I have some spring water in my truck. 592 00:33:11,133 --> 00:33:13,267 [Charlie] Every time I come up here, the wind picks up. 593 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,000 [thunders rumbling] 594 00:33:32,067 --> 00:33:33,133 [Don] We need to bless right there 595 00:33:33,300 --> 00:33:34,667 where you guys tore that all up. 596 00:33:34,834 --> 00:33:36,167 [Charlie] Yeah. 597 00:33:36,334 --> 00:33:39,501 [Don] And we bless it with water, because water is life. 598 00:33:39,667 --> 00:33:40,667 [Charlie] Right. 599 00:33:40,834 --> 00:33:44,367 And that way we're appeasing the ones that, 600 00:33:44,534 --> 00:33:47,067 and so to speak, you guys pissed off. 601 00:33:48,601 --> 00:33:52,667 You know, we have to be vigilant and not try to disturb 602 00:33:52,834 --> 00:33:54,968 the land at a point where we piss it off. 603 00:33:56,601 --> 00:33:58,033 When you piss it off, then, 604 00:33:59,267 --> 00:34:00,934 then things are gonna happen. 605 00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:02,133 [Don] Pour this in a circle. 606 00:34:02,300 --> 00:34:03,667 [Charlie] OK. 607 00:34:03,834 --> 00:34:05,300 Right there where it's the lowest. 608 00:34:07,501 --> 00:34:08,734 -Charlie. -Yes. 609 00:34:10,100 --> 00:34:12,567 -You gotta do this on your own. -OK. 610 00:34:17,367 --> 00:34:20,467 We have a responsibility to guard this ranch, 611 00:34:21,834 --> 00:34:25,667 and that's one of the things I do, and, you know, we've been 612 00:34:25,834 --> 00:34:28,734 told numerous times about the curse. 613 00:34:34,167 --> 00:34:37,467 My role is to protect what's here. 614 00:34:37,634 --> 00:34:39,133 But how can I protect the ranch 615 00:34:39,300 --> 00:34:42,734 from something that is not wanting to be seen? 616 00:34:42,901 --> 00:34:44,834 [thunders rumbling loudly] 617 00:34:45,968 --> 00:34:47,467 It's not a simple job. 618 00:34:49,934 --> 00:34:51,667 It's an ongoing fight. 619 00:34:53,267 --> 00:34:56,868 And it's what I'm hoping Don can help us with. 620 00:34:57,033 --> 00:34:58,767 [Don] Charlie, 621 00:34:58,934 --> 00:35:00,167 come here. 622 00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:04,300 Ask forgiveness. 623 00:35:06,767 --> 00:35:09,400 OK, for the rest of the part of this, you're going to have 624 00:35:09,567 --> 00:35:10,667 to turn off the cameras. 625 00:35:14,067 --> 00:35:16,667 You'll have to shut your cameras down, please. 626 00:35:16,834 --> 00:35:17,667 [producer] OK. 627 00:35:17,834 --> 00:35:18,767 Cut, everybody. 628 00:35:25,133 --> 00:35:27,367 2 [Don] Mark, you might have to come and help me 629 00:35:27,534 --> 00:35:28,934 hold on to him when he... 630 00:35:30,334 --> 00:35:33,067 Now, you're gonna start to feel a little funny, 631 00:35:33,234 --> 00:35:34,133 but hold your own. 632 00:35:35,367 --> 00:35:36,767 At the Bead Site, 633 00:35:36,934 --> 00:35:39,734 local Shoshone tribe member Don Mitchell 634 00:35:39,901 --> 00:35:43,767 prepares his final ritual to attempt to rid Charlie 635 00:35:43,934 --> 00:35:46,167 of a curse they believe originated 636 00:35:46,334 --> 00:35:48,934 during their altar excavations. 637 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,033 OK, for the rest of the part of this, you're gonna have 638 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,267 to turn off the cameras. 639 00:35:56,434 --> 00:35:58,267 You'll have to shut your cameras down, please. 640 00:36:00,133 --> 00:36:01,133 [producer] Cut, everybody. 641 00:36:22,234 --> 00:36:24,467 [Don praying in different language] 642 00:36:26,834 --> 00:36:29,934 [Don praying in different language] 643 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:39,367 [Don praying in different language] 644 00:36:45,167 --> 00:36:47,567 [eerie music playing] 645 00:36:47,734 --> 00:36:49,501 [Don praying in different language] 646 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,000 [thunders rumbling] 647 00:36:55,267 --> 00:36:57,267 [wind blowing] 648 00:36:58,467 --> 00:37:00,067 [Don praying in different language] 649 00:37:01,234 --> 00:37:02,767 [tension in music builds up] 650 00:37:02,934 --> 00:37:04,033 [dramatic chord strikes] 651 00:37:13,367 --> 00:37:14,367 [Don] OK, Charlie. 652 00:37:16,167 --> 00:37:18,133 Are you doing OK, my friend? 