All language subtitles for Secrets.of.the.Underground.S02E08.Quest.for.the.Gold.Rush.Fortune.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DD+2.0.H.264-playWEB_track3_[eng]

IN NORTHERN JAMAICA,
A STRANGE CASTLE

WHERE DOZENS OF TRAVELERS
REPORTEDLY VANISHED.

THIS GUY WAS UP HERE,

WAITING FOR PEOPLE
TO CROSS BY.

HE WAS KILLING PEOPLE.

WERE THEY THE VICTIMS
OF A TWISTED MASS MURDERER

WHO LIVED INSIDE?

THAT IS A PIECE OF BONE
RIGHT THERE.

OUR MODERN-DAY TECH...

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY
THAT ANYBODY IN THE 1700s

WOULD BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE
TO FIND A BODY.

...COULD FINALLY CRACK
THIS CENTURIES-OLD CASE.

OH, MY GOSH, STEFAN.

AND A LEGENDARY CAVERN
IN THE CALIFORNIA WOODS...

OH, WOW.

...THAT'S SAID TO HIDE
A STASH OF GOLD

WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

THAT IS CRAZY.

I'M SEEING SO MANY
LITTLE NOOKS AND CRANNIES

THAT THEY COULD
HAVE CRAWLED INTO.

WITH OUR REVOLUTIONARY
IMAGING TOOLS...

- HERE WE GO. I'M GOING FOR IT.
- YOU MADE IT IN.

: ...WE SET OUT TO FIND
THE LONG-LOST TREASURE.

WHAT IS THAT?
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S SHINY.

OH, BOY, THERE IT IS.

BURIED DEEP BELOW
THE EARTH'S SURFACE,

THERE ARE COUNTLESS
UNSOLVED MYSTERIES.

AND TODAY, WE FINALLY HAVE
THE TOOLS TO UNLOCK THEM.

THAT'S AMAZING.

IT'S SUPER DEEP!

I'M ROB NELSON,
A SCIENTIST AND EXPLORER

INVESTIGATING
OUR PLANET'S HIDDEN DEPTHS.

- GETTING DEEPER.
- HOLY MOLY, STEFAN.

AND HELPING ME UNCOVER
THESE SUBTERRANEAN SECRETS

IS TECH SPECIALIST STEFAN BURNS.

OH, MY GOD.
LOOK AT THAT!

TOGETHER...

I GOT SOMETHING!

...WE ARE UNCOVERING
NEW LEADS IN OUR QUEST

TO SOLVE EARTH'S
MOST ENDURING MYSTERIES.

- THERE WE GO.
- WHOO!

THESE ARE THE SECRETS
OF THE UNDERGROUND.

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PERCHED ATOP A DESOLATE HILL
IN NORTHERN JAMAICA

SITS A CRUMBLING
STONE STRUCTURE

THAT'S AT THE CENTER
OF A DARK, UNSETTLING TALE.

IN THE LATE 18th CENTURY,
MORE THAN 40 TRAVELERS

PASSING BY THIS CASTLE
MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED.

THEY WERE BELIEVED TO
BE THE VICTIMS

OF A SCOTSMAN NAMED
LEWIS HUTCHINSON,

A COLD-BLOODED KILLER
WHO LIVED INSIDE.

BUT HOW MUCH OF THIS STORY
IS ACTUALLY TRUE?

AND IF IT IS MORE
THAN JUST A MYTH,

WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL
THE VICTIMS' REMAINS?

STEFAN AND I ARE HEADING INTO
THE REMOTE COUNTRYSIDE

OF JAMAICA TO INVESTIGATE
THIS CENTURIES-OLD CASE.

USING OUR HIGH-TECH TOOLS,

WE HOPE TO FINALLY
DIG UP THE TRUTH.

THE PROBLEM IS NOBODY
HAS FOUND ANY OF THE BODIES.

YEAH.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH I BUY
INTO THIS WHOLE MYTH

OF THIS SCOTTISH
SERIAL KILLER

UP IN THE HILLS
OF JAMAICA,

BUT, I MEAN,
IF THE RUMORS ARE TRUE,

THIS GUY IS ONE OF THE MOST
PROLIFIC SERIAL KILLERS

IN THE WORLD.

AND THAT'S QUITE A CLAIM.

THE COMPETITION IS STIFF.

TOPPING THE LIST IS A WHO'S
WHO OF MODERN HISTORY'S

MOST CHILLING NAMES.

THERE'S JOHN WAYNE GACY,
A.K.A. THE KILLER CLOWN,

WHO WAS CONVICTED FOR THE DEATHS
OF DOZENS OF YOUNG MEN.

THERE'S ALSO TED BUNDY,
WHO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE CHARMED

AND MURDERED MORE
THAN 100 WOMEN,

BUT, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,

ONE LESS REMEMBERED
NAME TOPS THE LIST.

DR. H.H. HOLMES, ONE OF
AMERICA'S FIRST SERIAL KILLERS.

IN 1893, HOLMES LURED
HIS VICTIMS INTO HIS

SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED
CHICAGO HOME,

ESSENTIALLY A HOUSE OF HORRORS

THAT CAME TO BE KNOWN
AS THE MURDER CASTLE.

SO DOES LEWIS HUTCHINSON ALSO
BELONG TO THIS INFAMOUS GROUP?

WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS
MYSTERIOUS SCOTSMAN,

ONLY THAT HE EMIGRATED
TO JAMAICA AND SETTLED

IN SAINT ANN PARISH
IN THE 1760s.

BUT IT'S SAID THAT,
LIKE H.H. HOLMES,

HE, TOO, WAS A DOCTOR,
WHO, EERILY ENOUGH,

BUILT A CASTLE THAT BECAME
A STAGE FOR HIS HEINOUS CRIMES.

THAT TWO-STORY STONE STRUCTURE,
CALLED EDINBURGH CASTLE,

IS WHERE STEFAN AND I
ARE HEADED TODAY.

THERE IS NOT
A LOT OUT HERE.

FINDING THE PLACE IN
THIS RURAL LAND ISN'T EASY.

LET'S GO THIS WAY
A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

HEY, WE'RE LOOKING
FOR HUTCHINSON'S CASTLE.

RIGHT UP HERE.

EVENTUALLY, TWO FARMERS
WORKING IN A NEARBY

SUGARCANE FIELD
POINT OUT THE WAY.

THE MEN ARE FAMILIAR
WITH THE HUTCHINSON LEGEND...

...AND THEY BELIEVE
THAT THE VICTIMS' REMAINS

ARE STASHED UP THE ROAD
IN A LARGE HOLE IN THE GROUND.

BUT FIRST, STEFAN AND I
WANT TO CHECK OUT THE SITE

WHERE THE CRIMES
REPORTEDLY TOOK PLACE.

WHERE IS THE CASTLE AGAIN?

UH-HUH, AND THE CASTLE
IS UP ON TOP?

- YEAH, IT'S UP THERE.
- ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.
THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT.

I GUESS
IT'S UP HERE SOMEWHERE.

LET'S GO UP THIS WAY.

A LONG WAY
TO HIKE UP THIS HILL.

OH, THERE WE GO.

NOT MUCH OF IT LEFT.

MAYBE THERE'S MORE
ON THE BACKSIDE.

YEAH.

LOOK AT THIS.

HERE'S THE GUN SLIT THAT
HE SUPPOSEDLY SHOT OUT OF.

FOR AN OLD
MEDIEVAL CASTLE,

IT WOULD BE
FOR ARROWS AND BALLISTA,

BUT IN HIS CASE,

THE LEGEND GOES
THAT HE FIRED ON PEOPLE,

SO HE'S KIND OF HIDDEN,
ALMOST, BUT HE CAN SEE YOU.

IT'S SAID THAT HUTCHINSON
KILLED DOZENS OF TRAVELERS

PASSING BY HIS PROPERTY
SIMPLY FOR SPORT.

THE MAD MASTER OF EDINBURGH
CASTLE, AS HE CAME TO BE KNOWN,

REPORTEDLY EVEN WINED
AND DINED SOME OF HIS VICTIMS

BEFORE TAKING THEIR LIVES.

BUT IN THE MOST UNSETTLING
VERSIONS OF THE LEGEND,

THE TWISTED KILLER
ALSO DRANK THEIR BLOOD.

TO HIDE THE EVIDENCE, HE THEN
DISMEMBERED THEIR BODIES

AND DISPOSED OF THE REMAINS.

JUST THINK ABOUT IT
FOR A SECOND.

THIS GUY WAS UP HERE,
WITH A GUN,

WAITING FOR PEOPLE
TO CROSS BY.

YEAH AND, BACK THEN,
IT JUST WASN'T THAT POPULATED,

SO IF YOU WENT AHEAD
AND FIRED THE GUN,

NO ONE HEARD IT.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, STEFAN AND I
STILL DON'T KNOW

HOW MUCH OF THIS STORY IS TRUE,

SO WE HEAD TO THE
JAMAICA NATIONAL ARCHIVES

AND MEET WITH
HISTORIC RESEARCHER,

DIANNE T. GOLDING FRANKSON.

SO WE KNOW,
AS A FACT, THAT, YES,

LEWIS HUTCHINSON DID
LIVE IN SAINT ANN.

AS DIANNE EXPLAINS,
DURING THE 18th CENTURY,

THOUSANDS OF SCOTSMEN,
LIKE HUTCHINSON,

EMIGRATED TO JAMAICA,
A BRITISH COLONY AT THE TIME.

WITH ITS BUSTLING PORTS
AND BOOMING SUGAR TRADE,

THE EXOTIC, LAWLESS LAND
DREW IN MERCHANTS,

ADVENTURERS AND CRIMINALS
OF ALL SORTS.

IN FACT, THE ISLAND WAS KNOWN AS
THE WILD WEST OF THE CARIBBEAN

AT THE TIME.

THIS CHARACTER
OF LEWIS HUTCHINSON,

HE JUST SEEMS
SO INCREDIBLY SAVAGE,

IT ALMOST SEEMS
UNBELIEVABLE,

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT

IS HOW MUCH OF IT
IS JUST A RUMOR.

ONE OF THE THINGS WITH LEWIS
IS THAT, ON THE SURFACE,

LEWIS WOULD HAVE APPEARED
AS A NORMAL PERSON.

THIS IS A LIST OF JURORS,
AND HIS NAME IS LISTED.

NOW, FOR YOU TO BE
APPOINTED A JUROR,

YOU'D HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED
A RESPECTABLE PERSON.

BUT, AS TRAVELERS
PASSING BY HUTCHINSON'S PROPERTY

CONTINUED TO DISAPPEAR,
SUSPICION BEGAN TO MOUNT

AND, EVENTUALLY, THE DEATH
OF A YOUNG SOLDIER

WAS TRACED BACK TO THE SCOTSMAN.

HUTCHINSON WAS CONVICTED AND
EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER IN 1773,

BUT WERE THERE OTHER VICTIMS?

AND WHEN THEY SEARCHED
THE CASTLE, THEY FOUND EVIDENCE

THAT DEFINITELY SUGGESTS
THAT HE KILLED OTHER PEOPLE.

WE READ THAT THERE WAS,
LIKE, 43 WATCHES

THAT WERE FOUND.

WERE WATCHES A COMMON ITEM
BACK THEN?

THE RUMOR IS THAT HE ACTUALLY
PREYED ON HIS SLAVES.

IF HE WAS KILLING SLAVES,
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD WATCHES.

WOMEN, THEY WOULDN'T
HAVE WATCHES, EITHER.

SO HE COULD HAVE KILLED
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE?

OH, YEAH.

HE MAY HAVE GONE UP
AS FAR AS 200 OR 300.

WE DON'T KNOW.

WELL, I GUESS WHAT'S MOST
INTRIGUING TO US IS,

IF HE DID THAT,
WHERE ARE ALL THE BONES?

THERE IS EVIDENCE
THAT CAME OUT IN THE TRIAL

THAT DEFINITELY SUGGESTS
THAT HE THREW THEM

DOWN A SINKHOLE ON THE PROPERTY.

NO ONE WAS ABLE TO GO DOWN
INTO THE SINKHOLE

AT THE TIME PERIOD
TO INVESTIGATE IT.

APPARENTLY, IT'S VERY DEEP.

STEFAN AND I ARE
STARTING TO REALIZE

THAT THE GRISLY RUMORS
ABOUT LEWIS HUTCHINSON

MAY ACTUALLY BE TRUE.

WE HAVE HISTORIC PROOF,
A LOT OF IT, RIGHT HERE.

YES.

SO WHAT HAPPENED
TO ALL THE VICTIMS' BODIES?

COMING UP...

OH, THAT'S A LONG WAYS DOWN.

...WE HEAD OUT TO FIND

WHERE THE REMAINS
WERE SECRETLY STASHED.

LET'S DO THIS.

OH, MY GOD.

THAT IS A PIECE OF BONE
RIGHT THERE.

AND LATER,
A MYSTERIOUS CAVERN

IN THE CALIFORNIA WOODS...

OH, WOW,
THIS KEEPS GOING DOWN.