653 00:37:18,300 --> 00:37:19,467 Yeah, I'm pretty weak around this. 654 00:37:19,634 --> 00:37:21,100 This is the way of being blessed, 655 00:37:21,267 --> 00:37:23,400 prayed for, and treated. 656 00:37:23,567 --> 00:37:27,267 You will be sleeping better. You'll be feeling better. 657 00:37:27,434 --> 00:37:30,734 But right now, I know that a lot of your energy has been 658 00:37:30,901 --> 00:37:32,534 drained from being in here. 659 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:36,467 -Thank you. -You're welcome. 660 00:37:38,567 --> 00:37:40,267 Let's go before it gets dark. 661 00:37:41,767 --> 00:37:43,567 Don't be out here at dark times, Charlie. 662 00:37:48,934 --> 00:37:52,601 Be very cautious when working and wandering around, 663 00:37:52,767 --> 00:37:55,667 especially by yourself in this area here. 664 00:37:55,834 --> 00:37:59,367 What you're treading on, a lot through here, 665 00:37:59,534 --> 00:38:00,667 is burial ground. 666 00:38:02,367 --> 00:38:04,467 These are things not to be played with. 667 00:38:07,767 --> 00:38:10,501 The Bead Site is a sacred area. 668 00:38:11,868 --> 00:38:15,667 Civilizations that are thousands of years old 669 00:38:15,834 --> 00:38:18,467 have been here. And what was it used for? 670 00:38:18,634 --> 00:38:20,868 Why is all this stuff out here? 671 00:38:21,033 --> 00:38:23,734 Why do you keep finding weird stuff happening constantly? 672 00:38:23,901 --> 00:38:25,601 [James] Hey, look at this! 673 00:38:25,767 --> 00:38:29,167 [Charlie] Of course I have those questions, and I want answers. 674 00:38:29,334 --> 00:38:32,267 But I really do feel like we disturb some kind 675 00:38:32,434 --> 00:38:33,467 of a balance. 676 00:38:33,467 --> 00:38:36,934 Thankfully, at Don's ceremonies, I really do 677 00:38:37,100 --> 00:38:38,367 feel a difference. 678 00:38:38,534 --> 00:38:39,567 [Don] Some parting gifts. 679 00:38:46,767 --> 00:38:50,567 It's a reminder that the land still controls everything, 680 00:38:52,467 --> 00:38:54,601 and that we are just here 681 00:38:54,767 --> 00:38:57,100 to maintain the integrity of this property. 682 00:38:58,868 --> 00:39:00,868 [Don] And this is actually a talking stick. 683 00:39:02,734 --> 00:39:05,767 And that's so the spirits will see it. 684 00:39:05,934 --> 00:39:06,868 OK. 685 00:39:10,367 --> 00:39:13,501 We're caretakers of the land here. 686 00:39:13,667 --> 00:39:16,734 As long as I'm able to function, we're not giving up. 687 00:39:16,901 --> 00:39:19,067 We're here till we can't do it anymore. 688 00:39:20,567 --> 00:39:23,167 [Don] Charlie, get in. Get warmed up. 689 00:39:23,334 --> 00:39:24,667 [Mark] Come on, Charlie. Let's get you warm. 690 00:39:40,968 --> 00:39:42,767 -Getting down, Eric. -Yeah, we are. 691 00:39:44,167 --> 00:39:47,267 Back at the drill site, the team has been cutting into 692 00:39:47,434 --> 00:39:49,767 the earth towards the underground cavern 693 00:39:49,934 --> 00:39:53,167 they believe leads to the Golden Staircase. 694 00:39:53,334 --> 00:39:56,467 But with the risk of hitting volatile earth and causing 695 00:39:56,634 --> 00:40:00,167 an explosion, the drillers are progressing slowly 696 00:40:00,334 --> 00:40:02,100 and with caution. 697 00:40:04,567 --> 00:40:06,367 All right, he's still going down. 698 00:40:07,868 --> 00:40:09,467 We're making some headway. 699 00:40:09,634 --> 00:40:11,667 -As long as it keeps going down. -[Josh] Keep going. 700 00:40:15,667 --> 00:40:16,868 That's it. 701 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,567 We couldn't make a lot of progress yesterday drilling. 702 00:40:21,734 --> 00:40:22,767 It was a lot of work. 703 00:40:22,767 --> 00:40:24,934 It was slow going, but we're making headway. 704 00:40:25,100 --> 00:40:28,501 So today, we're really looking forward to getting deeper 705 00:40:28,667 --> 00:40:30,234 and hopefully letting this thing open up on us. 706 00:40:38,467 --> 00:40:39,467 Let's get a sample. 707 00:40:52,767 --> 00:40:54,167 Let's get a little bit here. 708 00:40:55,167 --> 00:40:56,167 Good. 709 00:41:16,868 --> 00:41:18,767 [bleep] Jared! 710 00:41:19,834 --> 00:41:21,767 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! 711 00:41:21,934 --> 00:41:23,767 [Eric] Jared! 712 00:41:23,934 --> 00:41:25,667 -Stop! -Oh, [bleep]. 713 00:41:25,834 --> 00:41:26,868 [Eric] We need to stop.