...THAT IS SAID TO HIDE

A LEGENDARY
$2 MILLION TREASURE.

WHAT IS THAT RIGHT THERE?

STEFAN AND I ARE
IN NORTHERN JAMAICA,

INVESTIGATING THE CASE OF THE
COUNTRY'S FIRST SERIAL KILLER.

THE SUSPECT, A SCOTSMAN
NAMED LEWIS HUTCHINSON,

ALSO KNOWN AS THE MAD MASTER
OF EDINBURGH CASTLE,

WAS ALLEGEDLY RESPONSIBLE
FOR DOZENS OF DEATHS.

THE BIG QUESTION HERE,
STEFAN, IS,

IF HE KILLED
ALL THOSE PEOPLE,

WHERE ARE THE BODIES?
- YEAH.

THE COURT DOCUMENTS SUGGEST

THAT THE VICTIMS' BONES
ARE STASHED

IN A GIANT SINKHOLE
NEAR HUTCHINSON'S CASTLE,

BUT DOES THIS GRUESOME PIT
ACTUALLY EXIST?

IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT
YOU WOULD HAVE SOMEPLACE

VERY CLOSE TO YOUR HOUSE
TO DISPOSE OF THE BODIES.

I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN SEE
THE SINKHOLE.

YEAH,
I DON'T SEE A SINKHOLE.

SO THAT, IN ITSELF, MEANS
THERE'S QUITE AN EFFORT

TO DRAG A BODY THERE,
IF HE DID THAT.

ONE THING I NOTICED,
RIGHT OFF THE BAT,

IS THIS AREA HERE
IS FLAT.

I MEAN,
NO WHERE ELSE IS FLAT.

EVERYTHING
IS A GIANT SLOPE.

YEAH. IF THERE
WAS A MASS GRAVE,

THEY DON'T PUT THEM
ON SLOPES.

IT'S ALSO CLOSE
TO THE CASTLE.

SO THIS COULD BE
A MASS GRAVE CANDIDATE.

OKAY, WELL, IF YOU WANT
TO RUN A GPR ON THIS,

I'LL SEE WHAT
I CAN FIND.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW, AS STEFAN SCANS
THE AREA WITH THE GPR,

I'LL TRY TO TRACK DOWN
HUTCHINSON'S LEGENDARY HOLE.

AS FAR AS I KNOW,
IT ISN'T MARKED ON ANY MAP,

BUT ACCORDING TO THIS LOCAL, THE
HOLE IS FARTHER DOWN THE ROAD,

NEAR A CABBAGE FIELD.

GO IN HERE,
GO IN THESE TREES.

SO THERE'S A BIG SINKHOLE HERE,
LIKE A BIG, BIG HOLE?

YEAH, YOU'LL SEE IT,
CABBAGE PLANT NEAR.

FIND THE CABBAGE PLANTS,

HIKE INTO THE BUSH,
I GOT IT.

HOPEFULLY, I'M NOW
ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

THANK YOU.

AS FOR STEFAN, TURNS OUT
HE'S HAVING SOME TROUBLE

GETTING HIS GEAR TO THE SITE.

THE GPR TO THE CASTLE,
EVERYONE SAID.

GOD, THIS IS AWFUL.

FIND THE CABBAGE,
A BRICK WALL,

HIKE INTO THE BUSH
UNTIL I FIND A HOLE.

THIS HILL IS SO STEEP.

OH, THERE'S THE CABBAGE PLANTS.

ROB HAS GOT IT MADE.

HE'S JUST WALKING AROUND.

OH, THIS IS COOL.

A YAM FARM, GRAPEFRUIT.

THIS IS KILLER.

LITERALLY, THERE WAS A KILLER
THAT LIVED HERE.

OH, HERE WE GO, OKAY.

OH, YEAH.

THERE IT IS, RIGHT THERE.

OH, WHOA.

I'M GONNA THROW SOMETHING IN,
TO SEE IF I CAN HEAR IT GO DOWN.

FIND A ROCK.

IT'S STILL GOING.

OH, THAT'S A LONG WAYS DOWN.

YOU CAN'T HELP BUT STAND
ON AN EDGE LIKE THIS,

LOOKING DOWN INTO A HOLE THAT
YOU CAN'T SEE THE BOTTOM OF,

WITHOUT GETTING YOUR HEART
RACING JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THIS SEEMINGLY BOTTOMLESS PIT
IS ODDLY FAR FROM THE CASTLE,

ABOUT A 1/4 MILE AWAY.

STILL, IT WOULD BE THE PERFECT
PLACE TO DISPOSE OF ANY REMAINS.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY
THAT ANYBODY IN THE 1700s

WOULD BE ABLE TO GET
IN THERE TO FIND A BODY.

THE KEY NOW IS TO USE SOME
MODERN GEOPHYSICAL EQUIPMENT

TO SEE IF WE CAN SEE
ANY BONES, ANY BODIES,

ANY EVIDENCE
OF THESE MASS GRAVES.

WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO CRACK AN
ALMOST 250-YEAR-OLD COLD CASE.

BACK AT THE CASTLE, STEFAN HAS
RECOVERED FROM HIS UPHILL TREK

AND IS NOW SCANNING THE GROUNDS.

THAT'S WEIRD.

HE'S NOTICING
SOME UNUSUAL FEATURES.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT I FOUND.

IT LOOKS LIKE A WHOLE BUNCH
OF SMALL VOIDS.

TO HELP DECIPHER WHAT THESE
STRANGE FEATURES MIGHT BE,

STEFAN CREATES A 3-D MAP
OF THE AREA HE SCANNED.

IT'S AMAZING THAT I CAN
GO AHEAD, COLLECT THIS,

AND WITHIN 20 MINUTES,

SEE EXACTLY
WHAT WAS UNDERGROUND.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.

SO THIS IS WEIRD.

JUST TONS OF SMALL,
LITTLE VOIDS, JUST LIKE

I THOUGHT I SAW WHILE I WAS
COLLECTING, ARE THERE.

I CAN SEE THEM IN FULL 3-D.

MOST OF THESE ARE STACKED 2
TO 3 FEET WITHIN THE SURFACE,

AND LOOK AT THESE.

THEY HAVE THIS LARGE GAP
AROUND THEM.

IT'S LIKE THEY'VE BEEN
LOOSELY FILLED IN,

SO THE FACT THAT THERE'S
THESE LITTLE AIR VOIDS HERE,

THAT'S SUSPICIOUS.

SUPPOSEDLY, LEWIS HUTCHINSON
DISMEMBERED HIS VICTIMS.

IF HE WAS JUST THROWING
PARTS INTO THIS PIT

AND THEN COVERING IT
WITH ROCKS,

THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE,

AND OVER TIME, THEY WOULD CREATE
THESE LITTLE AIR POCKETS.

WE DEFINITELY NEED
TO DIG ON THIS.

THE CURIOUS VOIDS

LIE JUST A FEW FEET
BELOW THE SURFACE,

SO IT SEEMS THE BEST WAY
TO GET A CLOSER LOOK

IS TO SIMPLY EXCAVATE THE SITE.

I WANT TO GET INTO
THIS AIR POCKET.

I WANT TO SEE
WHY THIS WAS CREATED.

THERE WE GO.
COME ON.

ANOTHER AIR POCKET.

NO BONES YET, THOUGH.

THERE ARE NO VISIBLE
REMAINS IN THE POCKETS,

BUT BONES CAN DECOMPOSE AND
BREAK DOWN INTO TINY FRAGMENTS,

BARELY DISCERNIBLE TO THE EYE.

SHOVEL THE DIRT INTO THE SIEVE.

IF THEY HAVE BONE FRAGMENTS,
I'LL BE ABLE TO FILTER THEM OUT.

THERE'S TONS OF ROCKS.

A SHELL.

FINALLY...

OH, MY GOD.

...STEFAN HITS PAY DIRT.

OH, MY GOD.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S FROM,

BUT THAT IS A PIECE
OF BONE RIGHT THERE.

WHEN I LATER RETURNED
TO THE CASTLE,

STEFAN SHOWS ME
HIS INTRIGUING FIND.

LOOK AT THAT.

COULD THIS FRAGMENT
BE TRACED BACK

TO ONE OF HUTCHINSON'S
ALLEGED VICTIMS?

COULD BE HUMAN.

STILL, THIS DISCOVERY
ALONE CAN'T ACCOUNT

FOR THE DOZENS OF PEOPLE

WHO SUPPOSEDLY WENT
MISSING AT THIS SITE.

ALTHOUGH THE HOLE I SAW EARLIER

IS LOCATED AT LEAST
A 1/4 MILE AWAY,

PERHAPS HUTCHINSON DID USE IT
TO HIDE THE OTHER REMAINS.

BUT GETTING DOWN INTO THE DARK
ABYSS TO INVESTIGATE

WON'T BE EASY,

SO THE NEXT DAY, WE HOOK UP
WITH VETERAN CAVER JAN PAUEL

AND A TEAM OF CLIMBERS.

THIS PARTICULAR SINKHOLE,

IT'S DARK
WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN.

YOU WILL NOT
SEE THE BOTTOM.

THEY HELP PREPARE ME
FOR THE DANGEROUS DESCENT.

THE TOUGHEST PART IS WHEN YOU
CLIP INTO THE ROPE AT THE TOP

AND YOU START
TO GO OVER BACKWARD.

THIS,
AND WE'RE GONNA COME

PUT THE SCREW IN THIS.

WE HAVE OUR ASCENDER ONE,
ASCENDER TWO,

FOOT LOOP, CARABINER.

ALL RIGHT.
YOU READY?

- ARE YOU READY?
- I'M READY.

ALL RIGHT.
SAFE TRAVELS.

FIND SOME BONES.

I'LL LOOK FOR IT.

STEFAN AND I ARE TRYING
TO CRACK THE CENTURIES-OLD CASE

OF LEWIS HUTCHINSON.

WAS THIS MYSTERIOUS SCOTSMAN
JAMAICA'S FIRST SERIAL KILLER?

I'VE JUST DROPPED
INTO THE DARK ABYSS

WHERE IT'S SAID HE DISPOSED
OF HIS VICTIMS' REMAINS.

HOLY MOLY.

YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING ABOUT
12, 15 MINUTES TO GET DOWN.

IT'S A LONG TIME
TO BE ON A ROPE.

SINKHOLES LIKE THIS ARE
ONE OF THE MOST BIZARRE

AND, OFTENTIMES, TERRIFYING
TYPES OF GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS.

SOME OF THESE
NATURAL DEPRESSIONS

ARE FOUND IN THE WATER,

SUCH AS THE DRAGON HOLE
IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA,

A LIMESTONE MARVEL THAT IS
ALMOST 1,000 FEET DEEP.

ONE OF THE LARGEST
SINKHOLES ON LAND

IS EGYPT'S QATTARA DEPRESSION,

A COLOSSAL CHASM
THAT STRETCHES OUT

OVER 7,500 SQUARE MILES.

AS FOR THE MOST
FRIGHTENING EXAMPLES,

THERE'S THE 330-FOOT VOID
IN GUATAMALA THAT, IN 2007,

SUDDENLY OPENED UP,
SWALLOWING WHOLE BUILDINGS

AND LEADING TO THREE DEATHS.

OF COURSE, SUCH A DRAMATIC SCENE

DIDN'T UNFOLD
AT HUTCHINSON'S HOLE,

BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT DARK SECRETS
ARE LURKING IN ITS DEPTHS?

HOLY MOLY.

STEFAN, I MADE IT DOWN.

HOW IS IT DOWN THERE?

IT'S A LONG WAYS DOWN.

IT'S A LOT DEEPER THAN I THOUGHT
IT WAS GONNA BE,

AND, UH, IT'S AMAZING.

I FEEL TINY, GAZING UP
AT THE COLOSSAL WALLS,

THAT ARE OVER 300 FEET TALL,

AND WHILE THE OPENING TO THE
HOLE IS ABOUT 16-FEET WIDE,

DOWN HERE, THE DISTANCE ACROSS
IS FIVE TIMES THAT LENGTH.

BUT I CAN ONLY SEE SO MUCH
IN THESE DARK CONDITIONS.

SO I BREAK OUT
MY HANDHELD LIDAR SCANNER

TO GET A BETTER SENSE
OF THE SPACE.

I CAN BOUNCE IT OFF
OF THESE ROCK WALLS

AND WE CAN GET
A PERFECT MAP OF THIS CAVE.

IT SHOULD HELP US FIGURE
OUT WHAT'S DOWN HERE.

FANTASTIC.

OKAY, 10-4, I'M STARTING
THE LIDAR, OVER.

WITH THIS LASER-BASED
TECHNOLOGY,

WE CAN CREATE THE FIRST-EVER
3-D MAP OF THIS CAVE.

THIS IS A CRAZY TOPOGRAPHY.

IT'S NOT FLAT.

IT'S SLOPING AND
IT'S HEADING FARTHER

AND FARTHER DOWN INTO THIS HOLE.

WHAT'S SO FANTASTIC
ABOUT THIS LIDAR

IS THE FACT THAT YOU GET
RESULTS WITHIN 5 MINUTES.

IT'S LIKE THAT.

NO ONE HAS EVER DONE A FULL
3-D SURVEY DOWN THERE,

LIKE ROB DID
WITH THE LIDAR.

THIS IS EXCITING.

THERE WE GO.
THERE'S THE DATA, OKAY.

SO BASICALLY,
THIS SINKHOLE GOES DOWN,

AND AT THE VERY BOTTOM,

THERE'S A CHAMBER OFF
TO THE SIDE,

ABOUT 10 YARDS AWAY
FROM THE CENTER DROP.

OH, WOW.

OKAY, LOOK AT THAT.

THERE'S A BONE HERE.

I'M GUESSING THIS IS A FEMUR,
MAYBE A TIBIA.

OH, MY GOSH, STEFAN.

THERE ARE A LOT OF BONES.

I FOUND WHAT LOOKS TO BE THE JAW
BONE OF A GOAT OR SOMETHING.

SO FAR, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING
THAT LOOKS LIKE A HUMAN BONE.

OH, GOSH.

THIS IS HUGE BONE.

LOOK AT THIS HERE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE KNEE
CAP JOINT, RIGHT HERE.

THIS VERY WELL COULD BE HUMAN.

COULD THIS FRAGMENT
HAVE COME FROM ONE

OF LEWIS HUTCHINSON'S
ALLEGED VICTIMS?

IF, IN FACT, THIS TURNS
OUT TO BE A HUMAN BONE,

WE MAY VERY WELL
HAVE CRACKED THIS CASE.

ROB, THAT IS HUGE NEWS.

BUT THEN I SOON REALIZED,

EVEN IF ANY OF THOSE
REMAINS ARE HUMAN,

HOW OLD COULD THEY REALLY BE,

GIVEN THE TOPOGRAPHY
OF THE CAVE?

HEY, STEFAN, I DID WANT TO MAKE
ONE OBSERVATION HERE.

SO, WHEN WE FIRST LOOKED
AT THIS SINKHOLE,

I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THESE BONES
WOULD BE COVERED UP

AND PRESERVED SOMEHOW,
BUT IT IS HARD ROCK.

IT'S BOULDERS OUT HERE.

PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT
I WOULD SEE FALLING INTO HERE

WOULD PROBABLY START
DECOMPOSING FAIRLY QUICKLY.

YEAH,
AND I CAN ALSO IMAGINE...

IT'S RAINING RIGHT NOW...

A TON OF WATER JUST WENT
TO THAT SINKHOLE

AND THAT WOULD HELP
THE DECOMPOSITION

PROCESS TREMENDOUSLY.

THE PIECES ARE
FALLING INTO PLACE.

FROM WHAT STEFAN AND I
HAVE SEEN,

THE STORIES ABOUT JAMAICA'S
FIRST SERIAL KILLER

SEEM TO BE MORE THAN JUST MYTH,

AND IF HUTCHINSON WANTED
TO HIDE HIS VICTIMS' REMAINS,

THIS WOULD CERTAINLY
BE THE PERFECT SPOT.

I DOUBT THAT IN THE 1700s,

ANYONE COULD HAVE MADE THE
300-FOOT DESCENT INTO THIS HOLE.

WHAT'S MORE,
THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

WOULD EVENTUALLY DISAPPEAR,

SINCE THE BONES THEMSELVES WOULD
DECOMPOSE WITHIN A FEW YEARS.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PLACE

HE COULD HAVE DISPOSED
OF THE REMAINS.

THE STRANGE VOIDS
AND THE BONE FRAGMENTS

WE FOUND BY HIS CASTLE

SUGGEST THAT HE MAY HAVE ALSO
BURIED THEM CLOSER TO HOME.

FOLLOWING AN HOUR-LONG CLIMB, I
FINALLY EMERGE FROM THE CAVERN.

ROB, YOU MADE IT.

THAT WAS A LONG,
LONG DESCENT AND ASCENT.

THAT WAS INTENSE.

IF LEWIS HUTCHINSON WAS
GUILTY OF THESE CRIMES,

HE CERTAINLY COVERED HIS TRACKS.

IF YOU WERE GOING
TO HIDE A BODY,

THAT HOLE IS
THE PLACE TO DO IT.

WE MAY NEVER FIND
THE SMOKING GUN

THAT CONFIRMS WHETHER HE WAS,

INDEED, JAMAICA'S
FIRST SERIAL KILLER,

BUT I SUPPOSE THAT
ONLY ADDS TO THE INTRIGUE

OF THIS 250-YEAR-OLD CASE.

NOW, FROM THE DARK CHASMS
OF THE TROPICS,

WE'RE SETTING OUT TO FIND
A FABLED FORTUNE

IN THE GOLDEN STATE.

DEEP IN THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA WOODS

IS A LEGENDARY CAVERN
THAT'S AT THE HEART

OF A NEARLY 200-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY

AND A $2 MILLION TREASURE.

ACCORDING TO LOCAL LORE, A PAIR
OF NATIVE AMERICAN BANDITS

STOLE 100 POUNDS OF GOLD FROM
A MINING CAMP BACK IN THE 1800s.

WITH AUTHORITIES HOT
ON THEIR TRAIL,

THE THIEVES HID THEIR LOOT,

HOPING THE LIGHTER LOAD
WOULD HELP THEM GET AWAY.

EVENTUALLY THEY WERE CAUGHT
AND EXECUTED FOR THEIR CRIME,

BUT, BEFORE THEIR DEATHS,

THEY CONFESSED
TO STASHING THE GOLD

SOMEWHERE INSIDE A NEARBY
CAVERN, KNOWN AS HALL CITY CAVE.

HOW MUCH OF THIS TALE
IS ACTUALLY TRUE?

FOR DECADES, FORTUNE
SEEKERS HAVE SEARCHED

FOR THE STASHED PLUNDER,

AND TO THIS DAY,
IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN FOUND,

SO STEFAN AND I
ARE JOINING IN THE QUEST

TO RECOVER THE LOST TREASURE.

I THINK IT'S GOING
TO BE EXCITING, THOUGH.

POTENTIALLY 100 POUNDS
OF GOLD NUGGET,

THAT'S, LIKE,
NEARLY $2 MILLION.

WITH OUR HIGH-TECH
IMAGING TOOLS,

WE CAN EXPLORE THIS CAVE
LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF TECH.

WE COULD POTENTIALLY
FIND THE TREASURE.

COMING UP, WILL THIS NEARLY
2-CENTURY-OLD MYSTERY...

VERY, VERY CAREFUL.

...FINALLY REVEAL ITSELF
TO OUR CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY?

WE'RE DIVING DEEP IN SEARCH
OF THE MISSING MILLIONS.

AY-YI-YI, IT'S LIKE A GIANT
DROP-OFF, RIGHT THERE.

OKAY,
SO HERE'S OUR SECOND LEFT.

NO, THIS IS
THE FIRST LEFT.

STEFAN AND I ARE
IN RURAL CALIFORNIA,

ON THE HUNT
FOR $2 MILLION IN GOLD

THAT'S SAID TO BE HIDDEN DEEP
IN A REMOTE CAVE SYSTEM HERE.

CAN YOU FEEL
WE'RE GETTING CLOSER?

I DON'T HAVE
GOLD FEVER YET,

BUT I'M EXCITED
TO FIND THIS CAVE.

I'M PRETTY EXCITED.

I WANT SOME GOLD.

WELL, AS WITH ALL OF
THESE RUMORS AND LEGENDS,

I'M REALLY INTERESTED
IN PIECING BACK THE HISTORY.

HALL CITY CAVE IS LOCATED
IN TRINITY COUNTY,

WHICH HAS A LONG HISTORY
OF MINING FOR GOLD.

THE PRECIOUS METAL
WAS DISCOVERED HERE IN 1848

AND, SOON AFTER, PROSPECTORS

WHO DREAMED OF STRIKING
IT RICH FLOODED THE REGION.

OVER THE NEXT DECADE, THE AREA
REMAINED ONE OF THE EPICENTERS

OF THE GOLD RUSH FRENZY
AND, TO THIS DAY,

STILL HAS MINERS
HAULING DREDGES AND GOLD PANS

TO WORK THEIR CLAIMS.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO FIRST
LOCATE THIS PLACE.

WELL, YOU KNOW
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN?

WE'RE GONNA FIND
THIS GOLD.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO
FIND THE CAVE FIRST.

WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF NOWHERE RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN
SO MANY WRONG TURNS...

BUT DOWN HERE,
IT'S SUNDAY GULCH.

...SOME LOCALS HAVE
TO POINT OUT THE WAY.

THIS IS WHERE
IT GETS TRICKY.

THE FOURTH...

YOU'RE ALREADY RUNNING
OUT OF SPACE, TOO.

...THE FOURTH DRAINAGE
THAT YOU COME TO...

A RIGHT AFTER
THE FOURTH DRAINAGE.

THIS ONE, RIGHT HERE,
IS A DRAINAGE.

OKAY, YUP, YUP.

OKAY, SO WE WANT
TO TURN RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS THE FOURTH DRAINAGE,

AND IN 50 YARDS,
WE'LL SEE A BIG DOUGLAS FIR.

OH, HERE'S
THE BIG DOUGLAS FIR.

THAT'S A BIG DOUGLAS FIR.
SO RIGHT HERE.

I GUESS WE JUST HIKE UP.

LOOK AT THAT.
- WOW.

THAT IS COOL.

THIS COMES
OUT OF NOWHERE.

JUST A PERFECTLY
DEFINED HOLE.

YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE
IT GOES DOWN VERY QUICKLY.

YEAH.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?
YOU WANT TO HEAD ON IN?

- LET'S GO.
- ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

OH, THIS IS COOL.

BACK IN THE CAVE.

VERY, VERY CAREFUL.

OKAY, GOT IT.

OH, IT GETS DARK
REALLY QUICK.

IT IS REALLY DARK.

DO YOU HAVE A HEADLAMP?

YEAH, I DO.

OH, WHOA.

WOW, LET'S KEEP GOING.

WE GOT WEIRD, LIKE,
LITTLE POCKETS AND VOIDS.

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

YOU CAN SEE
THE CAVE FORMATIONS.

THIS IS COOL.

OH, I'LL GRAB
THAT LANTERN FROM YOU.

IF THE STOLEN LOOT WAS
HIDDEN IN THIS CAVERN,

WE TRY TO IMAGINE
WHERE EXACTLY IT WOULD BE.

THIS IS A GOOD PLACE
TO HIDE GOLD.

I'M SEEING SO MANY LITTLE
NOOKS AND CRANNIES

THAT THEY COULD
HAVE CRAWLED INTO.

ALL RIGHT.
IT'S OPENING UP HERE.

IT'S VERY, VERY WET.

OH.

LOOK AT THAT.

WOW.

OH, BOY, THERE IT IS.
- HERE IT IS.

THIS COMES
OUT OF NOWHERE.

ACCORDING TO SOME VERSIONS
OF THE LEGEND,

THE TREASURE IS BURIED
IN A DEEP, WATERY ABYSS.

THOSE RUMORS
WE HEARD OF THE HOLE

THAT GOES DOWN,
BOTTOMLESS?

THIS HAS TO BE IT,
RIGHT HERE.

WOW.
ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING IN, STEFAN.

WHOA, IT'S VERY COLD.

I'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL
WHERE I STEP.

I DON'T WANT TO FALL
OFF A LEDGE.

THE IDEA SEEMS A BIT DUBIOUS.

WHY WOULD THE THIEVES RISK
LOSING THEIR NEWFOUND FORTUNE

IN THIS SEEMINGLY ENDLESS PIT?

AY-YI-YI, IT'S LIKE A GIANT
DROP-OFF RIGHT THERE.

- YEAH.
- THIS IS INCREDIBLE, STEFAN.

IT'S LIKE A WATERFALL OF SILT
GOING OVER THIS EDGE.

THE WHOLE THING IS UNDERWATER,
BUT IT...WOW.

WHILE STANDING IN THE SHAFT,

I DO NOTICE SOME FAINT
MARKINGS ALONG THE SIDES.

THERE MIGHT BE FLOODING.

SO STEFAN AND I WONDER,
JUST HOW HIGH WAS THE WATER

WHEN THE BANDITS
STASHED THEIR GOLD?

YOU COULD LOOK AT
THE PRECIPITATION ON THE SIDE.

IT LOOKS VERY,
VERY, VERY OLD,

THE WATER LINES UP HERE.

IN FACT, WE SAW HOW THE
PASSAGEWAY INTO THE CAVE

SLOPED DOWN FROM THE ENTRANCE,

WHICH SUGGESTS THESE CHAMBERS

COULD EASILY BE FLOODED
DURING A STORM.

DOES THIS SOMEHOW TIE
INTO THE MYSTERY

OF WHERE THAT TREASURE MIGHT BE?

WAS IT HIDDEN IN AN AREA
THAT'S NOW SUBMERGED?

OF COURSE, THE WATER COULD
HAVE BEEN LOWER IN THE PAST.

OR IS IT STILL SOMEWHERE
IN ONE OF THE CAVE'S CORNERS?

I WOULD HIDE IT IN SOME
EASIER-TO-ACCESS,

BUT DIFFICULT-TO-FIND
LOCATION WITHIN THIS CAVE.

PROBABLY DOWN ONE
OF THESE PASSAGEWAYS.

TO HELP IDENTIFY THESE
POTENTIAL HIDING SPOTS,

STEFAN PULLS OUT
HIS LIDAR SCANNER.

NO ONE HAS DONE A PROPER MAP
OF THIS CAVE,

AS FAR AS I KNOW.

IT GENERATES THIS
SUPER PRECISE 3-D MODEL.

WHILE MANY TREASURE HUNTERS HAVE
ALREADY EXPLORED THIS CAVERN,

THEY MAY HAVE OVERLOOKED
SOME CONCEALED CORNERS

THAT OUR DEVICE CAN PICK UP.

THIS IS GOOD.

COMING UP,
WILL OUR FIRST-EVER 3-D MAP

FINALLY REVEAL THIS CAVE'S
HIDDEN SECRETS?

THAT IS INCREDIBLE,
RIGHT THERE.

STEFAN AND I
ARE CREATING

OUR FIRST-EVER 3-D MAP
OF HALL CITY CAVE,

HOPING TO UNCOVER
WHETHER $2 MILLION IN GOLD

COULD HAVE BEEN STASHED
HERE OVER A CENTURY AGO.

THIS IS GOOD.

WHEN WE FINISH OUR LIDAR SCAN
IN THE CAVE,

STEFAN AND I MEET UP
WITH TONY SCARAFIOTTI...

HEY.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?

- PLEASED TO MEET YOU, ROB.
- THANKS FOR MEETING US HERE.

...A LOCAL TREASURE HUNTER

WHO'S BEEN EXPLORING HALL CITY
OVER THE YEARS.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THE GOLD
COULD BE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.

I LOOKED AT OLD REPORTS
AND RECORDS,

CORROBORATING WITH THE FACT
THAT COINS HAD BEEN STOLEN

FROM THE WORKERS
IN THE MINES,

AND I DO BELIEVE
THAT IT IS A POSSIBILITY

THAT IT'S IN THAT CAVE.

WE SHOWED TONY OUR 3-D
MAP OF THE CAVERN.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE

TO FIND SOMETHING
IN THIS LIDAR DATA

THAT WE DIDN'T SEE OURSELVES.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S THE POOL OF WATER,
THERE,

AND WHAT'S REALLY FASCINATING
IS THIS SECTION HERE.

STEFAN POINTS OUT

WHAT APPEARS TO BE
A HIDDEN CHAMBER.

BUT LOOK
AT THAT SIDE PASSAGE.

SEE,
NOW THAT IS SOMETHING,

THAT IS INCREDIBLE,
RIGHT THERE.

LOOK AT THESE LIDAR POINTS.

THEY GO AHEAD
AND PIERCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH,

ALMOST TOWARDS
THE ENTRANCE AGAIN,

THAT'S, LIKE,
AT LEAST 10, 12 FEET.

THAT BIG, EMPTY GAP THERE...

THAT IS CRAZY.

NEVER HAVE I EVEN SEEN
A HINT OF THIS.

- YEAH.
- I MEAN, THAT'S A HUGE AREA.

THAT'S NOT JUST, LIKE,
A LITTLE SPOT

THAT YOU CAN UNCOVER A ROCK
AND SEE A SMALL SPACE.

THAT'S A BIG AREA.

IT SEEMS THIS IS ONE CORNER

THAT PAST FORTUNE SEEKERS
MAY HAVE MISSED.

SO LOOKING AT THE LIDAR DATA

AND WITH YOUR
HISTORICAL EXPERTISE,

WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE
INVESTIGATE THIS ANOMALY MORE?

I WOULD NOT ONLY RECOMMEND IT,
I WOULD INSIST ON IT.

LET'S GO FIND SOME GOLD.

- RIGHT ON.
- SEE YOU, TONY.

EXCITED TO INVESTIGATE
THIS NEWLY DISCOVERED SPACE,

STEFAN AND I
RETURN TO THE CAVE.

SO THAT'S THE CREVICE
THAT THE LIDAR DETECTED.

OKAY, A TIGHT SQUEEZE,
VERY TIGHT.

TO CHECK OUT THE NARROW PASSAGE,

STEFAN PULLS OUT A GoPro THAT'S
SPECIALLY SUITED FOR THE TASK.

I RIGGED UP THIS POLE SYSTEM
WITH SOME ACTION CAMS,

SO I THINK
THIS IS GONNA BE

THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING
TO SEE INTO THAT.

SO ONE OF US HAS TO CRAWL
IN THERE, THOUGH.

THIS IS THE BEST I COULD
DO ON SHORT NOTICE.

OKAY, GOOD ENOUGH.

ALL RIGHT.

WHOO, THIS IS
A TIGHT SQUEEZE.

YEAH.

OKAY, HERE I GO.

CAN YOU SEE, LIKE,
WHERE I'M POINTING?

I'VE GOT
A GREAT VIEW HERE.

AS I EXPLORE THE SPACE,

STEFAN MONITORS THE VIDEO FEED
AND HELPS GUIDE THE WAY.

YOU'RE DOING GOOD, YOU'RE...
OH, I SEE THE OPENING.

GET AS CLOSE
TO THAT AS YOU CAN.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.

OH, WOW.

I BET NO ONE HAS SEEN
WHAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.

IT'S TIGHT IN HERE.

THERE'S A HOLE THERE.

THERE'S LIKE A SHAFT
UP TO THE RIGHT.

YEAH, IT'S LIKE A FOOT
IN DIAMETER.

TRY TO GET INTO THAT.
TRY TO THREAD THAT NEEDLE.

DOES THIS HOLE LEAD
INTO A CHAMBER

WHERE TREASURE
COULD BE CONCEALED?

OKAY, I'M DEFINITELY SEEING
OPEN AREAS BACK THERE.

OH, OH, KEEP GOING,
KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING.

YEAH?

I'M TRYING TO GET IT
DOWN DEEP IN THERE.

I'M NOT SEEING ANY.

BUT TURNS OUT, THERE'S
NOTHING HERE APART

FROM SOME DEBRIS AND ROCKS.

YEAH, THERE'S NOTHING
IN THAT DIRECTION.

NOTHING DOWN THERE?

I THINK
THAT'S A DEAD END.

I THINK
WE'VE THOROUGHLY EXPLORED

THIS SECTION OF THE CAVE.

ALL RIGHT.
I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE.

HERE, I'VE JUST GOT
TO WIGGLE OUT.

ALL RIGHT?

YEAH, YOU MIGHT HAVE
TO HELP ME OUT OF HERE.

HERE, USE MINE, YUP.

GEEZ.

WELL, THAT WAS FUN.

- TIGHT.
- TIGHT.

IF THE BANDITS HAD STASHED
THE TREASURE IN HALL CITY,

IT WASN'T IN THIS CORNER.

STILL, THERE'S ANOTHER PLACE
WE'VE YET TO EXPLORE.

SOME SPECULATE THAT THE GOLD
LIES IN THE CAVE'S

SO-CALLED BOTTOMLESS SHAFT.

COMING UP...

GOING IN THE HOLE.

...A WATERY ABYSS...

THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.
STRAIGHT DOWN.

...YIELDS NEW CLUES.

HOLD ON, WHAT IS THAT?

LOOKS LIKE IT'S SHINY.

STEFAN AND I ARE
EXPLORING HALL CITY CAVE,

WHERE A LEGENDARY STASH
OF OVER $2 MILLION IN GOLD

IS SAID TO HAVE GONE
MISSING OVER A CENTURY AGO.

WE STAND ABOVE A DEEP SHAFT
FILLED WITH ICY-COLD WATER,

WHERE SOME BELIEVE
THE TREASURE WAS HIDDEN

BY A PAIR OF NATIVE
AMERICAN BANDITS.

DIVING INTO THIS DEEP,
DARK ABYSS SEEMS TOO RISKY,

BUT WE CAN CHECK IT OUT USING
A CAMERA MOUNTED ON AN R.O.V.

YOU COULD DROP
THE R.O.V. IN HERE

AND THEN
WE COULD PILOT IT

THROUGH THERE,
DROP IT STRAIGHT DOWN.

OUR REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE
IS TETHERED ONTO A CABLE

THAT WILL ALLOW IT TO REACH
A DEPTH OF ALMOST 100 FEET.

AND YOU WILL GET THE VISUAL
ON THE LAPTOP,

AND YOU'LL STEER IT
FROM THERE...

- YUP.
- ...AND I'LL MAN THE CABLE.

THERE WE GO.
- ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GET HER
IN THE WATER.

YES,
THAT'LL LIGHT IT UP.

YEAH.

OKAY, CAN YOU SEE IT?

IT'S A LITTLE SILTY,
BUT, YEAH, I CAN SEE.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

LOOK AT THAT.

HERE WE GO,
I'M GOING FOR IT.

THERE WE GO.

GOING IN THE HOLE.

PERFECT, PERFECT.

THERE WE GO.

STRAIGHT DOWN.

I'M GOING DOWN, NOTHING IS
STOPPING ME, AS OF NOW.

I CAN SEE THE LIGHT
DESCENDING INTO DARKNESS.

THAT'S AWESOME.

I'M BUMPING AROUND
A LITTLE BIT HERE.

NAVIGATING THE SHAFT'S NARROW,
WINDING PATH...

THERE WE GO.
THERE WE GO.

THERE WE GO.

OH, YOU HIT IT.

...WE SPOT SEVERAL SMALL LEDGES
PROTRUDING OUT FROM THE WALLS.

WELL, I'M ON TOP OF
A SHELF RIGHT NOW.

EARLIER, WE SAW HOW
THE WATER LEVEL IN THE SHAFT

SEEMS TO RISE DURING A FLOOD.

WAS THE GOLD PLACED ON A RIDGE
THAT WAS THEN, LATER, SUBMERGED?

IF THESE NATIVE AMERICANS
STASHED THE GOLD IN THE SHAFT,

THEY WOULDN'T GO
THAT FAR DOWN,

AND THEY WOULD HAVE PUT IT
ON ONE OF THOSE SHELVES.

BUT IF THAT WERE THE CASE,

IT SEEMS WE'D SEE SOME
SIGN OF THE TREASURE.

DO YOU SEE ANYTHING
THAT LOOKS LIKE GOLD?

NOT YET.
LOTS OF SILT.

THEN,
AS THE WATER CLEARS...

I'M THROUGH THE SILT.

...STEFAN AND I NOTICE
SOMETHING SURPRISING.

A COLLECTION OF RANDOM ITEMS
THAT SEEM OUT OF PLACE.

LOOK AT ALL THE STUFF
DOWN THERE.

A LITTLE SHELL, HERE'S SOME
ROCKS AT THE BOTTOM,

AND AN OLD STICK
OR A LOG DOWN THERE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW
IT GOT DOWN THERE.

OH, WELL,
THAT'S INTERESTING.

IF A LOG IS DOWN THERE,

IT MEANS IT WASHED IN
IN A BIG FLOOD.

IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR GOLD,
THE GOLD COULD HAVE GOTTEN

WASHED IN
DEEPER AND DEEPER.

IN FACT, IT'S ALL
STARTING TO MAKE SENSE.

IF THE TREASURE WAS INDEED
HIDDEN IN HALL CITY,

WE CAN SEE WHY
IT WAS NEVER FOUND.

WHETHER IT WAS STASHED
IN SOME CREVICE OR ATOP A LEDGE,

YEARS OF FLOODING
COULD HAVE SWEPT

THE GOLD DOWN INTO THE SHAFT,

ESPECIALLY SINCE
THE PASSAGES SLOPE DOWNWARD,

TOWARDS THE DEEP-WATER PIT.

AND IT LOOKS
LIKE THE BOTTOM

KEEPS GOING
AND GOING AND GOING.

THIS IS CLEARLY
AN EXTENSIVE CAVE SYSTEM

AND THERE'S NO END
IN SIGHT.

AND IF THE BAG WHICH CONTAINED
THE GOLD DECOMPOSED OVER TIME,

THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES
WOULD HAVE SCATTERED,

MAKING IT EVEN HARDER TO FIND.

170 YEARS OF FLOODING
AND SEDIMENTATION

ON TOP OF ANY GOLD
WOULD OBSCURE THEM COMPLETELY.

BUT THIS ALSO MEANS THAT
FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN,

THE $2 MILLION HALL CITY
TREASURE

COULD VERY WELL BE REAL.

WE MADE
SOME HUGE DISCOVERIES.

WE FOUND AREAS I DON'T THINK
ANYBODY'S EVER SEEN BEFORE,

AND, REALLY, THE GOLD COULD
STILL BE DOWN IN THERE.

IT COULD BE.

I GUESS WE MIGHT JUST HAVE TO
COME BACK TO THIS CAVE AGAIN.

WE STILL
MIGHT FIND SOMETHING.

YEAH, AGREED.